i see it has an internet history, but releasing this is a nice treat for fans of both acts. i have to say that, growing up, nin remix discs (fixed, march of the pigs, closer, further down the spiral, the perfect drug) were at the very top of my list of favourite records. of the proper records, only broken really hit me the same way that the remix discs did (which isn't to say that the downward spiral or the fragile weren't landmark discs or that i didn't play them down to cd rot, but they don't exist at the same level of abstraction). those remix discs really shattered my conception of what music could be and got me into a lot of experimental music. and they still really stand in a place of their own - nothing else has ever sounded quite like a 90s nin remix disc! even just the sense of discovery, y'know? i suppose that beginning with trent layering on dozens of tracks and then giving it over to other really creative, forward-thinking experimental artists to reassemble is sort of a magical formula. i've often wondered why he stopped doing it, given that the results were always so thrilling. it's got my mind racing, though. i wonder if there's a similar amount of unmodified thirlwell mixes out there?