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In a fresh, bold move, Roger Federer, DJ Money Mark and Wilson Tennis team up for a sonic surprise that lays miscellaneous tennis-related sounds over an electronic track. It was all recorded in the Mojave Desert, no less, reportedly with Federer's new Wilson ProStaff RF97 as the sole instrument involved.

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Federer relishes in his GOAT status, of course, and this is another sports-adjacent entry in his canon. But his partner in this effort has a similarly striking CV: Money Mark (née Mark Ramos Nishita) hails from Detroit and boasts a covetable career including two decades of Beastie Boys collaborations. This athletic-musical doubles pairing comes off strong.

Money Mark mines more sounds of the court as well, including the propulsive plops of a ball machine, the great-expectations unzipping of a racquet bag and the cracking open of a fresh canister of balls. (Now if only the latter's smell could be pressed into the vinyl as well.) And it has all been pressed onto records, culminating in the vinyl release of Federer's first non-charting, non-single "Play Your Heart Out."

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As Adweek reports, fans can snap up that "vinyl record of the track, which is included in a 1,200-unit limited edition RF 97 box set, along with the racket, a tennis-ball-shaped Bluetooth speaker and other goodies." It's all available to Federer-frenzied folks to the tune of $597.

All well and good, but memo to Fed: Don't go quitting your day job.

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