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Nine Inch Nails : Ghosts I-IV
While it may not be one of the best-known albums that Nine Inch Nails put out the album Ghosts I-IV is a wonderful haunting album, which I would say is perfect for anyone who needs some music to open up space in your brain for thinking.
About:
From the album’s Wikipedia page:
Ghosts I–IV is the sixth studio album by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released on March 2, 2008, by The Null Corporation. It was the band’s first independent release, following their split from longtime label Interscope Records the prior year. The album’s production team included Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, studio collaborators Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder, and instrumental contributions from Alessandro Cortini, Adrian Belew, and Brian Viglione.
Reznor described the music of Ghosts as “a soundtrack for daydreams”, a sentiment echoed by critics, who compared it to the work of Brian Eno and Robert Fripp.
The tracks are unnamed, identified only by their track listing and group number, and is an almost entirely instrumental album. Although initially intended to be a five-track EP, the final release consisted of four nine-track EPs, totaling 36 tracks.
The album was released under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA) and in a variety of differing packages and prices, including a US$300 “Ultra-Deluxe Limited Edition”, without prior announcement. A user-generated “film festival” was also announced, inviting fans to visually interpret the music and post their submissions.
How I’ve used Ghosts I-IV
Recently I’ve been doing a large writing project, and when I’ve got stuck or frustrated with my inability to write exactly what I want to write, I’ll listen to track #5 and track #9.
I don’t know what it is, but there is something about these tracks that that creates a mental relaxation that melts the mental gridlock.
In case you missed it
The album was released under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA)! So if anyone wants some music by Nine Inch Nails in your project you can do it so long as.
- You give credit.
- You don’t use it for commercial purposes.
- You share what you make for free with others.
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