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Steve Maggiora & Kim Melville – Mars Contest 2024

This is my reworking and remix of the song “Mars” for the 2024 Rate My Mix contest.

Following the contest rules, I kept Steve Maggiora and Kim Melville’s great vocals the same but changed the instrumentation, and also the harmony. 

Apart from the drum loops and drum machine, all the instruments are played and, although the Minimoog synth bass and Mellotron are Virtual Instruments, there’s no sequencing, quantising or copy and pasting. 

The Mellotrons from the second chorus are kind of a homage to early-period David Bowie, which must have been some inspiration behind the lyrics in the chorus! 

Drum loops from Looperman.com, thanks to:
- OwnTempo
- Rasputín 
- Alexkvist99

Mars Production Remix/Reworking - Kester Jones

Kester Jones - vocal, piano, guitars, bass, cymbal

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Kester Jones is a British multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter.  Currently living in Madrid, he plays with a  variety of different bands and different people, currently including:
BFD - Guitar 
The Ella Speed Reaction - Hammond Organ
The Lousisiana Cats - Guitar
Patient 108 - Guitar
Shadows of The Sun - Drums

He also runs a home recording studio and has produced and recorded albums and EPs for:
- Antony Rotunno
- BFD
- David Ernsberger
- Julianne Athon
- Made In Gibraltar
- Padraig O’Conner
- Richard Harris 
- Robert Michael Cooney
- Shadows of The Sun
- Woody Woodenman
In addition to being involved with recording projects for various other artists, and voice-overs for videos.

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