Nine Inch Nails is the latest band to distribute its music online without a label, offering a 36-track album in multiple digital and physical formats.
The group's latest music project, Ghosts I-IV, was released on the Nine Inch Nails Web site today. The album can be downloaded for US$5 in MP3, FLAC or AAC formats. A 40-page PDF booklet and "digital extras" including wallpapers and icons are included in the download package.
Alternatively, the first nine tracks -- along with the booklet and extras -- can be obtained for free in MP3 format. All files are DRM-free.
In a statement posted on the band's Web site, lead singer Trent Reznor called the project "a wildly varied body of music that we're able to present to the world in ways the confines of a major record label would never have allowed -- from a 100 percent DRM-free, high-quality download, to the most luxurious physical package we've ever created".
The "luxurious physical package" option refers to a limited edition US$300 set that includes four vinyl LPs, a 48-page book of photographs, two art prints and a photograph-and-music slideshow on Blu-ray disc. Each set is signed by Reznor.
Two other physical formats complete the list of options: a US$10 two-CD set and a US$75 version with DVD full of session WAV files, Blu-ray disc and photo book. Both include access to downloadable versions of the album in a choice of three file types.
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