Trent Reznor has taken to Facebook to alert his audience of a partnership he's formed with Beats By Dre, the Interscope Records/Dr. Dre-affiliated electronics company best known for its signature line of headphones.

This marks yet another step in Reznor's return to the major-label industrial complex, following years of dismayed disengagement (the new EP from How to Destroy Angels, An Omen, will be out on Columbia on November 13). It's especially surprising that he's chosen to team up with Interscope, given his tempestuous relationship with them in the past.

It's unclear exactly what the partnership entails, but it will include "a number of very interesting projects."

From the Facebook post:

Some of you may have read that I have begun working with Beats By Dre. For the past year I have indeed been involved with Dre, Jimmy Iovine, Luke Wood, and the rest of the team on a number of very interesting projects that will start to emerge next year. I have been wanting to experiment and focus my energy and creativity in some different directions, and Beats has afforded me that very opportunity. The process has been challenging and fascinating and as much as I'd like to tell you about the things we've dreamed up... I just can't.

Not yet...

(I can tell you it's probably not what you're expecting!)

Above, listen to a recent track from How to Destroy Angels.