The third of Breaka’s self-releases sees collaborations between himself, known-associate Frazer Ray, and brother Bakey.
“Fun with a capital F is the theme of this EP. I selected these four with that in mind, each one also bringing a different flavour of the UK sound. ‘The Loudest Woiioii Ever’ and ‘Phone’s Ringin’ are the product of a few sessions that me and Frazer managed to squeeze in last year. We were hugely inspired by early dubstep, instrumental grime, and of course UK Funky.
For the flip, I thought it was high time to release some of me and my brother’s productions for the world to hear. ‘Club Dynamics’ takes things right up to 150bpm, and draws on Jungle and Juke influences. We round off the release with ‘Pro Perc', a UKG groover to vibe out to, named after the now closed drum shop on Kentish Town Road we’d visit as kids.“

@breakaleeds
@bakeymusic

Buy:
https://breakamusic.bandcamp.com/album/breaka-003

Breaka 003

PREMIERE: Breaka & Bakey - Pro Perc

Recall is LLX’s sophomore EP, crafted over the last year in their studio during the pandemic. Oscillating between carefully programmed hardware beats and contrasting basslines, Recall provides its users a synchronized menu like a newly downloaded software plugin. The first track, Press Two, combines a techno groove with a halftime pulse, immersed in dystopic frequencies.

@audiobambino

Buy:
https://audiobambino.bandcamp.com/

PREMIERE: LLX - Press Two [Audio Bambino]

@roamingdataa
@overandoutuk

Buy:
https://overandoutsounds.bandcamp.com/album/-

Over & Out DIGI001

PREMIERE: Roaming Data - Tryna Make [Over & Out]

Various Artists - Break The Smile Vol. 1 [SMILED002]
out 18/04/2022 on Digital + Limited Edition Smile Sessions USB Key

@hermeth
@jksmusic

Buy:
https://jksmusic.bandcamp.com/album/break-the-smile-vol-1

Break The Smile Vol. 1

PREMIERE: Hermeth - Quarantine Consequences [Smile Sessions]

Alicia Keys is one of the undisputed queens of contemporary R&B. Powerful vocals, earnest lyrics and a deep self-awareness are the main pillars that have held up her career. But what happens when you fuse ballads with basslines? For this vinyl-only co-release on Bristol imprints Eminent and Slippery Sounds, Knoxville’s Nikki Nair stands at the intersection between new and old and redefines exactly how to nail the bootleg edit.

‘If I Ain't Got You’ is a precise flurry of two-step garage and nostalgic vocals, Alicia’s lilting voice still recognisable despite the dancefloor environment. A glossy rhythm breathes life into the old classic so that it becomes a new entity, which somehow welds together the murky rave realm with the weightlessness of Summer. It’s rare for tracks to suit any given setting, but this one might just be a strong contender.
 
‘Show Me Love’ takes a more starry-eyed course, weaving dewy textures into a fresh whimsical appeal. There’s still a subtle nod to the past despite the more recent Alicia/Miguel sample, which comes in the form of the 2010’s grime era melodies and nostalgic soundscapes. The breakdown around the halfway mark is a particular treat; it hoists up the vocals in reverence before the first of two ice-cold, dubby drops.

They say that if you’re paying homage to one of the greats, you’ve got to do it right. But Nikki Nair goes above and beyond that into a captivating alternate reality where the rush the second time round is just as good. These bootlegs are instant classics in themselves. 

@nikki-nair
@eminentuk
@slipperysounds

Buy:
https://eminent-uk.bandcamp.com/album/eminent-x-slippery-sounds-exss001

PREMIERE: Nikki Nair - I Ain't Got You [Eminent x Slippery Sounds]

LUXE & Tom Place are next up with their collaborative ‘Moonquake’ EP. The signature cross genre influences can be heard in the off kilter percussion, laid on top of bassy cuts, with subtle trance influences permeating throughout. 

@soundsofluxe
@tom-place-music
@dansudiscs

Buy:
https://dansudiscsuk.bandcamp.com/album/moonquake-ep

PREMIERE: LUXE & Tom Place - Polarities [Dansu Discs]

@uavuk
@roadkill_uk

Buy:
https://roadkilluk.bandcamp.com/album/roadkill-presents-006

PREMIERE: U-A-V - Drum Fortress [Roadkill]

For the first release of 2023, @kindergartenrecords is thrilled to welcome to the label one of the most exciting young producers around. @tomsobolikmusic’s cuts on early reflex, Cloudcore, Woozy, and Martyn’s 3024 label gathered widespread respect in a short time. Focusing on rhythmic play and an embrace of freneticism, their release feels like classic Kindergarten, a hailstorm of maximalist invention wrought from the tumultuous highs and lows of the artist's first full year living in New York after lockdown. 

Buy:
https://kindergartenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/packet-loss

Packet Loss

PREMIERE: Sobolik - Update [Kindergarten]

What do clouds sound like? For 3024's first release of 2023, we are super proud to present an exploration of that question by the amazing Italian-Ivorian producer Ehua on her new EP.
"Clouds EP" consists of four sonically and energetically varied tracks inspired by the paradoxical nature of these mood-shifting objects, suspended in space. They can be heavy or light, menacing or comforting, distraught or at ease. They are still but in motion, they can cause fear and confusion or give you strength, awareness and empowerment. Ehua's music combines live handmade percussion and flutes (the ancient Duduk on Nefele and recorder on Vola) with fierce drum programming and synth work. This is music for the mind and the 'floor! Enjoy.

@ehuamusic
@3024world

Buy:
https://ehua.bandcamp.com/album/clouds-ep

Clouds

PREMIERE: Ehua -  Piume [3024]

One For The Waltzers

Ian DPM - One For The Waltzers

Ian DPM - KE01

After a brief hiatus, London’s Miriam return with Maerc’s debut effort, the ‘Innershade’ EP. The four track offering is complete with two original tracks and a pair of Oskar Offermann remixes to accompany the impressive first outing for the Italian producer. 

The EP’s title track opens up the flip side. Maerc’s ‘Innershade’ employs textured, deep grooves on the low end with sub-oceanic synth work leading the track’s danceable rhythm. Completing the release, again we have one of Offenbach’s proudest sons providing his imitable interpretation for the EP’s closing stanza. Big drums drive Offermann’s ‘Tribal Mix’ with a prime Green Velvet-eqsue dose of acid squelching atop creating an altogether tension-ridden peak time head spinner to wrap of Miriam’s fifth release. 

@maerc
@oskaroffermann
@miriam_records

Buy:
https://www.deejay.de/Maerc_Innershade_EP_MIRIAM005_Vinyl__999781

PREMIERE: Maerc - Innershade (Oskar Offermann Tribal Mix) [Miriam]

Marga 2.0 Is a percussive shock out, tailored specifically for sweatbox clubs, basement raves, engaging in ‘tops off’ and spilling overpriced drinks all over yourself, and everyone else.

2.0 gives a firm nod to the Hard Drum contingent, whilst leaning into more chaotic, industrial textures and tones, delivering an end result of some finely tuned, chaotic rave grub for the masses.

@yeye-music

Download:
https://yeyemusic.substack.com/

PREMIERE: Ye Ye - Marga 2.0

Attention all those in need of a UK funky fix – Tribal Brothers’ LR Groove is back on his own Renk Groove label with a five-track special poised to wreck the dance. The Cantankerous EP is headed up by ‘Nuclear’, a war dub built especially for a b2b DJ set featuring the mighty Troublesome shelling down in his inimitable toasting style. 

A dancehall MC who got his taste for the studio in Trinidad and in Jamaica, Troublesome found his voice working with the likes of Daddy Noddy in Brixton and has since gone on to a two-decade-deep career taking in garage and jungle as much as Jamaica-rooted sounds. LR first clocked him on a white label Huckleberry riddim back in 1999, and when an opportunity arose to have Troublesome throw down on one of his war dubs, he jumped at the chance – ‘Nuclear’ is the right word for the end result.  

As one half of Tribal Brothers, working with the likes of Scratcha DVA and DJ Polo and dropping the heat on labels like Livity Sound and Nervous Horizon, LR has more than proven his worth in recent years, but his legacy reaches back to the breakthrough years of UK garage. The decades of dedication shine through in the versatile club weapons he crafts on Cantankerous EP, where the foundation of sub bass and stripped-back, crooked grooves act as a springboard for the LR Groove sound. It’s a style which responds to the cross-pollination happening across UK club music, as the influence of amapiano, footwork, gqom and dancehall all feeds into a razor-sharp style steeped in flair, and there’s space for the drama of techno as much as UK funky’s upfront drops. From ‘Middle Finger’s teasing tension and epic synth sweeps to the raw bleeps and nagging drum pressure of ‘Clap Back’, this is an EP loaded with neck-snapping gear that sits comfortably across a whole range of scenes in the current UK club music climate. 

@lrgroove
@user-927768308

Buy:
https://renkgrooverecordings.bandcamp.com/album/cantankerous-ep

Cantankerous

PREMIERE: LR Groove - Middle Finger [Renk Groove]

On Refilling Automatic Mulch Tanks

Ah Mulch, such a curious thing
For a tank - dweller doth excitement bring.
Though I know not how it feels
To have Mulch in thine wheels
All I desire is [ERROR : REQUEST LINE DOES NOT EXIST]

@tcvbln
@failed-units

Buy:
https://failedunits.bandcamp.com/album/units-mulched

Units Mulched

PREMIERE: TCV - 24H [Failed Units]

☣︎Bay Area and Brooklyn meet with Kush Arora and HMXGOD (fka Hitmakerchinx) exchanging blends cybernetic dancehall riddims, drill and bashment, and FDM.

One for the dancers, riddim addicts, and hybridizers from soundsystem culture.

Vocalists - send us anything you do on this one...vocal versions soon on the way.

@ kusharora
@hitmakerchinx

Buy:
https://kusharora.bandcamp.com/album/alley-ghost

Alley Ghost

PREMIERE: Kush Arora & HMXGOD - Lost Soul

From a fresh generation of producer without any blinders, this resident DJ from both Rinse France and Positive Education Festival, and audio alchemist acidobasic (fka Basic) is making his Global Warming debut with a dancefloor driven 2 tracker for stompy adventurers. 

Both immersed in a singular soundscape of bleepy synths, uncanny melodies and bass-loaded 4 to the floor kick drum, Baile & Tooping are the ideal soundtrack to both a peak time carnival street party, or a game of Mario Kart on acid. In both cases, designed to be played too loud.  

The release is visually scored by Marseille-based graphic guru Ben Hubbard, responsible for previous Global Warming artworks from Realitycheck, Jon Beige or Ouai Stéphane. He’s adding an extra layer of styles crossover, using a blend of video footage, graffiti, visual warps and collage to create a unique piece for each track.

Global Warming Records is run by Franco-British producer and talent seeker Malcolm, who imagines and shapes each project hand in hand with his artists. Global Warming just won the Ed Banger & Trax Magazine prize for the most promising electronic labels. Baile / Tooping will be the label’s 19th release.

@acidobasic
@globalwarmingrec

Buy:
https://www.globalwarmingrec.com/gw019

Baile / Tooping [GW019]

PREMIERE: Acidobasic - Baile [Global Warming]

Intercept welcomes Destrata with his debut EP for the label: Squib. Over three tracks, the Vancouver based artist shows you his take on UK influenced bass and techno.

The title track 'Squib' is Eli's first foray in 4x4 music and showcases his talent for energetic moves whilst still retaining a taste for detail. With a lead built out of a twisted vocal sample and a bass that's as grooving as it is chest pumping, it perfectly sets the tone for the EP.

@destratavan
@interceptrecords

Buy:
https://intercept.bandcamp.com/album/squib

PREMIERE: Destrata - Squib [Intercept]

Maroki launches the Spitskool Records imprint with 3 cuts of absolutely devastating club orientated sounds. Spitskool is a platform for Maroki and Coralie AKA ‘MXC’ and friends to release their music that perhaps wouldn’t fit elsewhere. Although it seems there is now a home at last.

‘AC4XT’ is a sleeping giant, again using the powerful rips and an earth shattering break and a sub that is oh so reminiscent of the old DMZ days but wholly different. The synth lines are tactile - loud, almost overpowering at times but once they disperse the space that is left is wide and compelling.

@letsgomaroki
@spitskool

Buy:
https://maroki1.bandcamp.com/album/maroki-no

PREMIERE: Maroki - AC4XT [Spitskool Records]

SSS is a Bristol-based label driven by exploring the realms of left-leaning, bass-weight dance music.

Label founder SSSLIP is a multi-faceted selector and producer with previous releases on Trax Haven, Folly and Ba Dum Tish, as well as forthcoming bits on EC2A and Slump.

Joe Koshin’s eclectic and high-energy productions have established him as a notable name in the underground dance music scene. His recent move to Bristol has seen him under a lineup of bass-driven labels including Night Service, Trax Haven, Gimme A Break and Time Is Now.

SSS001 captures the diversity of both producers' styles and aims, bringing together influences from electro, alongside ever-changing and evolving melody lines that refuse to sit still and will keep the dancefloor on their toes.

https://soundcloud.com/ssslip
https://soundcloud.com/joekoshin
https://soundcloud.com/sss_sss_sss_audio

Buy:
https://sss-sss-sss.bandcamp.com/album/sss001-ssslip-joe-koshin

SSS001

PREMIERE: SSSLIP & Joe Koshin - Wet Speed [SSS]

WDDS (pronounced 'Woods') returns with his first works of 2023; four, cold, moody, captivating, atmospheric dubstep tracks following a suit of releases on his label Hectare Discs and a stand-out jungle track on EMA's Woozy 2.5 compilation.

The Mancunian draws a wide range of influences, spanning cinematic techno and contemporary film scores, already perking the ears of honourable selectors such as Jossy Mitsu, Mixtress and Mantra.

'Rough Peak' is glitchy and eerie, complimented by a warping baseline and a sinister drone that slowly builds into a peak-time driver.

@wddsmusic
@hectarediscsmixes

Buy:
https://wddsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/pedra-ep

Pedra EP

PREMIERE: WDDS - Rough Peak [Hectare Discs]

After a string of strong releases, Fine (@sayhitofine) are back. For their 6th release, label co-founder Johannes Albert (@johannesalbert) takes the reins with the Lousy Livin' EP. The end result is a collection of floor-shaking deep house jams. Covered Call is a strong opening to the EP, a thumping journey lined with strings, horns and euphoric vocals.

The Lousy Livin' EP is out on vinyl & digital on October 10th 2017.

Buy:
https://finelabel.bandcamp.com/album/fine-06-lousy-livin

PREMIERE: Johannes Albert - Covered Call [Fine]

The Shadow City (@shadowcity) crew are at it again. Release number 3, from the Birmingham based collective’s vinyl only imprint, shows that previous accomplished outings were no flash in the pan. Harry Parsons (@harry-parsons-11) returns with three quality cuts designed to get you up and keep you moving.

'Dance Music' is a bluntly yet truthfully titled track. Stylish percussion and swaggering vocal shouts interweave, before a glorious hit of low end elevates us to another level. Luscious instrumentation and assured EQ work make the song feel alive, as it pulsates and grooves. Perfect for getting a party started or to keep it jumping; in other words, essential wax.

Buy:
http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/harry-parsons-rain-ep-shadow-city/147914

PREMIERE: Harry Parsons - Dance Music [Shadow City Records]

Music has always been an organic part of Georgian culture. It was always developing and now we have this result.PLMS002 is a compilation of 7 artists.We ended up by having a deep lo-fi and acid sound.

@palmstructure
@hamatsuki

Out January 1st 2018.

https://palmstructure.bandcamp.com/album/plms002-va-2

Definite Party Material:
https://linktr.ee/definitepartymaterial

PREMIERE: Hamatsuki - Who Ends Who [PalmStructure]

As time flows and the records spin, La Dune keeps on widening its range of original and talented contributors. 'What Gets You Moving' is a selection bound to awaken your dancing spirit.

As the party comes to an end, the question "Is It Daylight ?" might come to mind. And so with the final track of this EP, Just Baker successfully brings closure to the groove.

@justbaker
@ladunerecords

[DUN003] - Various Artists - What Gets You Moving is available to download for free: 
https://ladune.bandcamp.com/album/dun003-various-artists-what-gets-you-moving

Free Download

PREMIERE: Just Baker - Is It Daylight [La Dune]

The Blaq Bunch comes together for the second time, proving that quality and quantity don't have to exclude each other. Old companions of the label teamed up with aspiring underground producers to show our ecletic standing on this xxl compilation.

@2xmurrays
@blaq-numbers

Buy:
https://blaqnumbers.bandcamp.com/album/va-the-blaq-bunch-vol-2-blaqtapes004

PREMIERE: 2XM - Applied Imagination [Blaq Numbers]

Club ready banger from one of Aberdeen's most promising young exports.

Buy:
https://eyeanglerecords.bandcamp.com/album/heaven-granite-city-undeground

@deejaybloom
@eyeanglerecords

PREMIERE: Deejay Bloom - Heaven (Vocal Mix)[Eyeangle Records]

Approved by Quality Control.

@qualitaetskontrolle

Buy:
https://qcrecords.bandcamp.com/album/qc-passed

Definite Party Material:
https://linktr.ee/definitepartymaterial

PREMIERE: Unknown Artist - Pianodance [Quality Control]

Australian based ambassadors of genre fusing techno X CLUB. make their anticipated EP debut with ’SCUM’. Shifting between hasty breaks and propulsive 4/4 kicks, the EP focuses upon a definitive neo-futuristic rave sound inspired by a combination of 90s rave, jungle, electro and warehouse techno. Amongst clear hints of nostalgic influence, X CLUB. have involved a quantitive level of abrasive digital and analogue sound design in sculpting their signature techno-grime texture. Featuring four dynamic heaving club cuts, ‘SCUM’ explores tones of darkness while inducing a trance-like sense of euphoria. Blasts of contorted synth tones rage against mechanic percussive rhythms manifesting the scene of a dystopian industrial rave set neither in the past nor future.

‘SCUM’ is officially set for release on July 2nd via brand new Brisbane based electronic label Earthed.

earthed-systems.bandcamp.com
@itsxclub
Facebook.com/itsxclub
Instagram - @xclubmusic

PREMIERE: X-CLUB. - A LOVE [Underground Mix][Earthed]

Fresh Take Records spills onto the scene with a VA EP featuring 10 artists from 6 different countries. Marking the end of their chapter as Poolside Records, they bring you some of the hottest up and coming talent in house packaged in a club ready compilation.

All house. All Fresh. All Free.

Free Download from Aug 30th:
https://freshtakerecords.bandcamp.com/releases

@correlateuk
@freshtakerecords

PREMIERE: Correlate - G13 Haze Club Roller [Fresh Take Records]

Writing under his user18081971 alias on SoundCloud, that single word from Richard D. James has since sparked over 8,000 plays for 'Radon', the opening salvo of Goldefish's Passive Pleasure EP.

The West Country native’s debut release showcases four tracks of shimmering breakbeat, tough acid house, and nostalgic jungle.

@lloyd-howell
@gatedrecordings

Buy:
https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/

PREMIERE: Goldefish - Moonlight [Gated Recordings]

Club Culture is back with its second instalment of the series. Following the overwhelming response from Volume one in 2018, we felt the need to get planning on the next journey. Each track providing a different mood to bring us 4 tracks tailored for the dancefloor.
 
With tracks from @admnti, @rkitt, @jackmichaeldj and @glockta we look forward to taking you on a new chapter of ‘Club Culture’…
 
@glockta
@dansudiscs

Pre orders:
https://rb.gy/2a6944 

Phonica: shorturl.at/nxFVX
Juno: shorturl.at/rwS57
Red Eye: shorturl.at/irG37
ColdCuts//HotWax: shorturl.at/mrxAW
 
Release Date - 30/10/19

PREMIERE: GLOCKTA - Hotspur [Dansu Discs]

Straight off the assembly line of an unregistered production plant in an unmapped cave somewhere on the Swiss-French border, After My Bae is Hermeth’s attempt to deal with conjugal strife and narcotic dependencies by fusing his signature saturated acid with furiously dirty ghetto beats. The man has issues, no one can deny it, but goddamn does the music bang.

@hermeth
@brainwaves_crew

Buy:
https://brainwavescrew.bandcamp.com/album/hermeth-after-my-bae

Definite Party Material:
https://linktr.ee/definitepartymaterial

After My Bae

PREMIERE: Hermeth - Situationship [Brainwaves]

Approved by QC.

@qualitaetskontrolle

Out 28th February:
https://qcrecords.bandcamp.com/album/qc-passed-2

Definite Party Material:
https://linktr.ee/definitepartymaterial

QC Passed 2

PREMIERE: Unknown Artist - Happyrave [Quality Control]

The second release of 3 Feet Deep takes on a darker tone, bringing together clubby tracks that are centered around strong basslines. “Alright Then” is a consistent construction of soulful chords and rolling snares with an altogether simplicity yielding the floor to the bassline to rule.

@mainphase001
@3feetdeeprecords

Buy:
https://3feetdeeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/3-feet-deep-002

PREMIERE: Main Phase - Alright Then [3 Feet Deep]

For DSD023, Bailey Ibbs serves up a killer with his ‘Gurl’ EP.

The A side delivers 3 Bailey originals, each serving up a different mood best suited for the dance floor. Where the B side provides
3 completely different flips of ‘Gurl’ delivered to you by Groovy D, Denham Audio & AK Sports.

@bailey-ibbs
@dansudiscs

Buy:
https://dansudiscsuk.bandcamp.com/album/gurl-ep

PREMIERE: Bailey Ibbs - We Run [Dansu Discs]

Break Cycle marks Fly By Night’s third release of 2020 with a heavy fusion of breaks & electro from up-and-coming artist Tom Place in a 3-track EP. Following his releases on Bade Records and Aloka’s Typeless, this year has marked an emergence for Tom as he further embellishes his recognisable brand of techno inspired electro. The EPs opener, Eight Five, is a heavy-hitting electro track featuring a rolling drum beat and an instantly recognisable vocal echoing throughout its’ inner realms. Followed up by its’ more spacey counterpart Break Cycle, a track which builds tension perfectly and exactly surmises what makes Tom’s production so exciting to listen out for right now. Featuring heavy UK bass influences, this track really doesn’t belong in a world where vibrating soundsystems can’t pulse out its’ unrelenting bassline. The EP is wrapped up with the genre-defying Transients, a floaty, emotional track, which serves as a reminder to Tom’s dubstep roots, while still remaining indistinctively electro. Break Cycle embodies a perfect summary of the direction Fly By Night are pushing into as a label, at the start of a busy period of more things to come from both the artist and label.

@tom-place-music
@fbn-recordings

Buy:
https://flybynightrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/fbn004-break-cycle

PREMIERE: Tom Place - Break Cycle [Fly By Night Recordings]

Noire State Records proudly presents NS001, our first EP drop from Oldboy. Including a remix from Longeez, finishing touches by Chris McFarlane, and artwork from the talented Oliver Jennings, these four garage and breaky wobblers are sure to get you moving.

@oldboytrax
@noire-state

Buy:
https://noirestate.bandcamp.com/album/ns001-oldboy-the-guvnor

PREMIERE: Oldboy - Tellin' You [Noire State]

The creative minds behind Handy, merch dons, illustrative geniuses, radio hosts and all-round good guys are now trying their palms at the world of the record label.

No strangers to danger, they hit the ground running with a five-track rodeo from Handy resident Maroki, complete with remixes from two standout talents of their respective scenes, 1800-Girls and Jensen Intercepter.

Jensen Interceptor offers his signature sound on a plate to close out proceedings on this release. Warp-speed tempo, rapid fire synth lines and crazy percussion result in a guaranteed dancefloor destroyer.

@letsgomaroki
@jensen-interceptor
@handysupplyco

Buy:
https://lobsterrecords.co.uk/products/maroki-hatchi
https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/130664-handy001-maroki-hatchi
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/maroki-hatchi/807747-01/
https://www.deejay.de/Lets_Go_Maroki_Hatchi_HANDY001_Vinyl__967132

PREMIERE: Maroki - Hatchi (Jensen Interceptor Remix) [Handy Records]

The track ‘Korean Ride,’ off the Ne Boyat'sya EP, touches upon the untapped corners of ice-sharp electro with an undercurrent of esoteric, yet melodic, sensibilities by the Russian-based Any Act.

@any-act
@tram-planet-records

Buy:
https://neboyatsya.bandcamp.com/album/ne-boyatsya-ep

Any Act - Korean Ride [Tram Planet]

for the headzzz 🥴

definite party material // @scuffedrecs // rinse fm // noods radio

music out on rhythm section, all centre, scuffed recordings & more.

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