Fixed
Fixed (also known as Halo 6) is an EP by Nine Inch Nails released on December 7, 1992. Fixed is the companion remix disc to Broken. Guest remixers include Butch Vig, J. G. Thirlwell, Coil, and live band member Chris Vrenna.
Track listing
CD
- "Gave Up" (remixed by Coil, Danny Hyde) - 5:25
- "Wish" (remixed by J. G. Thirlwell) - 9:10
- "Happiness In Slavery" (remixed by Trent Reznor, Vrenna, P.K.) - 6:09
- "Throw This Away" (remixed by Reznor, Vrenna, Vig) - 4:13
- "Fist Fuck" (remixed by Thirlwell) - 7:20
- "Screaming Slave" (remixed by Reznor, Vrenna, Bill Kennedy, Sean Beavan, Martin Brumbach, Bob Flanagan) - 8:00
UK 12" Vinyl
A1 "Gave Up" (remixed by Coil, Hyde) - 5:24
A2 "Wish" (remixed by Thirlwell) - 9:09
A3 "Happiness In Slavery" (remixed by Reznor, Vrenna, P.K.) - 6:08
B1 "Throw This Away" (remixed by Reznor, Vrenna, Vig) - 4:14
B2 "Fist Fuck" (remixed by Thirlwell) - 7:19
B3 "Screaming Slave" (remixed by Reznor, Vrenna, Kennedy, Beavan, Brumbach, Flanagan) - 8:01
Miscellanea
The official release had one contribution by Butch Vig, which was the end portion of "Throw This Away". Vig had originally remixed the song "Last", but it was cut from the final version of the EP. Trent Reznor said that Vig basically did what he always does with any song: he made it rock. However, Vig has stated in interviews that his remix of "Last" was not included simply because "Trent didn't like it." Therefore only part of Vig's mix appears at the end of "Throw This Away." The original mix appeared on the internet as an 8-bit mono 11khz file in 1993. In 2007, a high quality version was uploaded by Reznor on remix.nin.com. Another track was evidently remixed by Adrian Sherwood, and also rejected.[1]
This remix EP employs some rather unorthodox mixing techniques to give the listener an intentional sense of confusion on initial (and sometimes subsequent) listenings. On the opening "Gave Up" remix, the song picks up with a frantic rhythmic jumbling of Reznor's vocals directly referencing the lyrics ("smashed myself to pieces"). This involved running the vocals through a sampler and manipulating the knobs to cause the vocal sample to fire at random, re-sequencing them together in manic fashion.[2] Like many avant garde industrial music acts before, this release helped pioneer the notion of the remix as an artform, far removed from just commercial "milking" of an existing product. Remix artist John Balance (of Coil) expressed his dislike of choruses in the song and decided to take it in another direction.
Album Credits
- "Gave Up" remixed by Coil with Danny Hyde at Matrix (London)
- "Wish" remixed by J.G. Thirlwell
- "Happiness in Slavery" remixed by Trent Reznor and Chris Vrenna with foundation loops by PK
- "Throw This Away" assembled by Trent Reznor and Chris Vrenna with end portion created by Butch Vig
- "Fist Fuck" remixed by J.G. Thirlwell
- "Screaming Slave" given birth by Trent Reznor, Chris Vrenna, Bill Kennedy, Sean Beavan and Martin Brumbach with pain courtesy of Bob Flanagan
- Mastered by Tom Baker at Futuredisc
- Management: John A. Malm, Jr. for Conservative
- Sleeve design and photography: Gary Talpas for Black Sun
Releases
- TVT Records / Interscope Records / Atlantic Records 96093-2 - CD
- TVT Records / Interscope Records 694960932 - CD Re-release
Re-release Rumors
The re-release of The Downward Spiral (along with Trent's own words, shown below) started rumors that Broken/Fixed could eventually be re-released in high definition stereo and surround sound.
