NIN

There’s a new free Nine Inch Nails single, Echoplex, that they are distributing via iLike.

NIN has become the band to watch, if you’re interested in the future of music:

• The group recently released Ghosts I-IV under a Creative Commons license, which means you can share it or use it in your podcast,
• The group offers an extensive collection of user-generated NIN remix podcasts.
• NIN also is encouraging fans to make and share videos for the group’s tracks.

 

 Echoplex: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

NIN shows it’s got a sense of humor with the YMCA-inspired video for Discipline.

This track calls out for some remixes, doesn’t it?

Nine Inch Nails are on a roll. They are releasing a new song, Discipline, today via their site. It’s a free download, and after all the Ghosts I-IV hype, it’s destined to get some significant airplay.

Preview it above, while you can, and check their site for the download later today.

NPR’s World Cafe has a great interview with Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor about Ghosts I-IV.

Trent Reznor left his major record label to self-release Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I-IV. A week after its release, his Web site reported more than 750,000 purchases and downloads. In this interview, Reznor talks with host David Dye about his decision to set up a small studio to work on his project free of label restrictions.

Ghosts’ 36 tracks are instrumental. All the elements of Reznor’s production are present — out-of-tune pianos, razor-sharp ambience, jarring percussion — but his textures are more pronounced than ever. The discs make for great remixing material, which is exactly what Reznor has provided his fans. Each song is available as a high-quality multi-track download for those wishing to tinker; thus, the listener has an opportunity to become engaged in the music.

The 2 CD version of Ghosts I – IV is out now in the UK, Australia, Canada and the US.

Other release dates are as follows:

• Benelux: 4/11
• Scandinavia: 4/14
• Poland: 4/14
• Germany: 4/18
• Italy: 4/18

If you ordered from nin.com:

• The standard CD is shipping today.

The Deluxe Package:

• Pre orders made on or before 4/6 will ship 5/1
• Pre orders made 4/7 or later will ship on 5/15

(this due to overwhelming demand and additional order materials arriving later)

Limited Edition Package:

• Will ship 5/1