{"id":775,"date":"2019-07-03T00:28:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T23:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/?page_id=775"},"modified":"2024-12-09T17:39:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:39:29","slug":"the-unforetold","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/the-unforetold\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unforetold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"fob\" style=\"float: none\">Fob 25<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/perpetual-emotion-machine\/\">PERPETUAL EMOTION MACHINE<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2010 Album<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/the-unforetold-cd-front.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174\" style=\"width:996px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/the-unforetold-cd-front.jpg 850w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/the-unforetold-cd-front-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/the-unforetold-cd-front-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/the-unforetold-cd-front-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/the-unforetold-cd-front-650x650.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Unforetold<\/strong> was my attempt to complete a thematic concept album based on what was happening in my life at that time. It was an attempt to tell the stories, in musical form, of single moments &#8212; as if they were frozen so you could see every detail for as long as you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/perpetual-emotion-machine\/omega-2006\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"148\">Omega<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s strengths, this collection utilized more collaborations than previously explored. The first three songs were seamlessly arranged into a single track, even using some of the same instrumentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally, the album was to be called <strong>Stop\/Time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/the-unforetold-cd-back.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/the-unforetold-cd-back.jpg 850w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/the-unforetold-cd-back-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/the-unforetold-cd-back-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/the-unforetold-cd-back-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/the-unforetold-cd-back-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>back<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/the-unforetold-cd-disc.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/the-unforetold-cd-disc.png 850w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/the-unforetold-cd-disc-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/the-unforetold-cd-disc-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/the-unforetold-cd-disc-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/the-unforetold-cd-disc-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>d<em>isc<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, I still find this album to be unfinished as during this period, I lost some of the files I was working on, and had to recreate some tracks using earlier versions in order to get them once again to a state of completion. Also I found that my creativity waned after the first and last tracks were completed. It almost felt like I was just cramming tracks into the middle of the album to flesh it out. Nevertheless, I still enjoy to listen to this from time to time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen <\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/1264916287&amp;color=%235f5f5f&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Unforetold: <a href=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/bad-day\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"847\">Bad Day<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/dads-day\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1043\">Dad&#8217;s Day<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/hard-candy\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2257\">Hard Candy<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/stop-time-threshold-if\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3503\">Stop\/Time<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/nirasha-2\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1067\">Nirasha<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/haven-2\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1075\">Haven<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/chain-chain-chain-song\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1047\">Chain Chain Chain<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Design<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The original name for this album was <strong>Stop\/Time<em>, <\/em><\/strong>and I completed some artwork for this title before changing it. Note that the track listing is quite a bit different in this version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-booklet-front.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5143\" style=\"width:463px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-booklet-front.jpg 456w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-booklet-front-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-booklet-front-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-booklet-front-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Front<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-2-booklet-inside-1024x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-2-booklet-inside-1024x512-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-2-booklet-inside-1024x512-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-2-booklet-inside-1024x512-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-2-booklet-inside-1024x512-1-200x100.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Inside, version 1 <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-1-booklet-inside-1024x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-1-booklet-inside-1024x512-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-1-booklet-inside-1024x512-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-1-booklet-inside-1024x512-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/time-stop-concept-1-booklet-inside-1024x512-1-200x100.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>inside, version 2<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fob 25 PERPETUAL EMOTION MACHINE 2010 Album The Unforetold was my attempt to complete a thematic concept album based on what was happening in my life at that time. It was an attempt to tell the stories, in musical form, of single moments &#8212; as if they were frozen so you could see every detail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"page_artists":[],"page_page-category":[],"page_page-tag":[],"page_track":[],"page_work":[],"wf_page_folders":[70],"class_list":["post-775","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5147,"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775\/revisions\/5147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_artists","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_artists?post=775"},{"taxonomy":"page_page-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_page-category?post=775"},{"taxonomy":"page_page-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_page-tag?post=775"},{"taxonomy":"page_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_track?post=775"},{"taxonomy":"page_work","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_work?post=775"},{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perpetualemotionmachine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}