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SilverIce
03-09-2008, 09:49 PM
http://ghosts.nin.com/
First nine tracks are avaiable for free download within, the whole album is just five bucks, 36 tracks.

Nine Inch Nails presents Ghosts I - IV, a brand new 36 track instrumental collection available right now. Almost two hours of new music composed and recorded over an intense ten week period last fall, Ghosts I - IV sprawls Nine Inch Nails across a variety of new terrain.

Trent Reznor explains, "I've been considering and wanting to make this kind of record for years, but by its very nature it wouldn't have made sense until this point. This collection of music is the result of working from a very visual perspective - dressing imagined locations and scenarios with sound and texture; a soundtrack for daydreams. I'm very pleased with the result and the ability to present it directly to you without interference. I hope you enjoy the first four volumes of Ghosts."

This music arrived unexpectedly as the result of an experiment. The rules were as follows: 10 weeks, no clear agenda, no overthinking, everything driven by impulse. Whatever happens during that time gets released as... something.

The team: Atticus Ross, Alan Moulder and myself with some help from Alessandro Cortini, Adrian Belew and Brian Viglione. Rob Sheridan collaborated with Artist in Residence (A+R) to create the accompanying visual and physical aesthetic.

We began improvising and let the music decide the direction. Eyes were closed, hands played instruments and it began. Within a matter of days it became clear we were on to something, and a lot of material began appearing. What we thought could be a five song EP became much more. I invited some friends over to join in and we all enjoyed the process of collaborating on this.

The end result is a wildly varied body of music that we're able to present to the world in ways the confines of a major record label would never have allowed - from a 100% DRM-free, high-quality download, to the most luxurious physical package we've ever created.

More volumes of Ghosts are likely to appear in the future.

- Trent Reznor, March 2, 2008

If you haven't heard their music before, this offers a lot of variety, even in the first nine tracks. You can also listen by clicking the "listen" bit on the site, it opens up a little radio. Top notch, IMO. So, try before you buy, and maybe look into the earlier works, as well. IMO, a great band with a great outlook on how the music industry should be.

Serix
03-09-2008, 10:39 PM
fawking amazing, radiohead started something beautiful.

and the god of Trent Reznor followed
Time to start downloading.

Ronin
03-09-2008, 11:13 PM
Also in 320 kBit/s, very good quality. Instrumental means a no to the mainstream anyways. I don't mind though and definitely wouldn't mind more of it.
The tracks have a very cinematographic, non intrusive calm and steady flow.
Cool and experimental and it works for me, but nothing outrageous. Only one thumb up, because I don't know if it will survive the next 2 weeks on my disk.

SilverIce
03-09-2008, 11:39 PM
One thumb's still a thumb, and that's okay by me. I just want people to try this out, and if they like it, buy it. Show Trent that this idea will work.

cyber7chink
03-09-2008, 11:50 PM
I like instrumentals more than anything else. Good find.

It will compliment Black Aria by Danzig

SilverIce
03-10-2008, 12:00 AM
Can't wait, I'm going to town to get an amazon card to download the whole thing soon.

kok3114
03-11-2008, 02:17 AM
i'm download it now :p cant wait for finish

shadowsworn
03-11-2008, 02:19 AM
eh, I've never seen the big deal with Nine Inch Nails.

SilverIce
03-11-2008, 02:25 AM
eh, I've never seen the big deal with Nine Inch Nails.

Never seen th- Pfft. Oh well, to each their own... I guess... O_o
They're my favourite band.

Norrin Radd
03-11-2008, 02:52 AM
They've sucked ever since Trent Reznor produced the half-good, but overrated fluke album that was The Fragile.

I've heard the free samples of Ghosts I-IV, and if I'd never heard electronic music before, I might be impressed. There are a million and one bands doing this, and doing it better. He's been irrelevant for a long time, and the only reason he hasn't faded into obscurity is because he has a cult following that see him as something he isn't, and insist on continuing to see him this way.

There's a reason his collaboration with Queens of the Stone Age was dropped from the album.