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    Bon Iver Wants You to Remix His Songs for Spotify Album

    By Brian Anthony Hernandez | Mashable – Fri, Aug 3, 2012

    American folk band Bon Iver, winner's of Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards in February, wants people to remix the songs from its album Bon Iver, Bon Iver.

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    The 10 best recreations will be featured on Bon Iver's remix-only album exclusively on music-streaming service Spotify. The top music makers will receive $1,000 each if their versions make it onto the 10-track album.

    Dubbed Bon Iver, Bon Iver: Stems Project, the contest on partnering social network Indaba Music provides participants with remixing tools and individual audio stems of the vocals and each instrument.

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    People can enter remixes here until Aug. 29. The remixes will face a public vote and the most-voted ones will reach Bon Iver for consideration.

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    Bon Iver, Bon Iver won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album this year. Listen to it below:

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

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