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MARC JONSON & RAMÍREZ EXPOSURE – TURNING ON THE CENTURY!

PRODUCED BY: Marc Jonson & Víctor Ramírez
MIXED BY: Ken Stringfellow
RECORDED AT: The Blasé Bongo Studio, Plainfield, NJ / The Hills Home Studio, Valencia, SP / Karl Sound, Valencia SP.
MASTERED BY: Ed Brooks & Rachel Fields
ARTWORK BY: Paula Costas
DESIGN BY: Claudia Torán

MARC JONSON: Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Synth, Piano, Drum Programming.
VÍCTOR RAMÍREZ: Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Synth, Mellotron, Programmed Beats.
KEN STRINGFELLOW: Bass, Backing Vocals, Tambourine, Programmed Beats on ‘The Anchorite’.
MICHAEL CARUSO: Bass on “Zing Zong”
PAULA COSTAS: Backing Vocals on “Appears”

The importance of partnership in music can’t be underestimated. Paul McCartney admitted working alone in his recording studio took twice the time absent another person to spur him on.
As we embarked on our project, Ramirez Exposure and I entered an atmosphere passing the creative baton back and forth across the ocean. This collaboration procedure proved to be both inspiring and productive.
With file sharing so easy now an entire group can produce music together from multiple locations and seamlessly stitch it into a rock steady sonic landscape. Guest artists may contribute from their own home studios blending inspired performances to the whole. Mixing
and mastering engineers with fresh ears can finalize the project into a super finale.
Ramirez Exposure’s “off the beaten trail” Mellotron and unique vocalizations were highly anticipated each new recording session I received from Spain!
I in turn shaped my contribution to his compositions with great care and execution in order to keep things rolling along smoothly.
We both hope the fans will approve and enjoy the trip with us!
Marc Jonson

“Turning On the Century.”
Marc Jonson


Thoughts about the the song ‘Tape Recorder’:

I had the opportunity to be the opening act for a Dion show in a New York City night spot called Kenny’s Castaways when I was 20 years old. It was on the Upper East Side.

Dion actually watched my set. “You’re good, you’re good” he repeated in a reassuring manner... You never forget those moments. He was and still is pop music’s number one voice from the 1960’s. While Elvis was in the Army, Dion was manning the fort here on the American charts.
In 1989 I went to hear him at Southhampton College when he was on a lecture story telling tour... no music. He focused in on his life, the Winter Dance Party which took the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper that he had also been a part of but escaped tragedy due to a coin toss and was not on the plane that crashed.

In 2009, while living in Florida, I got to hang out with Dion in Boca Raton where he resided. We went out to brunch one Saturday morning just the two of us. My mind was literally spinning sitting there listening to his stories... His latest recordings are as good as ever... How could I
not be tempted to write a song about a fellow artist and true mentor like Dion ... John Lennon knew Dion’s place in music too... Dion’s picture is one of those featured on the cover of Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

To be connected to both Buddy Holly and The Beatles says it all.
Dion’s chilling performance on his recording of Abraham, Martin and John with it’s solemn beauty would pour over the car speakers whenever it came on the radio... Dion has lifted me
up to the very stars ever since I first heard his ground breaking hit single, recorded with The Belmonts “I Wonder Why”
I don’t wonder why.
Marc Jonson


Just after leaving high school, Marc was awarded his first solo recording
contract with Vanguard Records and soon released his self produced
album, 'YEARS'. After a few small tours, he hit the New York City streets
and began playing the Greenwich Village club scene. He was quickly
recognized as a strong creative force among his peers. RCA Record's
rockabilly sensation, Robert Gordon was first to pick up on Marc's
songwriting abilities by recording three of Marc's songs, including the
title song on his RCA release, 'ARE YOU GONNA BE THE ONE'.
Next, Warner Brothers Records, The Roches recorded Marc's inspired, 'LOVE RADIATES AROUND', which went on to be nominated for 'Song of the Year' by the New York Music/BMI Awards. Paul Butterfield took his turn at a Marc Jonson composition and released 'BAD LOVE'
on his Amherst Records release, 'The Legendary Paul Butterfield Rides Again'. Then came Capitol Records, Dave Edmunds reading of Marc's rave up rocker 'KING OF LOVE'. During this period, Marc won 'Best New Songwriter' at the New York Music/BMI Awards. He has
also performed and written for Disney's block-buster companion CDs, 'Finding Nemo', 'Cars', and 'Ratatouille'. His catalogue of songs has been recorded and performed by numerous major label
artists including: Shawn Colvin, Lucy Kaplinsky, Willie Nile, Richard Barone, Richard Lloyd, Gunner Nelson, Carolyne Mas, Steve Forbert, Suzanne Vega and the Smithereens.


Ramírez Exposure is all about fresh guitars, sixties-style backing
vocals, pop synths and zero additives. Defined by The Line Of Best
Fit as the “Spanish power-pop wunderkind”, Ramírez has worked with
a number of artists such as Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, Big Star,
R.E.M.), Marc Jonson, Richard Lloyd (Television), Skylar Gudasz ,
Todd Herfindal or Brian Young (Fountains Of Wayne, Ivy, The Jesus
And Mary Chain).Live, he has played festivals such as SXSW, FIB
Benicàssim or Monkey Week and performed with international acts
such as Nada Surf, The Posies, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart,
Jacco Gardner or Luna. An official showcasing artist at Official SXSW
2017 Complete Playlist, Chicago's WBEZ included him amongst the
festival's highlights: “Ramirez Exposure brought an unexpected intensity and a riveting charisma to the jangly power-pop of his albums". [...] he elevated sounds that could have been overly genteel or so inward-looking as to be solipsistic into something everyone could celebrate.”. His albums ‘Book Of Youth’ (2015), Young Is The New Old (Munster, 2017) and ‘Exit Times’ (2021, Lovemonk) are the absolute proof of his unique talent.