Re: (idm) bonus "hidden" tracks

From s.f.w.d.
Sent Sat, Oct 10th 1998, 21:40

> > I mean it's the usual way of keeping the bonus track a bit more
> > secret. Not everybody let's the cd run to the end but stops the
> > playback as soon as he/She thinks the last track is finished ...
> 
> What exactly IS the deal with these so-called hidden tracks 
> anyway?  Usually I just sit here with the music playing away till it 
> stops and I'm too pre-occupied to bother, and SUDDENLY I nearly 
> jump out of my skin when unexpectedly noise emits from the 
> speakers.  Not really what I consider a 'bonus' as such.  Shock 
> treatment, more like it ...

agreed_ the 2nd future primatives soundsession cd with
ztrip and radar has this. a co-worker about laid down after
this 'bonus' kicked in. not so sure these are meant as much
as bonus as they are intended as hidden, although the various
other ideas for hidden material sound much more appealing 
(cd-rom portion and that thing that the x-files cd did where
you had to go back before the first track)


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