Trent Reznor | Archetype of a Synthesizer

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Published 2015-09-30

Through personal stories, Trent Reznor recounts his relationship with an iconic analog synthesizer and describes how it has fit into his creative process over his storied career.

Original score by The Haxan Cloak. Befitting the occasion, the artist used a Minimoog Voyager and a prototype Mother-32, Moog’s newest synthesizer, to create the score.

Trent Reznor: www.nin.com/
The Haxan Cloak: www.facebook.com/The-Haxan-Cloak-157897796801/time…
The Minimoog Voyager: www.moogmusic.com/news/end-voyage-final-production…

0:00 Introduction
0:35 TRENT REZNOR ARCHETYPE OF A SYNTHESIZER
1:29 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
4:02 THE SOUND ITSELF
7:03 HESITATION MARKS
8:35 WRITING TO PICTURE
11:06 ORIGINAL SCORE BY THE HAXAN CLOAK

All Comments (21)

@midnightrun5 8 years ago

He's actually talking to a huge modular synth - no one is even in the room.
@Fishoilification 7 years ago

This is the most intense video I've seen of someone talking about a synth
@PassiveWealth 4 years ago

Trent Reznor endorsing a synth is like John Wick endorsing a gun
@MorrisonHotel87 6 years ago

Trent Reznor could talk for an hour about how vacuum cleaners work and I would still listen with great intensity.
@jsimo1431 7 years ago

he's so progressive this is actually his new song
@Zargon314 8 years ago

"I was afraid to write music to find out that it sucked" brilliant man.
@thatwasinteresting.8150 6 years ago

Trent Reznor: "Playing keyboards, I got pretty good at it." Most modest understatement in electronic music history.
@chrissie9865 6 years ago

For a guy that makes such aggressive, depressing, dark music, Trent seems like a really cool guy to hang out with
@porkwoofles3909 7 years ago

Trent smiles a lot when he talks about this, which says a lot.
@mikal 5 years ago

I like how he refers to NIN as "them", when it's mainly been just him for the majority of its history. Still includes the live group even when referring to something he did completely himself.
@the72u7h4 5 years ago

Imagine if Trent did audio books, especially horror or post ap type books. Would be intense.
@d6rkw6lf67 11 months ago

Trent Reznor - guy was my parents nightmare in the 90s with his fishnets and goth looks. Turns out to be the safest adult - Love you Trent, thanks for being a great example of growing up since we all have to do it.
@RCAvhstape 8 years ago

This music fills me with dread that somewhere in the interview Reznor will suddenly lose it and do something violent to the cameraman...
@skilltholaggins2043 6 years ago

"It felt like a musical instrument, not just a collection of circuitry in a box" * Camera pans to Prophet 12 * Sick burn
@vanderley3 4 years ago

Never an ounce of pretentiousness with his interviews. He expresses honestly his insecurities and doubts going into a project explaining his process. Much respect for Trent Reznor.
@movingstatic2119 6 years ago

The music in the background makes it sound like he's some sort of super-villain
@timcity 8 years ago

i don't think i'm the only one ...but, i could listen to him talk for hours.
@DookSilvur 1 year ago

It's always nice to see Trent smile.
@eckharteric 5 years ago

This is the single greatest advertisement for moog products ever
@pinkthirst 3 years ago

Trent Reznor was such an influential artist for me. I remember listening to his music like a scientist studies something under the microscope. I had some medical condition that caused depression and I was so disturbed by the fact that what I was upset was not real. But when I was in the mental doctors office he had a photo of Trent Reznor on the wall. And he said that Trent Reznor was an artist that overcame depression to make wonderful. And if he can have a successful life in spite of depression that I can too.