He’s done it again. I mentioned in my review of ‘Ghosts‘ by Nine Inch Nails that I thought Trent Reznor would have the brains to change the music industry but now I think he’s got the balls as well.

Reznor has released another new NIN nails album this week entitled ‘The Slip‘. This time it’s all free from www.nin.com. A ‘thank you’ from him to his fans. There’s 4 choices of download, high quality MP3, FLAC lossless, M4A Apple lossless and, my favourite, High Definition WAVE 24 bit 96Khz (I really wish there was a medium commercially available for this quality). All DRM free and released under a creative commons license. There’s also a physical release on vinyl and CD due in July.

I haven’t had a chance to listen properly but I will do tomorrow. Reznor’s output however has been nothing short of phenomenal in the past 7/8 months and on first listen it sounds like a return to the more ‘traditional’ NIN sound.

Another angle being pursued by Reznor is in allowing his songs to be remixed. I had heard about this awhile back but never really looked into it. It’s so refreshing to see such a high profile artist make his music available in this way. You can basically download NIN multitracks and do whatever you want with them, then, upload them and have them rated etc. Not only is he making his music more available to people he’s also making music and music creation more accessible and intriquing to young musicians. Check out http://remix.nin.com for more info.

The revolution will be streaming…

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