[dazza1011]

not my particular cup of tea but owt for nowt

http://ghosts.nin.com/main/order_options

Nine Inch Nails has just released the first volume of their new album “Ghosts” on BitTorrent sites as a free download. The band encourages its fans to share the album with friends, post it on websites and play it on podcasts

“Ghosts” is released under a non-commercial Creative Commons license and can be shared freely, something their fans weren’t allowed to do when the band was held back by a record label.

In the release notes the band writes: “Now that we’re no longer constrained by a record label, we’ve decided to personally upload Ghosts I, the first of the four volumes, to various torrent sites, because we believe BitTorrent is a revolutionary digital distribution method, and we believe in finding ways to utilize new technologies instead of fighting them.”

This sounds is music to our ears, in more ways than one. For now, only the first volume has been uploaded onto BitTorrent sites, but the entire collection is available for download on the official website for only $5.

“Ghosts I is the first part of the 36 track collection Ghosts I-IV. Undoubtedly you’ll be able to find the complete collection on the same torrent network you found this file”. They further write in the release notes “But if you’re interested in the release, we encourage you to check it out at ghosts.nin.com, where the complete Ghosts I-IV is available directly from us in a variety of DRM-free digital formats, including FLAC lossless, for only $5.”

Trent Reznor, the frontman of Nine Inch Nails has always been a supporter of sharing music via BitTorrent, even when it’s copyrighted. He isn’t frightened of talking about file-sharing. Back in May 2007 he admitted to sharing himself: “I steal music too, I’m not gonna say I don’t” he said. Later that year, when OiNK was pulled offline he admitted that he was a member there ,and said , : “If OiNK cost anything, I would certainly have paid, but there isn’t the equivalent of that in the retail space right now.”

The new Nine Inch Nails album including artwork is available for download on the official site, as well as on The Pirate Bay and other BitTorrent sites.

[krish]

Have just downloaded it ... not via torrent, but the official direct download:
http://store.nin.com/sdl/nin_ghosts_I_mp3.zip (82.5 MB)
- it is supposed to be a one-time download link, so right-clicking and saving might not work unless you register for the link

EDIT ... am acquiring the whole lot (Vols I-IV) via torrent

[dibdab]

Thanks for posting this.

I'm always late to find this things, but there one of my favourite bands at the moment.

[alanrob]

Originally Posted by krish

EDIT ... am acquiring the whole lot (Vols I-IV) via torrent

Why not just pay the $5 for the whole thing and thus support the band and prove to the record industry that online sales of cheap DRM free content can work?

$5 on it's way to Trent from my Paypal account

[sh18]

Thanks for this, had no idea Trent was looking to release online content so soon! downloading the first volume, if its good then ill gladly be giving $10 for the 2 disc set

[krish]

Originally Posted by alanrob

Why not just pay the $5 for the whole thing and thus support the band and prove to the record industry that online sales of cheap DRM free content can work?

$5 on it's way to Trent from my Paypal account

I'm going to order either the $10 2-CD set or the $75 deluxe set (will be liable for customs)
- which will also allow immediate download access to the whole thing

At the end of the day I like to hold an album in my hand

[Martian Phil]

Originally Posted by krish

I'm going to order either the $10 2-CD set or the $75 deluxe set (will be liable for customs)
- which will also allow immediate download access to the whole thing

At the end of the day I like to hold an album in my hand

Me too, I just ordered the 2 CD set and have it DL. Will give it a listen tonight.

As soon as more bands get out of contract, this will be the way forward.

[systemsdead]

nice spot just grabbed the whole lot from newsgroups,didnt no this was to be released so soon.

[alanrob]

Originally Posted by krish

I'm going to order either the $10 2-CD set or the $75 deluxe set (will be liable for customs)
- which will also allow immediate download access to the whole thing

At the end of the day I like to hold an album in my hand

Since I no longer have any Hi-Fi kit at home and only ever listen to music either while browsing the internet or while bus'in it to work there is no point in me getting a "hard" copy of any album now
I can count on one hand the number of CD's I've bought in the last 3 years.

Listened now to 20 of the 36 tracks and it's okay as musical wallpaper. Don't think it will be a constant listen like The Fragile is, but there are some nice tunes in there. I really can't see it being an album you could sit down and listen to without having something else to do while it's playing though.

[accyuklad]

nice one

[signs]

it seems NIN made $half a million in the first two days from the "free" download.

they now have no record label and all the cash goes to them

is the "record label" dead ?

[unique]

if it wasn't for the major labels seeking out and promoting new acts they wouldn't get to the level of being able to sell so many copies and give albums away "free" like prince, radiohead and NIN and make so much money out of it

the main issue artists tend to have is staff changing over the years from nuturing artists and being involved in creativity and allowing artists to grow, to replacing those people with accountants who are only interested in making money. not all artists who leave major labels have success in "going indie", and some of them even returned back to major labels after realising the grass wasn't any greener on the other side. sometimes 1% of a lot is still more than 100% of not a lot. expensive box set releases like radiohead and NIN are fine for one offs but they can't expect many fans to continue to shell out large sums on a regular basis

[krish]

From the official NIN channel on YouTube (www.youtube.com/user/ninofficial) ...

Nine Inch Nails' Ghosts Film Festival - Introduction
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About This Video

To expand the idea of the "Ghosts" project, we're inviting anyone and everyone to create visuals to accompany the album's music. In a few months, we'll be gathering the entries we feel are particularly exceptional and highlighting them. There are no rules to this - be as creative as you like. Create a music video, or a short film, or something completely abstract. Use only one track from the album, or use multiple tracks. Only one caveat: Incorporating copyrighted materials (clips from movies, music by other artists, etc) into your video might limit our ability to feature it in the future.

To submit your video, join the Ghosts group at http://www.youtube.com/group/ninghosts and add your video to the group. Good luck, and enjoy

Added: March 12, 2008

[Shoka]

This is starting to become a bit of a trend, have ordered the 2 CD set, and will be starting the download shortly.

Are we going to see every artist releasing music like this in future?

[epicdream]

An absolute bargain for $5!!

I have only just got into NIN after hearing so much of Trent's work in films. Great stuff!!!

[krish]

Originally Posted by epicdream

... I have only just got into NIN after hearing so much of Trent's work in films. Great stuff!!!

Do I take it that means you've heard Natural Born Killers and Lost Highway?

Pretty Hate Machine, Broken, The Downward Spiral and The Fragile are all superb and essential NIN ... PHM is one of the best debut albums ever (can't believe it'll be 20 years old next year! )

the remix albums/EPs Fixed and Further Down the Spiral are worth checking out too

[epicdream]

I have heard the NBK soundtrack, I remember seeing it at the cinema and thinking it was awesome but never making the connection until much later!

Haven't heard the Lost Highway soundtrack yet, I'll have to check it out, thanks!

As a Tony Scott/Harry Gregsson-Williams fan, NIN features heavy in their films and it works so well too. (just watching Man On Fire).

I love The Fragile, With Teeth and Year Zero at the moment but all their stuff is fantastically visceral.

Downloading Ghosts now... Will take forever on my sloooowww connection but it's worth the wait.

[krish]

Following the instrumental Ghosts I-IV and the recent single Discipline,
NIN's new album the slip (HALO 27) is now available to download for FREE (there isn't even an option to pay for it )

----> http://www.nin.com ----> http://theslip.nin.com ----> http://dl.nin.com/theslip/signup

All songs written and composed by Trent Reznor
1. "999,999" (1:25)
2. "1,000,000" (3:56)
3. "Letting You" (3:49)
4. "Discipline" (4:19)
5. "Echoplex" (4:45)
6. "Head Down" (4:55)
7. "Lights in the Sky" (3:29)
8. "Corona Radiata" (7:33)
9. "The Four of Us Are Dying" (4:37)
10. "Demon Seed" (4:59)

the slip is licensed under a creative commons attribution non-commercial share alike license.

we encourage you to
remix it
share it with your friends,
post it on your blog,
play it on your podcast,
give it to strangers,
etc.

©2008 NIN

www.nin.com

[ncpl]

Top marks for TR doing this. Just as Madonna 'scoops' another gazillion quid for her super chart toppers....here's one for free. I'd have happily paid for it too !!

[epicdream]

I totally agree with the above. Way to go Trent

Not only that, he has given people the opportunity to download a 24/96 quality version!!! (Now, how do I get that to run on my Meridian system!!!!)

[sh18]

Agree with everyone else here, Trent has always hated being part of a label but thankfully he can now deliver music the way he wants to. Only listened to The Slip a couple of times but already i think its great, more please Trent

[Kenny Glasgow]

Not really been a big fan but this is GOOD, VERY GOOD

I can recommend it to NIN "casual observers" and it wont cost you anything either

Well done Trent

[Martian Phil]

Just listened to The Slip and it is a cracking album (prefer this to Ghosts, which is more atmopheric).

[Toasty]

Yep, I too agree with the slaps on the back given above, however, I'm sure he knows what he's doing. It will also garner interest from new fans who'll no doubt check out the back catalogue.

[ncpl]

Epicdream,

check out the NIN thread on the Meridian forum. There's a link to s/w that will help you get the 96/24 burnt to DVD as LPCM. I've just done it and it plays fine on my 598/DSP8's. Question is whether it is much different to the flac version via the SB+ I use.

Have played it a few times this week. Not the best NIN album IMHO, but, some good tracks nonetheless