Recently I decided to steal an idea from my pal Matthew Perpetua and upload an occasional mix for your listening pleasure. First up is this assortment of some of my favorite Nine Inch Nails songs.
Leaving Hope: A Personal Best of Nine Inch Nails
Pinion / 2 Ghosts I / Wish / 12 Ghosts II / 13 Ghosts II / The Fragile / Just Like You Imagined / The Becoming / Happiness in Slavery / Something I Can Never Have [edited and extended] / 10 Miles High (Version) / Burn / In This Twilight / 36 Ghosts IV / The Fragile [Still] / The Becoming [Still] / Gave Up / In This Twilight (Fennesz Remix) / Leaving Hope
This particular mix leans heavily on textured instrumentals, quiet haunted-house piano, abrasive guitars, and alternately melancholy or nihilistic lyrics–occasionally all at the same time. These happen to be among my favorite NIN songs, so that’s the main reason I selected them, but Trent Reznor is a pretty deeply unfashionable character at this point among smart-music circles, so I wanted to put together a mix that displayed some of his ambition, range, and skill as a composer and arranger. There’s another mix coming that showcases a completely different side of the band, so please stay tuned.
Seanmix • Let’s Go Dancing (On the Backs of the Bruised): Nine Inch Nails Dance Music
As promised last week, here’s a very different “best of Nine Inch Nails” mix. The inspiration here was a comment I remember Trent Reznor making regarding the song “Only,” which is a great big bass-slappin’ monster of a dance song–he…
“I’d rather die than give you control.” (or Adolf Hitler, Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth, and Trent Reznor walk into a blog)
You may recall that a while back I took a break from reviewing comics thrice weekly. I’d done it for a year and a quarter or something like that and felt I’d accomplished what I set out to accomplish. I…
Just discovered your blog, it’s fantastic, you have some really interesting mixes here, unfortunately the links have expired on most of them, do you have any plans to repost?.