Your Mix 9

My musical composition in homage to the most feared climb in the professional cycling peleton, in the incredible Vualta de Espana.
In 2017 the fantastic win by Alberto Contador marked the end of his career. 

“I cannot think of a better way to say goodbye,” Contador said. “To win on the Anglirú on the last climb of my career. I gave everything.”

Contador always gives everything, but on the penultimate day of the 2017 Vuelta a España, he seemed to have an extra gear. Knowing that this was the final major mountain stage of his storied and sometimes-controversial 15-year racing career, Contador was on intent on going out through the “puerta grande.”

Like a Spanish bullfighter being carried out of the bullring on the shoulders of his adoring fans, Contador wanted to add one more extraordinary page to his palmares.

“I knew I had to win today, and I knew it would be complicated,” Contador said. “I was getting frustrated in this Vuelta because my results were not matching my power numbers. Without a doubt, I wanted to win the stage today.”

Who will win in 2025? Stage 13!!!???

L'Angliru - the most feared climb in the professional cycling peleton!

Special thanks to Paploviante for his generous open collab offer 🫶

I added mostly keyboard music to Paul’s jamming jazz track of keyboard, guitars (awesome solos!), bass, and percussion. VST instruments or E-instruments that I used are listed below. No AI, made by humans.

Paploviante's original track is here:  https://soundcloud.com/paploviante-and-friends/time-turns-back-paploviante

And if you love saxophone as I do, check Joerxworx's sax remix of Paploviante's Time Turns Back here:  https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx/time-turns-back-by-paploviante-joerxworx-sax-remix

BTW, time falls back one hour on Sunday, October 26, 2025, in most of the European Union, and on Sunday, November 2, 2025, in the United States, Canada, and other locations observing Daylight Saving Time in autumn.

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85 bpm

DAW: Apple Logic Pro X 
MIDI: Akai Professional Keyboard 
Concert Grand 
Ambient Lead
Studio Trumpet 
Focus rhythm arp
African Kit ~ Metal Shaker for an extra Tick-Tock rhythm in the intro, outro
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COVER ART is a surrealistic interpretation of the song as original CGI by SUNNYBECK using a composite derived from original and AI-generated images rendered by the DaVinci app, then altered, retouched, and designed in Photoshop. Includes a thumbnail of Paploviante’s original cover art.
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String Theory (Nix & Allen)

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