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After a Twitter post by UK electro star James Blake last week alluding to a collaboration between Bon Iver founder Justin Vernon and himself… we now know what Blake was talking about. Listen to the new track below that features an autotuned Vernon laying down some sultry vocals to the typcial expansive electronic stylings of Blake. It’s worth noting that if you were one of the lucky ones to get a ticket for Bon Iver’s sold out Edgefield show happening September 24th in Troutdale… James Blake is appearing in concert on the 23rd at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom. While Blake has a live date on the 24th in Seattle, making some sort of suprise appearance at Bon Iver’s show impossible… the chance to see the two back to back could prove quite incredible.
 

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Bon Iver & James Blake Collaboration A Reality

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 25, 2011

<h1>Bon Iver & James Blake Collaboration A Reality</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 25, 2011</p> <p>After a Twitter post by UK electro star <a href="http://www.jamesblakemusic.com" target="_blank">James Blake</a> last week alluding to a collaboration between <a href="http://www.boniver.org" target="_blank">Bon Iver</a> founder Justin Vernon and himself... we now know what Blake was talking about. Listen to the new track below that features an autotuned Vernon laying down some sultry vocals to the typcial expansive electronic stylings of Blake. It's worth noting that if you were one of the lucky ones to get a ticket&nbsp;for Bon Iver's sold out Edgefield show happening September 24th in Troutdale... James Blake is appearing in concert on the 23rd at Portland's <a href="http://www.wonderballroom.com" target="_blank">Wonder Ballroom</a>. While Blake has a live date on the 24th in Seattle, making some sort of suprise appearance at Bon Iver's show impossible... the chance to see the two back to back could prove quite incredible.<br />&nbsp;<object><em>You need to use a flashplayer enabled browser in order to view this video</em></object></p> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/v/5aqKA_2UUy4&amp;feature=player_embedded </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bon-iver-and-james-blake-collaboration-a-reality-2138982/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=15014&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bon-iver-and-james-blake-collaboration-a-reality-2138982/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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