Nine Inch Nails -《Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D》[MP3!]

专辑介绍：

工业音乐久远的历史过程中诞生过很多杰出的代表艺人、Ministry、Skinny Puppy、Front 242、KMFDM等等等等。但是，进入九十年代后，Nine Inch Nails一跃成为了最受欢迎的工业音乐艺人，这难免让人感到有点意外，某些乐评人在谈及这一现象不无嘲讽地说，“NIN只是工业音乐外表下的流行音乐，他从未做过真正的工业音乐”。而Marilyn Manson这样靠噱头、变态起家的工业新秀再次授人以柄，成为人们争论工业音乐前进还是倒退这一话题时的反方证据。

无论如何，1989年Nine Inch Nails发行的专辑《Pretty Hate Machine》到底还是为工业音乐挽回了一些颜面。单是它在排行榜上逗留数年之久这一记录，就足以证明一切了。专辑的音乐载体无一不是标准的工业味道，机械、冰冷、扭曲应有尽有。而事实上，它最成功的地方还是出色的流行感觉，一来拉近了一般乐迷对于工业音乐的距离感，二来增加了专辑的人情味、耐听性，双管齐下。专辑的歌词也尽量摆脱了工业音乐一贯的直白灰色甚至黑色的腔调，较多采用打油诗般的流畅语言婉转地表达同样极端的思想内容。

1994年，Nine Inch Nails终于推出了专辑《The Downward Spiral》，该张专辑因明显带有的70年代前卫摇滚痕迹而被看作工业音乐的新概念专辑。NIN的核心人物Trent Reznor很熟练地在跨度巨大的两种摇滚风格之间找到了结合点，得到了另类/主流乐迷的极力推崇。

关于1999年专辑《The Fragile》的评价，显然走上了两个极端。单就整体制作水平来看，Trent Reznor明显是下了一番功夫的。这张双CD专辑中没有太多的亮点，而且显得不够凶猛，但它拥有更加深邃阴柔的工业音乐氛围，注重深层的心理感受，以至于专辑听起来有些生涩。对于这一变革，有人说是一种成熟，也有人说是一种无所适从的创作枯竭地表现。

工业音乐本身天生带有的局限性是不争的事实，鉴于此，我们宁可看到创新失败的尝试，也不愿永远停留在铁砧上锻造出来的昨天。

YEAR ZERO ALBUM REMIXED: STEPHEN MORRIS, BILL LASWELL, KRONOS QUARTET, SAUL
WILLIAMS, OLOF DREIJER, THE FAINT AND MORE

"I'm very pleased with the way it turned out," says Trent Reznor of Nine Inch
Nails' Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D (Interscope Records). "Remix records can be disposable
garbage (of which I myself have been guilty to some extent) but this
collection feels good to me."

Spun off from Year Zero, the #2-charting album issued in the spring,
Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D features a stunning diversity of remixers, from Joy Division
and New Order's Stephen Morris to classical crossover pioneer Kronos Quartet
and hip-hop poet Saul Williams; from avant-garde leader Bill Laswell,
electronica's Olof Dreijer from The Knife, Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino and
post-punk revivalists The Faint to an unknown fan who submitted a remix via
the Internet.

"I reached out to heroes, friends and strangers," says Reznor. "I encouraged
those I approached to do anything and insert themselves as much as possible
into the track. Some of the stuff that was done earlier led me to choosing
other people to balance things out. The Pirate Robot Midget mix is a fan's
work--I thought it was great, it filled a need and I asked permission to use
it here. It's always interesting for me to hear my work reinterpreted--I hope
it is for you as well."

In fact, purchasers can even reinterpret and remix Year Zero themselves. The
CD package for Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D includes a DVD-ROM containing every track from
Year Zero in multi-track format (Mac and PC). Perhaps for the first time, the
master multi-tracks for every recording on a major album are being made
available to the public. The tracks are pre-formatted for Apple GarageBand
and Ableton Live (Mac or PC); the DVD-ROM also adds the demo version of
Ableton Live (Mac or PC) and generic WAVE files at 16 bit 44K that can be
loaded into any audio editor.

A special Web site, remix.nin.com, will debut upon Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D's release
date. Says Reznor,"Remixes and fun encouraged."

01. Guns By Computer (Saul Williams) ( 1:43)
02. The Great Destroyer (Modwheelmood) ( 4:19)
03. My Violent Heart (Pirate Robot Midget) ( 2:34)
04. The Beginning of the End (Ladytron) ( 4:20)
05. Survivalism (Saul Williams) ( 4:19)
06. Capital G (Epworth Phones) ( 7:26)
07. Vessel (Bill Laswell) ( 6:10)
08. The Warning (Stefan Goodchild Featuring Doudou N'Diaye Rose) ( 3:43)
09. Meet Your Master (The Faint) ( 3:35)
10. God Given (Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert) ( 4:27)
11. Me, I'm Not (Olof Dreijer) (14:00)
12. Another Version of the Truth (Kronos Quartet and Enrique Gonzalez ( 4:25) Muller) ( )
13. In This Twilight (Fennesz) ( 4:37)
14. Zero-Sum (Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert) ( 5:38)


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