The Walled Off Hotel (2017)

[NIN64]

http://walledoffhotel.com/index.html

First track from that Banksy project has appeared on the internet.

Direct link to track:http://walledoffhotel.com/media/green-lines.mp3

There are tags and art in the mp3. It's listed as track 8 of 11. Hopefully we get a whole album of TR+AR and not a compilation.

Track art:
http://i.imgur.com/sRE07Ij.jpg

I fucking LOVE this track! It sounds like two people playing one piano.

[neveroddoreven]

why is this not front & center on nin.com?!

BTF & PD were fine, but this right here...

beautiful yet menacing... imo, a groin kick to all the 'Westworld' soundtrack fanfare (not that it's undeserving)... "sure, you can make pop music sound cool on a player piano, but check this out..."

they could've turned this into an infinite loop easily...

wishful thinking = more to come...

[implanted_microchip]

Wow, that's beautiful -- every time I start to think I'm tired of soundtracks from them they go and they make something else that I really love and I have to take it all back.

[slave2thewage]

Is anyone else having trouble downloading the file? I just opened it and it's not playing in iTunes.

[jessamineny]

It's really childlike at the beginning, almost like he used the sounds his kid made while playing around on the piano and built from there.

[nowimnothing]

These guys are always so on point with their music. I can only hope that they continue making music (in any form) for years to come.

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[wizfan]

Man, they went full Alexandre Desplat with this one. I'd watch a whole movie with a soundtrack of nothing but TR&AR-programmed player pianos. Like, I don't know, a surreal indie rom-com-drama. Or an animated surreal indie rom-com-drama. A sequel to Anomalisa, perhaps?

EDIT: I was thinking about Wes Anderson when I made the Desplat reference, and, holy crap, I just found out that he is indeed making a stop-motion film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Dogs_(film)), just like Anomalisa. TR&AR helped me predict the future. Thanks, TR&AR. You're cool.

[arsenic]

the song was just posted on Null Corp youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxgaIodUpuw


Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross are ‘performing’ nightly at Bansky’s Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem for the next several weeks. ‘Green Lines’ is a new song written specifically for the player piano in the hotel. If you’re staying there or in the neighborhood, stop by for a drink. http://walledoffhotel.com

[gorast]

At least Trent didn't make another new nullco account for this song like he did with A Minute to Breathe.

Is this the only thing they've written for this thing? (If anyone knows that.) It's really lovely to listen to and it would be cool to hear more like it.

[paul_guyet]

My friend Iris was at a wedding in Tel Aviv last week and told me she stopped by the hotel a few nights ago for drinks. She's not a huge NIN fan, but she told me the piano played for "about forty five minutes or an hour". I've been sending her a shit ton of NIN to see if anything sounds familiar, but she's "not sure if any of that stuff was played". Whether it's all new or she's just awful at this, I have no idea.
She also said the music was "spooky".

[Prettybrokenspiral]

Oh man

The absurdist hardcore NIN nerd in me seriously wants to book a whimsical, week-long vacation to Bethlehem, where all I do is sit at the bar of this hotel listening to the piano and contemplating the next phase of my life over fine scotch..

[ninjaw]

So.... I'll ask again : what's the source of this

EDIT : Ok i found it

[ninjaw]

My friend Iris was at a wedding in Tel Aviv last week and told me she stopped by the hotel a few nights ago for drinks. She's not a huge NIN fan, but she told me the piano played for "about forty five minutes or an hour". I've been sending her a shit ton of NIN to see if anything sounds familiar, but she's "not sure if any of that stuff was played". Whether it's all new or she's just awful at this, I have no idea.
She also said the music was "spooky".

There's an interesting note on nin.com : TRENT AND ATTICUS ARE “PERFORMING” NIGHTLY AT BANKSY’S WALLED OFF HOTEL IN BETHLEHEM FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. THE DUO HAVE CREATED ARRANGEMENTS OF NEW AND OLD MATERIAL SPECIFICALLY TO BE PLAYED VIA THE PLAYER PIANO IN THE LOUNGE OF THE HOTEL NIGHTLY AT 8PM. IF YOU’RE STAYING THERE OR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, STOP BY FOR A DRINK.

[Fadeout54321]

That image is incredible!

http://cdn.nin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rooms_artist03_z.jpg-1024x683.jpeg

[ninjaw]

Who want a MID of that ? Lift your hand.

[otnavuskire]

Prints for sale: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Banksy-Walled-off-Hotel-Pillow-Fight-canvas-16-x-20-Print-graffiti-/292044815110?hash=item43ff3a3b06:g:y1wAAOSwfVpYujw z

Shirts, too: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Men-s-White-T-Shirt-Banksy-opens-art-filled-Walled-Off-Hotel-Pillow-Fight-TS684-/192129884842?var=&hash=item2cbbd562aa:m:mgCLy0SdhzhJIkxSUqOlcng

Those don't look like they're officially licensed. Pretty sure that's just someone selling low quality prints from a photograph. Probably not even one they took themselves.

[Wulgaren]

Why has nobody yet gone there and recorded the rest?

[sheepdean]

Why has nobody yet gone there and recorded the rest?
You know how hard it is to get to Palestine?

[arsenic]

a bit off topic, but rumours are intensifying that the artist behind Banksy might be Robert Del Naja, founding member of Massive Attack.

I know this isn't the first time that someone claims to know Banksy's identity, but there are quite a few signs (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/banksy-robert-del-naja-massive-attack-art-who-is-he-identity-real-name-graffiti-music-similarities-a7805741.html)that point to Del Naja. This doesn't prove anything in the end but I personally really like the idea of a possible connection between Banksy and Massive Attack, which could explain why Massive Attack were supposed to play at Dismaland (but they didn't) and why TR, Hans Zimmer and other musicians were asked to play at the Walled Off Hotel as they probably know each other anyway

[ninjaw]

a bit off topic, but rumours are intensifying that the artist behind Banksy might be Robert Del Naja, founding member of Massive Attack.

I know this isn't the first time that someone claims to know Banksy's identity, but there are quite a few signs (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/banksy-robert-del-naja-massive-attack-art-who-is-he-identity-real-name-graffiti-music-similarities-a7805741.html)that point to Del Naja. This doesn't prove anything in the end but I personally really like the idea of a possible connection between Banksy and Massive Attack, which could explain why Massive Attack were supposed to play at Dismaland (but they didn't) and why TR, Hans Zimmer and other musicians were asked to play at the Walled Off Hotel as they probably know each other anyway

Basically this is an old theorie just relaunched by DJ Goldie

[eversonpoe]

haven't been able to stop listening to "green-lines", especially if i put it on in the car and it just repeats. so lovely.

[polski]

Long shot, but is there a rip of this floating around at about 96kbps or whatever it is on the site?

I mean, it's listenable at that bitrate considering that it's just a piano but I wanna hear all those little transients and note interactions!

[Jon]

Long shot, but is there a rip of this floating around at about 96kbps or whatever it is on the site?

I mean, it's listenable at that bitrate considering that it's just a piano but I wanna hear all those little transients and note interactions!

The NullCo version is 128 variable AAC @ 44.1kHz (Original; obviously there's other quality options on YouTube)

The website version is V5 (about 78 max) MP3 @ 48kHz. It also contains Album/Track/Artist metadata, as well as embedded artwork. You can access/download directly here:

http://walledoffhotel.com/media/green-lines.mp3


http://i66.tinypic.com/55s86w.png

[polski]

Interesting, thanks duder!

[Ryan]

Well, holy shit... it just sunk in.

"Green Lines" is "In Motion" in piano sonata form.

Added here:

http://www.nin.wiki/Green_Lines

[Ryan]

I love you Jon.

[Lerxto]

Will this project ever see the light of day?

[Wulgaren]

I found 2 videos with the piano:
https://youtu.be/DKLx6jw7ewc
https://youtu.be/pfhUXyEfxZU

[Jon]

Extracting the original audio (with metadata) from the "Green Lines" video posted on the Null Corp channel gives an interesting result:

http://i64.tinypic.com/awdcfl.png

[arsenic]

Extracting the original audio (with metadata) from the "Green Lines" video posted on the Null Corp channel gives an interesting result:

http://i64.tinypic.com/awdcfl.png

wait, does it mean that the output file you get when exporting a video still maintains all the metadata in the audio channel? I didn't know that... So what happens if there are two audio tracks in the same timeline/export?

Sorry for being a bit off topic. Nice find!

[ninjaw]

wait, does it mean that the output file you get when exporting a video still maintains all the metadata in the audio channel? I didn't know that... So what happens if there are two audio tracks in the same timeline/export?
Sorry for being a bit off topic. Nice find!

Mmhh ? encapsulation kinda works like zip, obvioulsy why would it remove metadata when it can add even more ?
I don't get your dual audio question, sorry.

[arsenic]

ninjaw Jon

I have no idea why but I always thought that, when exporting a video, premiere/FC/avid/etc would do a video+audio mixdown and the exported result would be two flattened video+audio files held together in a container/codec - hence my question about losing the metadata. I did not know that in fact the audio track and metadata would be still intact. Sorry for the dumb question.

[ninjaw]

@ninjaw (http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=746) @Jon (http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=457)

I have no idea why but I always thought that, when exporting a video, premiere/FC/avid/etc would do a video+audio mixdown and the exported result would be two flattened video+audio files held together in a container/codec - hence my question about losing the metadata. I did not know that in fact the audio track and metadata would be still intact. Sorry for the dumb question.

Oh you're right: youtube are encoding, but yes they choose to keep some metadata

[buckaroo]

Is there any new regarding this at all? I wouldn't really expect someone to have audio of this, but there is no word on what songs were performed? Is this still going on now? I can't seem to find any info on this other than the official page stating that they are "performing" every night at 8:00.

[Wulgaren]

The hotel will be opened till the end of this year, so I guess we will get the music then

[buckaroo]

I hate to bump this old thread, but did any info about this ever find it's way around? What songs were played, how much material, etc.? The one track they released was one of my favorite instrumentals of theirs in a while.

[Lerxto]

The Walled Off Hotel soundtrack to be released on vinyl, according to the ninlive website!

[gorast]

What a place to drop that news, lol. It's in the show notes for Atlanta night 1, 9/26, if anyone wants to see the source. I'm very interested in hearing what the other compositions were, and also if this will actually ever come out or if it's going to go the way of the other Definitive Editions and Patriots Day.

[ninjaw]

The Walled Off Hotel soundtrack to be released on vinyl, according to the ninlive website!

I was gonna say WHHHAATT and then yes, ninlive met all the band recently and they said that source : http://ninlive.com/shows/2018/20180926.html

[ninlive]

This is correct. I only asked TR 3 questions and that was one of them. To quote both Atticus and Trent they said, "It's some of our strongest work and we are both very proud of it. We are hoping to release it on vinyl and in the works with it."

I loved the one track snippet on the website, hence why I asked that to them. I didn't want to ask a question that 1,000,000 people before me asked.

[gorast]

Really smart question considering we got info that no one was expecting. I'm looking forward to whenever this next wave of records drops (though my wallet certainly won't be).

[paul_guyet]

This is correct. I only asked TR 3 questions and that was one of them. To quote both Atticus and Trent they said, "It's some of our strongest work and we are both very proud of it. We are hoping to release it on vinyl and in the works with it."

I loved the one track snippet on the website, hence why I asked that to them. I didn't want to ask a question that 1,000,000 people before me asked.But we couldv'e FINALLY found out who Annie is! FUCK.

[zecho]

But we couldv'e FINALLY found out who Annie is! FUCK.

I know this is a joke, but if you really don't know who she is, her name is Andrea Mulrain, she used to work for Atlantic Records, and she's given several interviews about it.

[paul_guyet]

I know this is a joke, but if you really don't know who she is, her name is Andrea Mulrain, she used to work for Atlantic Records, and she's given several interviews about it.Yes, totally a joke. Couldn't decide whether to take the "Who's Annie?" or the "When's Tapeworm coming out?" route as far as stupid-questions-to-ask-Trent.

[eversonpoe]

Yes, totally a joke. Couldn't decide whether to take the "Who's Annie?" or the "When's Tapeworm coming out?" route as far as stupid-questions-to-ask-Trent.

i think you mean...

https://media1.giphy.com/media/7WJ3yetmk57lS/giphy.gif?cid=3640f6095bb2f5c52f6c674b2e59b051

[Damage]

Trent was asked and he confirmed they are eventually releasing it on vinyl. Just don’t hold your breath!

[zecho]

Trent was asked and he confirmed they are eventually releasing it on vinyl. Just don’t hold your breath!

That is what the nine posts preceding yours are talking about.

[TinDefacto]

Okay, so I know I'm late to the party, but can someone please explain to me how "Green Lines" is at all related to "In Motion"? Like, I get that we saw that in the metadata, but at least to my ears, the two tracks sound nothing alike. What am I missing?

[Wulgaren]

i wish this didn’t get shelved

[buckaroo]

i wish this didn’t get shelved

Was it shelved? I thought it was just in the same boat as Quake, etc. This is one of the releases I am most excited to see released to be honest.

[Wulgaren]

well i hope thats the case!

[ninlive]

I'm still holding on. At some point, it will.

[Prettybrokenspiral]

Crazy to think it's been three years already, and most people just forgot about this. Green Lines is ageless. I want the whole thing, damnit..

[Sequenteon]

I can certainly say I didn't forget about this. I would love to hear it. Though after all this time, I'd assumed it was not getting a release of any sort.

[Wulgaren]

ghosts vii: walled off hotel would be cool lol

[Prettybrokenspiral]

ghosts vii: walled off hotel would be cool lol

They should have paired it with Ghosts VI and just called the whole thing The Woman In the Walled Off Hotel..

[paul_guyet]

They should have paired it with Ghosts VI and just called the whole thing The Woman In the Walled Off Hotel..Damn.

[ninlive]

Was listening to this the other day and came about the file I grabbed off the site back then. Did anyone else get this metadata in the green lines file?

Probably my most sought after TR/AR "release" that is out there, for me.

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[sonic_discord]

Was listening to this the other day and came about the file I grabbed off the site back then. Did anyone else get this metadata in the green lines file?

Probably my most sought after TR/AR "release" that is out there, for me.

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Track 8 of 11, huh... interesting!

[cdm]

Did anyone else get this metadata in the green lines file?

Yep, my file also has that tagging.

[variablebitrate]

I wonder if the other tracks aren't TR+AR, but other artist compositions, given the .mp3 came from the hotel's website. Other artists included Hans Zimmer, Flea, and there's a video on YouTube of a version of a Tom Waits song. I can't find anything else that has worked to replace "green-lines.mp3" and see if it works and the media parent folder is forbidden.

[zecho]

If I recall correctly, at one time there was talk of a release that had all of the other compositions on it as well, which is likely where the track number comes from. Also, I believe there were two TR & AR compositions, but only this one was put out as an mp3. Fact check me please!

[trollmanen]

Where can someone get this mp3 file?

[cdm]

Where can someone get this mp3 file?

It disappeared forever.

(check the first post of this thread)