FOR THE LUV OF THE STEEL STRING

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]

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Barker - Fluid Mechanics 
Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2511906
Dave Samuels - New Math
Love, Peace & Trance - Hush-A Mandala Ni Pali
LFO - Love Is The Message 
Kaidi Tatham - The Shadows Ain’t Going Nowhere
General Magic & Pita - Shuffle Fridge 
Skeemask - Steamer (AD Mix)
Caustic Window - On The Romance Tip
Ari Finkel - Under
Celia Hollander - Water / Air 
Beatrice Dillon & Rupert Clervaux - IX (Edit)
Steevio - The Waterhole
Evan Shornstein & Will Epstein - III
Minimal Kidds - Moon Gone
Pascäal - Lateral 2
Barbie Bertisch - Woman of Contrasts 
Jeff & Jane Hudson - Mystery Chant
Bola Sete - Meu Mundo Diferente
The Blue Nile - Heatwave (instrumental)
The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea (Blue States Full Length Mix)
Mustapha Skandrani - Mode Sahli
Evan Shornstein & Will Epstein - I
Evan Shornstein & Will Epstein - VII

Extravagant Frequencies on Dublab Radio (4.22.25)

Recorded at Kismet for Inner Smile's 1 year anniversary party :-) 
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022 downstairs J: Kismet 4.25.25

Dead Tongues From Outter Space - It's Better To Experience Things Than Conquer Them: 1st June '25

Sounds of the Park w/ Polymers: 9th June '25

Brussels-based artist and musician smittness takes over this episode of Daydreaming, chasing the feeling of warm wind, soft stillness, and books forgotten mid-sentence.


Daydreaming w/ smittness @ Kiosk Radio 10.06.2025

Field Notes: 29th July '25

As summer's warmth dissolves into twilight, grey clouds gather on the horizon, bearing the whispers of rain and the pine forest's scent yields to the caress of a fresh breeze. We are delighted to unveil Estimulo's latest mix for Deep Breakfast Series, a sonic journey to envelop your senses.

Estimulo is an avid record digger and die-hard music aficionado with extensive vaults of records since the late 80s. In his club DJ sets he’s on the lookout for those special moments of dancefloor salvation, oscillating between Deep House and Techno’s classics and more obscure electronic treasures, with splashes of Electro & Disco / Funk and with an extended broad perspective on genres and epochs not forgetting recent and upcoming gems. It’s not purely a retrofuturistic thing, rather he strives to connect music of different epochs to form a holistic flow. His special passion is to make his own edits / versions of the music he loves. With his label Mixomat Recordings (founded in 2004) he has been putting out early releases by artists such as
Marco Nega, immer.Chic (Workshop), Rezkar (Running Back, Meakusma) and Serendipity/Rai Scott (Inner Shift Music / 2DeepSoul).
His weekly Radio Show (EstimuloShow @ mixomat.org since 2007, also on Cashmere Radio since 2017) is regarded as a mainstay by many in the scene.
The last years have seen Estimulo taking the vibe to places like the US, Chile, Argentina, Australia, UK, France, Canada, Norway, Poland, Ukraine and Jordan on his DJ tours.
Estimulo used to co-run the futura event agency and DJ crew, that has been causing some stir in the Berlin scene with their proceedings in beloved underground spots like ://about blank, Paloma, Horst and Chez Jacki/Maria am Ostbahnhof.

About the mix he said:
"It's like a sequence of childhood memories. You close your eyes and remember science fiction films with the infinite universe and thousands of stars, a summer beach with your parents and siblings, then a spaceship with robots running around excitedly and making beeping noises. A few minutes later, you're beamed back to Earth and standing on the top of a mountain, gazing down into the wide valley, then a long walk through the forest along a mountain river. Or you hear the large church organ. In the end, it's all about aural beauty. I invite this music to give me and all listeners goosebumps. Nostalgia is only part of the equation here; i reckon timelessness is even more important. I hope you enjoy the journey through my memories and moods."

Tracklist:
1. Some Other People : Relativity : Infinite Mass
2. Robert Charlesworth : Haven Brow : Universal Egg
3. Cabaret Voltaire : Other World : Plastex
4. Justin Chodzko : Untitled (Beatless Edit by Estimulo) : Weekend World
5. Triola : AG Penthouse : Kompakt
6. Heights Of Abraham : Dolphins (Instrumental Edit by Estimulo) : Pork Recordings
7. Moc In Dub : Halb Zehn (Track 04) : Unreleased Private CD-R
8. Cabaret Voltaire : Belly Of The Beast (Back in Babylon) : Plastex
9. Mind Gear : Don't Panic (The Peaceful Karma Remix) : MFS
10. Heights Of Abraham : E.V.A. : Pork Recordings
11. Cabaret Voltaire : Let It Come Down : Plastex
12. Markus Guenther : Pilot : Kompakt
13. Wellen : Precious Nests
14. Wellen : Transform Echo
15. Dan Piu & Estimulo Present Time Synthesis : Pools (Estimulo's Atmospheric Pass) [unreleased]: Moto Music

Photo by Ilya Monistah

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