Today we’ve got none other than Trent Reznor treating us with a surf-able track off of Nine Inch Nails‘ latest album The Slip.

“Discipline” is one of NIN’s more dance oriented tracks, in the vein of “Only” from With Teeth (2005) and “Down In It” from Pretty Hate Machine (1989).

You have to applaude Trent & Co. for walking the talk about internet distribution, and giving the fans a choice in their consumerism. The first nine songs off of Ghosts I-IV were free to download, and you can listen to the whole album on the website before choosing whether to buy it or not.

The Slip was released as a free download from NIN’s official website, complete with artwork and the ability to choose what sound quality to download the album in. My initial reaction was that this album would not be as uncompromising as Ghosts I-V, released only a couple of months earlier.

And I was right. The Slip is NIN’s most unaccomplished work to date, but in NIN terms that doesn’t mean it’s a bad album. Every NIN album has a certain sound, and the great, great divide that is between Ghosts I-V and The Slip, boggles the mind that they were released in the same year.

Also, soon a patch will be released which lets you customize your very own game modes. The patch notes will be made available in the Audiosurf forums, and stay tuned for an interview with the man who created the art of audio surfing, Dylan Fitterer!

Audiosurf is an IGF Award winning^[3] puzzle/rhythm hybrid game created by Invisible Handlebar.^[4] Its track-like stages visually mimic the music the player chooses, while the player races across several lanes collecting colored blocks that appear in sync with the music. The game was released on February 15, 2008 over Steam; the full version is only available for purchase through Steam. Audiosurf is the first game to use Valve’s Steamworkstechnology.

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written by Jesper Sellerberg \\ tags: Audiosurf, Dylan Fitterer, Ghosts, NIN, patch, The Slip, Trent Reznor

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 at 4:49 pm