Right, so Reznor's officially released his last stuio album, 'Year Zero Remixed'.
But WAIT! That doesn't mean he's stopped releasing music, oh no, he's just stopped releasing music with his STUDIO, Interscope Records. Nine Inch Nails have taken the medium of music to a whole new level. Realising that the digital revolution is something musiciains should embrace, along with fan interpretation and file sharing, Trent Reznor's gone one step further and given his label the finger by allowing fans to upload and download free remixes from http://remix.nin.com/
althoigh legal difficulties with his label, YouTube, Google and MySpace have postponed the launching of the site for the meantime.
But what does this mean in terms of the bigger picture?
Well for starters it means that Reznor might decide to put physical releases such as LPs and CDs to the wayside and release music the way he's always wanted: Directly to whoever the hell wants to hear it. But I can't see the 'for free!' thing workin for long considering he's already in the red with quitting his label. There is a catch to the remix website, however!
You must be a NIN Spiraller (Paying fan club member) to upload or download any music, but the listening is free!
The remixes on the website, in my humble opinion, are a far cry better than what Reznor's decided to release on the actual 'Remixed' album with such gems as 'We're In This Blurred Line Closer Now' which is a masterpiece of someone with a good ear for disonance and resonation within Reznor's music and lyrics. Multiple remixes of A Warm Place have kept me obsessed with this website for the time being, as I believe it to be the greatest instrumental piece ever conceived (Even if he did nick it from Bowie's 1980 track 'Crystal Japan').
Anyway, the tunes uploaded range from the 'Why isn't Reznor this good?' TO 'Why did someone think this was a god idea?' but I guess tatstes dictate.
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