michaelRomay
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_ABOUT



     michael romay
  • -human from right now
  • -tech enthusiast/futurist
  • -software engineer
  • -makes music and immersive art
  • -co-founder ofwhateverSpace
  • -lives in portland, oregon

_MEDIA

this is the media section. it has recordings on it from current music projects, bands I used to be in, and albums I engineered / produced.

current projects / demos:

some bands I used to played in:

pretenser

2013-2018

members: michael romay(guitar, vocals), craig phillips(guitar), derick mills(bass), patrick(drums)

pretenser was a band created by myself any my homie craig. we set out to create slow sad loud music in the vain of codeine and bedhead. played some shows, recorded a couple of records (one is still unreleased). Here is our first EP from around 2016

no phone

2011-2015

members: matt stangel(guitar, vocals), michael romay(bass), dan schuman(synth), michael griffith(synth), booth wilson(drums)

no phone was a real weird band that played in ridiculous time signatures. it was a passion project created by matt stangel. played some shows locally and recorded this ep below.

ocean age

2009-2011

members: yuri toplin(guitar, percussion, vocals), gavi detarr(guitar, vocals), jesse(guitar, vocals), chelsea(synths, vocals), tabbi(synth, vocals), michael romay(bass, vocals)

ocean age was a band created by yuri and gavi. I met yuri through work at the levis store in downtown portland. this band was created at the height of 2009 when bands like Animal Collective and Fleet Foxes were popular (which I wasn't very stoked on, but I had just moved to portland and was looking for some humans to connect with. we played a bunch of shows with some great bands over the years, like Nurses, Church, Say Hi, and more. this was our one and only album we recorded

am error

2005-2011

members: michael romay(bass, vocals), paul balazs(guitar, vocals), solomon lee(drums)

am error was a band I started with some homies back in 2005 in toledo, oh. we were influenced by bands like Drive Like Jehu, Lightening Bolt, Q and Not U, and Brainiac. Played a bunch of shows, toured, recorded a couple of records. Played some shows with some decent sized bands like Enon, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Agent Orange, Misfits, and meWithoutYou. both paul and solomon were shredders, I miss playing with these dudes everyday.

some albums I have engineered/produced:

on drugs - 'uchhole futah'

chain - 'cassie's chain'

loose - 'hair cut'

james grew - postscripts'

archives from my old radio show
‘whatever.‘ on freeform portland 90.3 fm: