Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral - Concept Mashup

I had an idea I had never seen or heard done before in taking samples from every track in a concept album and mixing it into one song. The concept album I saw as a good fit for this experiment was Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails 'The Downward Spiral' from 1994. I wanted to take this further by opening the idea to others in getting involved for a 20th anniversary release of an EP. After many had declined and felt intimidated by the idea, I mixed three tracks as an EP. This project helped me learn phase inversion and audio restoration to extract audio samples and sounds. This is an unofficial/fan-based project.

<AssetContent>ZS52BED0D3</AssetContent> This track is entirely comprised of samples from the songs: Mr. Self Destruct - 100 BPM The Art of Self Destruction, Part One - 100 BPM Self Destruction, Part Two - 100 BPM Self Destruction, Final - 100 BPM Piggy - 66 BPM Piggy (And All That Could Have Been) Heresy - 115 BPM Heresy (Version) - 115 BPM March Of The Pigs - 269 BPM March Of The Pigs (And All That Could Have Been) March Of The Pigs (MOGG) Closer - 90 BPM Closer (With Teeth Tour Rehearsal) Closer (Beside You In Time) Closer (Further Away) - 92 BPM Closer To God - 118 BPM Ruiner - 116 BPM Ruiner (Version) The Becoming - 150 BPM I Do Not Want This - 118 BPM I Do Not Want This (Instrumental) Burn (MOGG) - 90 BPM Burn (With Teeth Tour Rehearsal) Big Man With A Gun - 100 BPM A Warm Place - 70 BPM Eraser - 130 BPM Reptile - 64 BPM Reptile (With Teeth Tour Rehearsal) Reptile (And All That Could Have Been) Liar (Reptile Demo) The Downward Spiral - 100 BPM Hurt Hurt (Live) Hurt (With Teeth Tour Rehearsal) The Perfect Drug (MOGG)

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Track Two of Three

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<AssetContent>ZY8A903C34</AssetContent> Samples from a warm place, hurt, hurt (instrumental), hurt (quiet), hurt (and all that could have been), hurt (beside you in time), hurt (unplugged), and hurt (tension).

Hurt A Warm Place

<AssetContent>ZSF3C10192</AssetContent> This track is entirely comprised of samples from the songs: Mr. Self Destruct - 100 BPM The Art of Self Destruction, Part One - 100 BPM Piggy - 66 BPM Piggy (And All That Could Have Been) Heresy - 115 BPM Heresy (Blind) - 115 BPM March Of The Pigs (MOGG) Closer - 90 BPM Closer (Instrumental) - 90 BPM Closer To God - 118 BPM Closer (Precursor) - 90 BPM Closer (Deviation) - 90 BPM Closer (Internal) - 92 BPM Closer (Further Away) - 92 BPM Closer (Unrecalled) Closer (Thrust) Closer (And All That Could Have Been) Closer (Beside You In Time) Closer (MOGG) Closer (With Teeth Tour Rehearsal) Closer (Tension Tour Rehearsal) A Violet Fluid - 79 BPM Memorabilia - 134 BPM March Of The Fuckheads - 113 BPM Ruiner - 116 BPM The Becoming - 150 BPM I Do Not Want This - 118 BPM Burn (MOGG) - 90 BPM Big Man With A Gun - 100 BPM A Warm Place - 70 BPM Eraser - 130 BPM Eraser (Reduction) Reptile - 64 BPM Reptilian - 64 BPM Underneath The Skin - 64 BPM Liar (Reptile Demo) Reptile (And All That Could Have Been) Reptile (With Teeth Tour Rehearsal) The Downward Spiral - 100 BPM Hurt - 80 BPM The Perfect Drug (MOGG)

Track One of Three

<AssetContent>ZS9EB52E3D</AssetContent> This track is entirely comprised of samples from the songs: Mr. Self Destruct - 100 BPM The Art of Self Destruction, Part One - 100 BPM Self Destruction, Part Two - 100 BPM Self Destruction, Part Three - 100 BPM Self Destruction, Final - 100 BPM Piggy - 66 BPM Piggy (And All That Could Have Been) Heresy - 115 BPM March Of The Pigs - 269 BPM March Of The Pigs (And All That Could Have Been) March Of The Pigs (Beside You In Time) March Of The Pigs (MOGG) Closer - 90 BPM Closer (MOGG) Closer (And All That Could Have Been) Closer (Beside You In Time) Ruiner - 116 BPM The Becoming - 150 BPM I Do Not Want This - 118 BPM Burn (MOGG) - 90 BPM Big Man With A Gun - 100 BPM A Warm Place - 70 BPM Eraser - 130 BPM Eraser (Denial; Realization) - 130 BPM Erased; Over, Out - 116 BPM Eraser (Dissonance) Eraser (Beside You In Time) Reptile - 64 BPM Reptile (And All That Could Have Been) The Downward Spiral - 100 BPM The Downward Spiral (The Bottom) - 100 BPM The Downward Spiral (A Gilded Sickness) Hurt - 80 BPM Hurt (Instrumental) Hurt (Quiet) Hurt (And All That Could Have Been) Hurt (Beside You In Time) Hurt (With Teeth Tour Rehearsal) Hurt (Tension Tour Rehearsal) Hurt (Tension Tour) The Perfect Drug (MOGG)