Myke Weiskopf > Hollywood, CA

ABOUT

Myke Weiskopf is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and sound-artist based in Hollywood, CA. Raised in the Chicago suburbs, he developed a signature style influenced equally by the traditional new-wave and electronic pop of the era and his more esoteric personal influences, such as shortwave radio and the industrial architecture of the Midwest. Moving to Boston in 1995, he formed the electronic pop group Science Park in 1997 and issued three increasingly acclaimed albums: Science Park (1997), Futurama (1998), and Disinformation (2000). Science Park was nominated for the Boston Phoenix's Best New Local Act in 1998 and was featured on a Boston Globe cover story on Boston's best up-and-coming acts in 2000. Weiskopf disbanded Science Park the following year and retreated from pop music altogether, focusing instead on freelance writing, sound-art composition, and experimental radio broadcasting, including commissions for the American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge Community TV, and Harvard's radio station, WHRB 95.3 FM. He resurfaced in early 2007 with a commemorative anthology entitled 30: A Retrospective 1976-2006. His work was recently featured on National Public Radio. [BOSTONIA Magazine Profile]

PROJEX

Ongoing Blog: Shortwavemusic (2005-present)
2008 Vinyl LP (Curator) The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: A Shortwavemusic Précis (Details TBA)
2008 CD (Curator) At The Tone: A Little History of NIST Radio Stations WWV & WWVH (Obscure-Disk OBSCD09)
2008 CD Myke Weiskopf (Title TBD) (Obscure-Disk OBSCD11)
2007 Moves to Hollywood, CA from Boston, MA
2007 CD Myke Weiskopf, 30: A Retrospective 1976-2006 (Obscure-Disk OBSCD07)
2007 Radio broadcast (producer, host): Laurie Anderson Orgy, WHRB Cambridge 95.3FM (July)
2007 Radio broadcast (producer, host): Bulgarian Folklore Orgy, WHRB Cambridge 95.3FM (January)
2007 Freelance writing: Pop Culture Press #64 (June)
2006 Volunteer: StoryCorps™ Boston (September)
2007 Freelance editing: Springstep (Medford, MA) Newsletters & Annual Report (Yearlong)
2006 Radio broadcast (producer, host): Umm Kulthum Orgy, WHRB Cambridge 95.3FM (June)
2006 Lecturer/presenter: The Listening Lounge with David Goren, 2006 Winter SWL Fest, Kulpsville, PA (March)
2006 Freelance writing: The Radiophonic Workshop (January)
2006 Freelance writing: EDGE New England (Yearlong)
2006 Freelance writing: Not For Tourists™ Boston (Yearlong)
2005 Radio broadcast (producer, composer): Object Lesson (September)
2005 Theater score: Graffiti, A.R.T. Black Box Theatre, Cambridge, MA (April)
2005 Lecturer/presenter: The Listening Lounge with David Goren, 2005 Winter SWL Fest, Kulpsville, PA (March)
2004 Lecturer/presenter: The Listening Lounge with David Goren, 2004 Winter SWL Fest, Kulpsville, PA (March)
2004 CD (Co-producer) The Moth Wranglers, Never Better (Magnetic Records)
2004 Rock band The Rescue Party disbands
2003 Rock band The Rescue Party (with Betty Widerski and Mike Rubin) forms
2003 Television score for Kit Tempest, Cambridge Community TV (Cambridge, MA)
2003 Freelance writing/editing: HGLHC (Hartford, CT) Newsletters & Annual Report (Yearlong)
2002 Freelance writing/editing: HGLHC (Hartford, CT) Newsletters & Annual Report (Yearlong)
2001 Science Park disbands
2001 CD (Contributor as Science Park) Nobody's Diary: A Tribute to Yazoo (Ninthwave)
2001 Science Park featured as one of Boston's best up-and-coming acts in the Boston Globe
2000 CD Science Park, Disinformation (Obscure-Disk OBSCD05)
2000 Freelance writing: Boston Phoenix (Yearlong)
2000 Vinyl single: Science Park, Ascension Island (Motorway Records, Japan)
2000 Vinyl single (Curator) Time Out Of Joint (Kultbox Records)
2000 Graduates from Boston University (BA, English, Cum Laude)
1999 (Engineer) Unreleased demo for David Rapp's indie-pop group Shy Camp
1999 Science Park plays CMJ New Music Marathon (New York, NY); opens for Floraline, Solex, The Delgados, and others; nominated for Best New Local Act by Boston Phoenix (Boston, MA); Futurama played in national Banana Republic and Espionage chains and favorably reviewed in SPIN, The Advocate, CMJ New Music Monthly, and elsewhere
1998 CD Science Park, Futurama (Obscure-Disk OBSCD03)
1998-2001 Freelance writing: Research & writing for abandoned book/CD project, At The Tone
1997-1999 Works for independent record label Rykodisc
1997 CD Science Park, Science Park (Obscure-Disk OBSCD01)
1997 Electronic solo pop project Science Park forms
1995 Moves to Boston, MA from Rockford, IL
1995 CD (Engineer) The Flying Luttenbachers, Revenge (Skin Graft)
1995 Cassette Collapsible Jerk (Obscure-Disk OBSCS01)
1993 Freelance writing: Radio! (Tandy Publications)
1991 Freelance writing: First self-published fanzine, Obscure
1989-1994 Dozens of short-run cassette releases