remix.nin.com is the official Nine Inch Nails remix site.
Inspired by ninremixes.com, the site allows users to upload their own remixes of NIN songs as well as download others' remixes and rate them. Users must register in order to use some functions of the site such as saving, uploading and downloading remixes. All Spiral members are automatically registered at the site.
Initially scheduled to go live on November 20, 2007—the same day Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D was released in the US—it was delayed due to Universal Records' reluctance to host the site, citing the same copyright issues for which they had filed lawsuits against YouTube and MySpace. Trent Reznor was more than welcome to host the site himself but he would then assume all legal responsibility, including possibly being sued by Universal. Ultimately a settlement was reached and the site went live on November 26, 2007.
The only real difference between remixes.nin.com and ninremixes.com is that mash-ups and remixes using material by other artists or other media sources (film, television, etc.) are prohibited at the official site due to copyright concerns.
Content
Users can create profiles and podcasts, save customised playlists, and download, rate and comment remixes. The site also contains an advanced search function. Available from Trent Reznor's playlists are all tracks from NIN remix albums, various unreleased remixes including "Last (Butch Vig mix)" and "A Warm Place (illum tangendo)," and deconstructed tracks by Keith Hillebrandt that were previously only released through thingsfallingapart.com.
Multitracks available for download and remixing include:
- "Banged And Blown Through"—The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust!
- "Break"—The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!
- "Capital G"
- "God Given"
- "Me, I'm Not"
- "My Violent Heart"
- "Survivalism"
- "The Beginning of the End"
- "Vessel"
- "Only"
- "The Hand That Feeds"