Editing Fixed (EP) (section)

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|quote="This recording contains various interpretations of songs that appear in their proper form on the ''[[Broken (Nine Inch Nails EP)|Broken]]'' EP."|source=—Message on the back cover of ''Fixed''.<ref name="catalog1">{{cite web|title=Nine Inch Nails - Fixed (US CD) (includes liner notes)|url=http://nincatalog.com/fixed/fixed-us-cd-196/|website=nincatalog.com|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref>}}

According to [[Trent Reznor]], Nine Inch Nails frontman and, at the time, sole member, ''Fixed'' was not intended to be a remix album, but instead a reinterpretation and deconstruction of the music found on the 1992 EP ''[[Broken (Nine Inch Nails EP)|Broken]]'', where the songs were in their "proper form".<ref name="nin1">{{cite web|title=Discography - nine inch nails (includes blurb on Fixed)|url=http://www.nin.com/discography/|website=nin.com|publisher=[[Nine Inch Nails]]|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref>

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After Reznor hired [[Peter Christopherson]] of [[Coil (band)|Coil]] to direct the [[Broken (1993 film)|accompanying film]] to ''Broken'', they developed a friendship. Shortly after, Reznor asked Christopherson to contribute to ''Fixed''.<ref name="quietus1">{{cite web|last1=Sword|first1=Harry|last2=Doran|first2=John|title=Trent Reznor On Coil & Nine Inch Nails, Plus Recoiled Review|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/14600-trent-reznor-interview-coil-nine-inch-nails|website=[[The Quietus]]|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref> [[JG Thirlwell]] and [[Butch Vig]] were also recruited for the remixing effort. Thirwell's second "Wish" remix, "Fist Fuck", features samples of [[Timothy Leary]] while the final track, "Screaming Slave", contains various samples of [[Bob Flanagan (performance artist)|Bob Flanagan]] being tortured that were recorded during the filming of the "[[Happiness in Slavery]]" music video. Ultimately, Vig's contributions were minimal, relegated to the ending passage of "Throw This Away". About the experience, Vig said, "I started recording a lot of new parts, and took it in a much different direction. When it was finished, Trent thought the front part of the mix didn't fit the EP, so he just used the ending."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gearslutz.com/board/q-butch-vig/402075-nin-last-remix.html |title=nin – "last" remix |publisher=Gearslutz.com |date=June 30, 2009 |access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref> Reznor and [[Chris Vrenna]] completed many of the remixes in-house.

Musically, ''Fixed'' is a dark, [[industrial music|industrial]], and [[noise music|noisy]] EP.<ref name="AllFixed" /> Much of ''Broken'''s [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] aspects are eschewed and replaced with more beat- and drum-focused sounds.<ref name="AllFixed" /> Tape manipulation, unusual noises, and a focus on grinding repetition define ''Fixed'' as a distinctly [[experimental music|experimental]] release.<ref name="AllFixed" />