Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Radiohead Release 'Reckoner' for Remixing

British rock band Radiohead have released their latest single "Reckoner" on iTunes in separate musical stems in order to let fans more easily remix the song. This is the second time they have done this, releasing their song "Nude" for remixing last April. The band allows for anyone who remixes the song to upload it to their site, where fans can listen and vote on their favorites. The first contest was a huge success with 2,252 remixes uploaded, 461,090 votes and 1,745,304 track listens (http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/). This time around Radiohead has made it cheaper to remix the song (only $0.99 for all the stems rather than $0.99 per stem for "Nude") and to get things rolling had producers James Holden and Diplo take a crack at it.

You can listen to the remixes at http://www.radioheadremix.com/

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