Initiation (Course of Empire album)
Encyclopedia
Initiation is the second full-length album by American
industrial
, Post-Punk
band Course of Empire
. All songs were written by Course of Empire and production by David Castell
.
While many CDs of the same era contained a hidden track
after the finish of the listed tracks, usually preceded by a span silence, Course of Empire and David Castell managed to fit three on Initiation. "Running Man" was hidden in the pregap
of the CD, which nearly caused legal action when another producer/engineer claimed that he had patented the use of the pregap for audio information. The "Darwin Goodwin Mix" of the song "Infested" was hidden after "The Chihuahuaphile" (which was track 23 -the number of The Illuminati, after a cross fade that counted up the tracks between it and "Initiation"). And "Tomorrow" was buried inside the feedback
noise of "The Gate" and only able to be heard if the stereo track was played over a mono music system.
12-22 = either:
a) The Gate which is a long guitar feedback soundscape, (in stereo speakers)
or
b) Tomorrow" which is an acoustic number (heard via mono speakers only)
"The Chihuahuaphile" - 4:21
United States
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industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
, Post-Punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
band Course of Empire
Course of Empire
Course of Empire was an Alternative / post-punk band based in Dallas, Texas.- Biography :Course of Empire was a hard-edged, post-industrial, alternative music group based in Dallas, Texas from 1988 to 1998. In the early days, large drums would be placed throughout the audience as a means to...
. All songs were written by Course of Empire and production by David Castell
David Castell
David Castell is an American record producer, musician, and recording engineer based in Dallas, Texas.Castell’s recording career spans nearly three decades; his work with many major record labels and independent labels alike includes both platinum-selling national recording artists and unsigned...
.
While many CDs of the same era contained a hidden track
Hidden track
In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener...
after the finish of the listed tracks, usually preceded by a span silence, Course of Empire and David Castell managed to fit three on Initiation. "Running Man" was hidden in the pregap
Pregap
The pregap on a Red Book audio CD is the portion of the audio track that precedes "index 01" for a given track in the table of contents . The pregap is typically two seconds long and usually, but not always, contains silence...
of the CD, which nearly caused legal action when another producer/engineer claimed that he had patented the use of the pregap for audio information. The "Darwin Goodwin Mix" of the song "Infested" was hidden after "The Chihuahuaphile" (which was track 23 -the number of The Illuminati, after a cross fade that counted up the tracks between it and "Initiation"). And "Tomorrow" was buried inside the feedback
Feedback
Feedback describes the situation when output from an event or phenomenon in the past will influence an occurrence or occurrences of the same Feedback describes the situation when output from (or information about the result of) an event or phenomenon in the past will influence an occurrence or...
noise of "The Gate" and only able to be heard if the stereo track was played over a mono music system.
Tracklisting
pregap = "Running Man" - 6:49- "Hiss" - 4:34
- "White Vision Blowout" - 3:58
- "Gear" - 3:14
- "Breed" - 4:38
- "Apparition" - 5:05
- "Infested!" - 6:19
- "Invertebrate" - 4:11
- "Sacrifice" - 3:51
- "Minions" - 7:59
- "Initiation" - 6:46
12-22 = either:
a) The Gate which is a long guitar feedback soundscape, (in stereo speakers)
or
b) Tomorrow" which is an acoustic number (heard via mono speakers only)
"The Chihuahuaphile" - 4:21