This project was something special and I loved every minute of working on it. I wanted this album to show its full potential by sequencing all of the songs together and make it sound as a whole, like a big medley. And it turned out great, as it should considering the whole album is a masterpiece.

 I even worked on the cover art a bit, found the high quality photo from the channel Stereo Music (https://www.youtube.com/c/StereoMusic...), gave it some color, added the "full dimensional sound" logo, changed the letters to spell out CHiLD, like SMiLE and I think it looks better, and also I found a back cover with the track listing and "Brians Back!" written on I'm guessing literally Brian's back. I fixed that up and added my own track listing. I don't know if it's a legit picture of Brian since it was clearly from a bootleg, but I think it looks like him and I love how it looks. It works well with the humor within Brian's work and its just perfect, Brian's front in front, his back in the back, cracks me up thinking about it.

In my mind if this was released this way, I would imagine a timeline where Mike and maybe Al would finally back off and say "Okay Brian, you can have your way with your "big band and synth mumbo jumbo" on this album. We did this to you once and look how that turned out. Let's just get it over with shall we?" (Some people just never learn do they?)

 The other thing is I would imagine the record company (I'm not sure if its Brother Records or Reprise Records so I put both of their logos on seperate sides) doubling down on the "Brians Back" campaign, putting his name on almost every song as if it would be his own record, just featuring The Beach Boys (honestly looks that way) and let Brian go all out with this album. The only request the record would make is compose a few "appropriate and marketable" tracks and add them onto the album. Because of that they would work on more tracks and release it near the end of 1978, around when M.I.U. was released or in late October. Also I would think because of the length of each side, to preserve the tracks' quality they would use extended-play LP that could go up to 26 minutes, which works just fine. 

I cleared and mixed some of the tracks to make it sound more listenable. The sequencing of the tracks worked so well that it feels like this was always meant to be this way. I made some tempo changes that worked well and some pitch shifts that sort of didn't but I made them to make the transitions sound more cohesive so, little sacrifices had to be made.

And in the end of the alternate timeline I think it would be much more divisive than Love You, some hating it while others calling it "Brian's second chance at his magnum opus" and I think he sure nailed it. The first side of the album sounds more like Brian's "all out quirky and weird" tracks that sound amazing, and the second side being a more commercial side with more tracks about love and such [don't mind Hey Little Tomboy there ;)] and that side sounds amazing as well. And I added some vinyl crackling sounds to give it that "long lost album" vibes and I guess that could throw off some people but don't worry, I'm going to share a file with the sides without the cracking sounds and maybe with the cover arts after the premiere.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PKlJrC_J_ageXdtpOuDbxvEP0rioNz5r/view?usp=sharing

A Quick Word: 0:00

SIDE 1

1) New English Waltz Pt. 1: 0:24
2) Life Is For The Living: 01:58
3) Baseball's On: 03:44
4) Calendar Girl: 06:18
5) Lines: 09:24
6) Shortenin' Bread: 10:55
7) Our Team: 13:44
8) Everybody Wants To Live: 16:14
9) On Broadway: 19:22
10) Deep Purple: 21:55

SIDE 2

1) New English Waltz Pt. 2: 24:47
2) H.E.L.P. Is On The Way: 25:32
3) Match Point Of Our Love: 27:51
4) Sweet Sunday Kinda Love: 31:01
5) Hey Little Tomboy: 33:43
6) Games Two Can Play: 36:06
7) My Diane: 38:04
8) It's Over Now: 40:44
9) Still I Dream Of It: 43:32
10) Winds Of Change: 46:59

ANNOUNCEMENT: 50:29

Adult/CHiLD

The Beach Boys - Adult/CHiLD: The Other Lost Masterpiece [1978 FULL ALBUM LP MIX]

07 Level Two

AEGYPTOS

Ricardo Milburn played all the amazing guitar parts.

Canyon of the Moon

That's the sound of our universe singing. This one likes a high volume setting so you get all the huge bass & layers of hyperspeed cymbals. Yes, it's a dub-style, minus drums.

UNMUSIC collection vol. 1 (disc 1)

Coldblood Dream

Moog & delay, super simple tranquil floatiness. Much of my childhood was spent in the water. I would frequently settle at the bottom of a pool like a great crocodile, listening to the distorted sounds & waiting for prey to swim past. My dad did not appreciate being viewed from this perspective.

Unknown Album (12/14/2007 12:42:00 AM)

Aquaria

From an old project with friend Jason Morgan called 'The Grey Arcana'. Originally created as backing music for a Ravenloft(tm) adventure.

Ravenloft

Grey Majick

Ether

This qawwali is in the praise of Prophet Muhammad. Such type of qawwali is known as 'naat'. 
Prophet is addressed by many titles, two of them are Shams-ud-duha and Badr-ud-duja.

Khuda ka noor tujh mein hoo bahoo hai
Khuda pinhaaN magar too ru-baroo hai
teri azmat ka andaaza ho kis ko
Khuda hai aur Khuda ke baad too hai

(the light of God is reflected in you
God is hidden but present are you
who can imagine your greatness; when
there is God and thereafter you )

Shams-ud-duha Badr-ud-duja teri badii tauqeer hai
surat teri shah-e-umam Allah ki tasveer hai

(sun of brightness, moon in darkenss you are revered greatly
O king of the people, your face is an image of God )

aisi surat teri kamli wale....

(O blanket draped one*, your face......)

Allah ne paas bula hi lia
bin dekhe Khuda bhi rah na saka

(eventually God called you to Him
even He could not resist seeing you)**

aisi surat teri kamli wale......

(O blanket draped one, your face......)

duniya se kya, roz-e-jaza unka hai mujhko aasraa
main hun ghulam-e-mustafa kaisi meri taqdeer hai

(what have I to do with the world when I have his refuge on the Day of Judgement
I am the slave of Mustafa***, how lucky I am !! )

Shams-ud-duha Badr-ud-duja teri badii tauqeer hai

(sun of brightness, moon in darkenss you are revered greatly)

* Prophet used to drape a black blanket on himself sometimes. Hence the salutation.

** Refers to the journey of Prophet to God, called as 'meraj' or the ascent.

*** Another name of Prophet Muhammad.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Shamas-ud-doha, Badar-ud-doja

Missing

Near And Far (Demo)

Empty Zen represents 20 years of collaboration and exploration of what is it to compose in the 21st century. 


DISCOGRAPHY

- Hexon Graber (2022)
- Empty Zen IV (2021)
- Nocturnes (2015)
- Not Piloting (2014)
- Mixes: Volume 3 (2011)
- Mixes: Volume 1  & 2 (2010)
- Possibilites EP (2010)
- Empty Zen II, (2009)
- Empty Zen (2006)

Missing

Empty Zen

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