Dans la série "on en découvre tous les jours", je vous présente une petite histoire de pregap. Je ne sais pas comment ça peut se traduire en français. C'est la zone, sur un CD audio, située avant la première piste. Et elle contient parfois un morceau caché... Il est accessible en maintenant le bouton rwn enfoncé à partir du début du premier morceau, jusqu'au début du morceau caché. Je viens de tomber sur wikipedia sur une liste d'albums contenant des morceaux cachés de cette manière. Et dans le lot, j'en ai 9, que je suis en train de réécouter les uns après les autres !

Je recopie la liste ici :

* Songs in the Key of X (soundtrack from The X-Files)
1. "Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum (Dread the Passage of Jesus, For He Will Not Return)" by Nick Cave and the Dirty Three
2. The X-Files theme by the Dirty Three
* 2 Many DJs – As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2: Can't Get You Out Of My Head Remix of Kylie Minogue's song
* 311 – Transistor: "[Transistor Intro]"
* AFI: Decemberunderground - hidden introduction
Very Proud of Ya - "No Dave Party"
* Alcazar - Alcazarized: "Dance With The DJ" (On the first edition of the album, released in Sweden)
* Arcturus – La Masquerade Infernale: Untitled hidden track
* Armor for Sleep – What to Do When You Are Dead: A hidden suicide note
* Ash – 1977
1. "Jack Names the Planets"
2. "Don't Know"
* Autechre – EP7: (untitled track)
* Ben Folds Five – Whatever and Ever Amen: message by Ben Folds about Ben Folds (only on re-masters)
* Better Than Ezra – Friction, Baby: (untitled track)
* Billy Bauer – Plectrist
1. "Lover Come Back To Me" (incomplete take 1)
2. "Lover Come Back To Me" (incomplete take 2)
* Blind Melon – Soup: "Hello Goodbye"
* Blink-182 = Blink-182 Self-titled: "Stockholm Syndrome Dialog"
* Bloc Party – Silent Alarm: "Every Time Is The Last Time"
* Blur – Think Tank: "Me, White Noise"
* Boo Radleys – Kingsize: a minute of melodic vocoder sounds
* Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me: Overlapping phone messages
* Calexico – Feast Of Wire: (unknown title)
* Course of Empire – Initiation: "Running Man"
* Criteria – En Garde (2003): song by Team Rigge
* Dashboard Confessional – Dusk and Summer: "Write It Out" & "Vindicated"
* David Gray – White Ladder: I Can't Get Through To Myself
* Damien Rice – 9: "9 Crimes" (demo)
* Diamond Rio – IV: Various earlier hits mixed with sound effects
* Die Ärzte
13 - "Lady"
Geräusch - "Hände innen"
* Evanescence – Origin: A humorous outtake from the song "Anywhere"
* Farin Urlaub – Am Ende der Sonne: "Noch einmal" in the pregap
* The Gathering:
Black Light District: "Over You"
Souvenirs: "Telson" (edited Feb 8, 2007)
* Hilltop Hoods - Left Foot, Right Foot:"Afternoon Group Session"
* Hilltop Hoods - The Calling:"Stay The Fuck Away Because I Spilt When I'm Talking"
* Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road:Untitled hidden track
* Hybrid – Morning Sci-Fi: "Lights go down Knives come out"
* Hybrid – I Choose Noise: "Everything is Brand New"
* I Am Kloot - I Am Kloot (album): Deep Blue Sea
* Jack Planck – To Hell With You I'll Make My Own People: "F**k You"
* James Brown – Live At The Apollo Vol. 2 (Deluxe Edition): Radio DJ (and concert MC) Frankie Crocker talks to the crowd with a comedian for about four minutes before the show begins.
* Jebediah – Of Someday Shambles: Big Beer Wall
* Jimmy Smith – Root Down: Untitled intro featuring Jimmy Smith talking to the crowd about the song he's about to perform, and a request for the crowd to be quiet.
* Luke Haines – Das Capital:"overture"
* Kylie Minogue – Light Years: "Password"
* Lamb:
Fear of Fours - "Lullaby" (remix)
Best Kept Secrets: The Best of Lamb 1996-2004 - "Wonder" (instrumental version)
* Less Than Jake – Losing Streak: banter spoken by former band mascot "Howie J. Reynolds", an elderly Gainesville local
* Lit – A Place in the Sun (album): (untitled Track)
* Look Down – 24/7 Dance Force: Untitled
* Maxwell – Embrya: Untitled track with various voices and watery sound effects
* McFly – Room on the Third Floor: "Get Over You"
* Mono Puff – It's Fun to Steal: (untitled track)
* The Music – The Music (Limited Edition CD): "New Instrumental"
* Muse – Hullabaloo CD 2: "What He's Building", a poem read by Tom Waits
* Nobuo Uematsu – Final Fantasy VII Reunion Tracks: Karaoke version of "One-Winged Angel (Orchestra Version)".
* Oceansize – Everyone Into Position: "Emp(irical)error"
* The Offspring – Americana: "Pretty Fly (Reprise)" (some versions)
* Opeth – Ghost Reveries: "Reverie"
* Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf: The Real Song For The Deaf
* Rammstein – Reise, Reise: (Fragment of the flight recorder of a Japanese Boeing 747 disaster.)
* Relient K – Mmhmm: "Mmhmm"
* Sanctifica - Negative B (2002): 9min 20sec of hidden content (band members talking?)
* Satyricon – Rebel Extravaganza (1999): "Untitled"
* Simon Webbe – Sanctuary (2004): "Pusherman"
* Sister Machine Gun – Burn (1995): "Strange Days" (A cover of The Doors song)
* Skunk Anansie – Stoosh (1996): (Untitled Track)
* Soulwax – Much Against Everyone's Advice (2000): Untitled
* Super Furry Animals: Guerrilla (1999) - "Citizen's Band"
Out Spaced (1998): "Spaced Out"
* Michael Tait – Empty 2001: various random recordings
* They Might Be Giants – Factory Showroom: Token Back to Brooklyn
* UNKLE – Psyence Fiction: "Intro (Optional)" (Uncredited intro featuring an audio collage of some of DJ Shadow's and James Lavelle's musical influences). This hidden audio is not on the US pressing, but can be found on UK and Japanese pressings. May be available on other pressings around the world.
* Vitalic – OK Cowboy (2005):"One Million Dollar Studio"
* When – The Lobster Boys (2001):[Untitled Hidden Track]
* Winds – Reflections of the I: "untitled"
* Wintersleep – Untitled (2005): Untitled