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{{song
| title=Echoplex
| album=''[[The Slip]]''
| length=4:44
| BPM = 124
| versions=Echoplex<br>Echoplex (Live At Rehearsals)
| live=[[Lights In The Sky Tour]]<br>[[Wave Goodbye Tour]]<br>[[Tension 2013 Tour]] through [[NIN 2014 Japan Tour]]<br>[[NIN 2022]]
}}
'''"Echoplex"''' is a song by [[Nine Inch Nails]] first released online via Facebook on May 2, 2008. It is the fifth track on the album ''[[The Slip]]'', and is also included on the promotional [[Lights In The Sky Tour|2008 tour]] EP, ''[[Lights In The Sky (Seed)|Lights In The Sky]]''.

The bridge to the coda of the song features wind synthesizers similar to the one used in the introduction of "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]," but do not appear to be the same sound. ''Echoplex'' is also the name of a specific brand of reverb units. [[Multitracks]] for this song (and all others from ''The Slip'') were released in raw WAV format via [[remix.nin.com]].

The lyrics suggest a scenario where someone has been in solitary confinement for too long, driving him or her, to insanity, where "you will never ever get to me in here." Another possible scenario is a direct link between the lyrics present on this song and "[[Demon Seed]]"  ("You feel me breathe" on "Echoplex" vs. "I can hear it breathe"). They could also be extremely literal, referring to the solitude of wherever frontman [[Trent Reznor]] comes up with his music.

==Track artwork==
[[Image:Echoplex.jpg|thumb|Artwork accompanying the digital file]]
The artwork may symbolize someone being surrounded by sound, as if it were echoing around them. It may also symbolize walls around the person, which makes sense due to the lyrics making a reference to sound bouncing off of walls.

==Appearances==
===Halos===
*''The Slip''

===Seeds===
*''Lights In The Sky''

==Versions==
===Echoplex===
This is the original version of the song. The track opens with a programmed drum beat, and a guitar enters after two measures. The bass and vocal enter after two more measures. At the end of each verse and each chorus, some or most of the instruments drop out for one measure before the next section kicks in. The second verse has choral "la-la-la" backing vocals. The final section of the song has a different guitar melody and repeats until the outro, where the instruments gradually drop out until only the guitar remains.

===Echoplex (Live At Rehearsals)===

This version of the song was released online via [[nin.com]] and PitchforkTV. It was filmed and recorded in the band's rehearsal space in mid 2008 and directed by [[Rob Sheridan]]. [[Josh Freese]] uses a Jazzmutant Lemur to create the opening drum loop before joining in himself with a different rhythm on top of the loop for the second verse.  It also features on ''The Slip,'' on a DVD of rehearsal footage.

==Live==
"Echoplex" made its live debut during the [[2008/07/19 Los Angeles, CA|dress rehearsal show]] of the [[Lights In The Sky Tour]] and was performed on the encore of every show. It was also frequently used in the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]]. During the Lights In The Sky Tour, Josh Freese used a large touch screen at the back of the stage to simulate a drum machine to play the song's recognisable beat, an effect that wasn't without technical difficulties - breaking or malfunctioning at several concerts.

During the [[Tension 2013 Tour]], this song featured backing vocals by [[Lisa Fischer]] and [[Sharlotte Gibson]]. "Echoplex" was revived on the [[NIN 2022]] tour, after having not been performed since [[2014/02/28 Tokyo, Japan|February 28, 2014]].

==Lyrics==
     Nice and high and far apart
     Just like they said
     I built this place with broken parts
     Just like they said
     You chip away the old version of you
     You'd be surprised at what you can do
     I'm safe in here  
     Irrelevant  
     Just like they said
     
     My voice just echoes off these walls
     
     You feel me breathe 
     I am watching you
     I see it all
     The many ways you can't get to me
     I see it all
     I see the Hell you put yourself through
     Oh the things I could do (if I wanted to)
     
     My voice just echoes off these walls
     My voice just echoes off these walls
     I don't need anything at all
     My voice just echoes off these walls 
     
     And I just slowly fade away
     
     You will never ever get to me in here

==External Links==
*[https://vimeo.com/2300016 "Echoplex" Live From Rehearsals]

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| title=[[The Slip#Track Listing|The Slip]] 
| before= [[Discipline]] 
| after= [[Head Down]] 
| track= 5
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