Call from Mars

decide which sound we will broadcast from Mars to Earth

In March 2023 the first European planetary rover will land on Mars as part of the ExoMars mission. The rover's landing platform will carry 11 sound recordings (selected in this project) in the memory of a Czech scientific instrument. The sound recording that receives the most votes before the ExoMars probe lands on Mars will be transmitted back to Earth.

List of audio recordings

Letter to Space

Author: Sofia Velasco
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Number of votes: 2319
A guitar music played and composed by Michi Garcia and a text read and written by Sofía Velasco. Everything (text, music and recording) made specifically for this project, in order to replace the Human as a center, reminding us that in uniting the Men arrive to make possible the greatest wonders, including the arrival on Mars.

House On Mars

Author: Arjen Lucassen
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Number of votes: 1739
This is dedicated to the ExoMars Rover, on its lonely journey far from home, bravely striving to help us answer some of humanity's biggest questions: Are we alone in the universe? Is there a future for us amongst the stars?

Voices of the GWMK Children on Mars

Author: Carlos Castro León
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Number of votes: 1008
These are the voices of the children of Colombia who are currently studying at the Gimnasio WilliamMackinley(GWMK) in the city of Bogotá, their message expresses the best of us but also optimism and hope for a country that needs it urgently.

Exit Empire - First (Call from Mars)

Author: Exit Empire
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Number of votes: 399
Exit Empire created this song to celebrate science and space exploration. It was fascinating to play with the audio and include real sounds of Martian wind or first gravitational wave ever observed. There are also pictures of the landing location on Mars and the recently captured black hole converted to audio. Lyrics 'Light will come' refer to the Czech analyser with this song on board coming to Mars to study lightning. We also used typical Czech instruments cimbalom and organ. Keep looking up!

ONE HUMANITY

Author: CLASSE PROFESSIONNELLE HARTHOUSE
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Number of votes: 179
Sometimes you need to be far away from home to realize how much you care about what you have left behind. This message is a short collection of what Mankind is all about. Multilingual message recorded by a group of students of the medico social centre of Harthouse, France.

The life is full off…

Author: musiciancg of the space
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Number of votes: 142
We are five students of the Claude Gellée high school option art, and we want to send a message on mars which reflect the life and hope. For it could be hear by something in universe. We made that soundtrack with a piano and tablet.

Baby Tom is laughing

Author: Laurent Hirsch
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Number of votes: 108
I recorded my son, Tom, while he was laughing. I found it very funny, positive and inspiring :-))) It was in December 2018. Tom was 6 months old. My wife and I adopted Tom when he was 3 months old. He is a very joyful baby, often smiling and laughing :-) Why sending this sound to Mars: => It's positive, fun, quick and easy to understand. => Everyone made such a sound, so we can say it's universal. => In a way, I find that it's a good symbol for mankind.

Music from Earth, to Earth

Author: Matteo Bosi
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Number of votes: 77
I think that music is the highest possible form of art that can unite all the people. Everyone can understand music, without need for any translation. I combined instruments I collected from many different countries, to ideally represent everyone on Earth for this project. On a technical side, the song has a very short digital silence, to measure the signal to noise ratio, and concludes with ocean waves: life comes from water, and its white noise can be useful to understand data transmission.

An afternoon in the park outside the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, UK

Author: Mia Grendal
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Number of votes: 60
This recording features the sound of wind, seagulls, a person playing their guitar, children playing and people talking. It's a slice of life on Earth and would bring sounds that will never be possible to a planet void of trees, humans and animals. I captured it on a sunny August day in 2016.

Singing by a Song bird

Author: Wai Mui Lucy Chan
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Number of votes: 32
A beautiful singing by a song bird. Originally recorded in a metropolitan city on Earth - Hong Kong.

Mars is cool

Author: Прасковья Ушакова
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Number of votes: 12
My name is Praskovya, I'm 11 years old and I want people to know that Mars is a beautiful planet that is always waiting for earthlings to visit. Mankind has created many works associated with Mars. My favorite song is Noize MC “Mars Fun” is one of them.
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