Ascension Island

In the late '90s, I was the main guy behind an electronic art-pop band called Science Park. After suffering a nervous breakdown in the winter of 2000, I disbanded the group and retreated from the music industry for six arduous years. Now thirty, I've just issued a 15-year retrospective of my life in sound and have re-committed myself to my life's work with a raft of new projects. "Ascension Island" was first issued on a Japanese 7" single on Motorway Records in 2000, and later on my album Disinformation (Obscure-Disk). A tale of love, espionage, and violence always just out of sight, it features my trademark drifting electronics, shortwave radio interceptions, and cool, clean singing. Enjoy.

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posted by mykescipark (15 comments total)

It's maybe not quite my thing, but this is beautifully produced, and a good voice too. Very well done!
posted by edlundart at 3:38 PM on March 7, 2007

Smooth. Very nice!
posted by snsranch at 3:49 PM on March 7, 2007

This is good. It's actually quite good. So please bear that in mind when you read my next sentence.

Maybe in the future try to be a little less, um, self aware, know what I mean?
posted by Ynoxas at 8:53 PM on March 7, 2007

Maybe in the future try to be a little less, um, self aware, know what I mean?

The occasion for a retrospective tends to foster a general ... self-awareness, as you so kindly phrase it. Sorry if it's offputting. This too shall pass... :-)
posted by mykescipark at 9:03 PM on March 7, 2007

Cool! Your voice sounds great.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:41 AM on March 8, 2007

That is damned slick. Very cool electrogrooviness. I envy your production skills, mykescipark.

(By the way, you may want to update your website in your user profile. And please, for god's sake, explain what the WHRB "Laurie Anderson Orgy" 2007 is.)
posted by cortex at 10:51 AM on March 9, 2007

Self-aware? LOL! Myke was describing how he arrived to the point of posting this to MeFi Muse. No harm in that.
posted by ZachsMind at 8:22 AM on April 14, 2007

That's really good. I like how it mingles elements from very different genres and times. Thanks !
posted by nicolin at 7:50 AM on April 26, 2010

Yo, I just wanted to say that I first heard this song after seeing a write-up you got in The Phoenix (I think?), back when I was a young synth-obsessed queermo visiting Boston to look at colleges. Anyway, I really like this song and it was a treat to hear it again. I'm so happy you're making music again and that you've reached a healthier place.
posted by en forme de poire at 10:45 AM on July 29, 2014

And to answer Cortex's question SEVEN YEARS LATER, WHRB is Harvard's college radio station. They do these things called "orgies" where they play back-to-back music by a single artist, sometimes for more than 48 hours.
posted by en forme de poire at 10:49 AM on July 29, 2014

SEVEN YEARS LATER

I love how MeFiMu threads are open FOREVER.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:15 AM on July 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

for god's sake, explain what the WHRB "Laurie Anderson Orgy" 2007 is.

Q: WHRB this orgy?
A: At Harrad -- er, Harvard.
 
posted by Herodios at 8:39 AM on July 30, 2014

I am experiencing a weird mixture of thrill and disappointment at unexpectedly receiving this answer after all these years.
posted by cortex at 8:51 AM on July 30, 2014 [3 favorites]

WHRB is horrible both at back announcing and web posting their playlist. So that mixture of thrill and disappointment is a pretty good reflection of the WHRB experience.
posted by benito.strauss at 9:59 AM on July 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

a weird mixture of thrill and disappointment

Pretty much sums up the life of a musician.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:00 PM on July 30, 2014 [2 favorites]