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​Skrillex Uses Video Game To Premiere Surprise New Album

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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.

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'll only be streaming through the app for a limited time, along with a link to preorder the album on iTunes.

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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!

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Source: Stereogum via The Verge