PROJECTS

• The Social Stomach

  Diana co-founded this experimental spoken word and music project with drummer TJ Thompson as an alternative to traditional poetry readings. The duo have collaborated with a variety of musicians including but not limited to Shao Way Wu, Ben Kates, and Andrew Jones, and have released recordings on Crash Symbols and Bento Records.

  “As cyborg-like TJ Thompson splits his body and mind between drums and electronics, vocalist Diana Oropeza conducts an exorcism of language, her torrent of words crashing into and arcing above the legible chaos summoned by her bandmate. It’s not noise. It’s not punk. It’s not poetry. It’s not rock n roll. It’s all of those things. It’s none of those things. It’s something else entirely.” -C. Stamm, Portland Mercury