Skrillex Uses Video Game To Premiere Surprise New Album

Skrillex Uses Video Game To Premiere Surprise New Album

If you want to be the first to hear Skrillex’s newest music, one of the easiest ways is to play some video games.

The Grammy-winning DJ’s first full-length record, titled Recess, isn’t available by most conventional means. At the moment it can, however, be streamed through a free smartphone game called Alien Ride, which you can get on the iTunes App Store and Google Play.

Skrillex Uses Video Game To Premiere Surprise New Album

It’s actually not a terrible game, though nor is it a particularly interesting one. It’s a simplified Asteroids-like that unlocks the music shortly after you start to play. I played on iPhone and in a minute or two I had unlocked the album and was streaming it. The album came prefaced with a notification that it will only be streaming through the app for a limited time, along with a link to preorder the album on iTunes.

Skrillex’s fondness of video games is well-documented , so it’s not a stretch that he’d pull a trick like this. Still, I like it. More weird surprise albums, everyone!

Stereogum via The Verge


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