Ghosts I-IV
Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor) has become the second major artist to release an album with a non-traditional independant digital format. The album is a free download (Ghosts I) with II-IV available via donation. The entire album can be had for just $5 and other pricing options are available all the way up to a box set with printed materials and a blu-ray disc.
On top of pioneering a new distribution system, the music on this album is incredible. It’s all instrumental, and it’s all genius. Reznor has called this “music for daydreamers.” I have always liked NIN but thought I had outgrown the whining and screaming of previous albums. Just in time, Ghosts I-IV is a much more mature and whine-free album. The music is at once disturbing and uplifting.
Some press from nin.com:
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 is just awesome. Record labels, your time is limited! http://ghosts.nin.com/