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Dark Power! A New DIMENSION in the
POWER METAL genre. Dark,Full of Emotions, Atmospheric combined with The
Power Feeling. Lyrics that can travel you through time and space to unseen
words. The BAND : DARK AT DAWN. A new band with many potentials from Germany
who has just released its second album, "CRIMSON FROST". The singer BUDDY
a pleasant and talented person answers our questions revealing a great
sense of humor.
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1)HELLO!CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW
ALBUM "CRIMSON
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FROST".IT'S A DIAMOND!
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Well, thank you very much!
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2)INTRODUCE THE BAND TO THE FANS.
ESPECIALLY TO THE
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GREEKS CAUSE YOUR PROMOTION HERE
IS VERY POOR!
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We are Dark At Dawn from Germany and
our music is a kind of Heavy Metal
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with
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darker atmosphere and darker voice.
Maybe to compare with Sentenced or
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older
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Paradise Lost...
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3)WHO COMPOSES THE MUSIC?DO YOU
WORK AS A TEAM OR IS
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THERE A LEADER?
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It differs from song to song, but the
most songs are written by me or
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Sauer,
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our drummer. We are not a band, that
builds its music in sessions, but
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does
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work out the songs at home first.
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4)WHO WRITES THE LYRICS?WHICH
WOULD YOU SAY IS THE
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FORCE THAT LEADS YOU TO WRITE?YOUR
LYRICS ARE VERY
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POETIC, COULD STAND WITHOUT THE
MUSIC AS WELL. DO YOU
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THINK THAT METALHEADS ARE INTERESTED
IN LYRICS AS LONG
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AS THE MUSIC OR DO YOU THINK
THEY LISTEN TO THE SONGS
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SUPERFICIALLY WITHOUT HAVING
AN INTERESTED IN THE
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MEANING?
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The main part of the lyrics is mine.
And our drummer writes lyrics,
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too.
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I think, it's particularly different,
if the people do go into deeper
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into
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the lyrics or not. The main interest
is the music, but I think there's
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also
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interest in the lyrics when they are
good. We don't deal with political
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topics, the words are more personal
and I hope that a lot of people can
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get
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the meaning of the words or even transfer
the words to their own
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problems
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and wishes... That's the main point...
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5)IN YOUR FIRST SONG OF YOUR
NEW ALBUM YOU ASK
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YOURSELF "WHAT DO I WAIT FOR".
WHAT RESPONSE DO YOU
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HAVE TO GIVE TO YOURSELF?
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Well, this question remains unanswered
for me...
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I think that there are lots of people,
that always wait for something
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to
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happen in their lives; the most just
want to be happy and lucky. Some
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will
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get this happiness out of their jobs,
some out of their friends or
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family
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and some out of love... and some will
never get it, because they have
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problems you cannot solve. The meaning
of "The Frozen Tear" can be
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perhaps
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not to wait for something, but to DO
something. Break out or whatever,
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but
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just not to remain in questions, wishes
and dreams...
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6)IS THERE A HIDDEN CONCEPT?YOU
REFER TO ALMOST ALL
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YOUR SONGS TO FROST AND SUDDENLY
THERE IS A SONG
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ENTITLED "OASIS".WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO SAY WITH
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THIS?WHAT DO YOU MEAN WITH THE
TITLE "CRIMSON FROST"?
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No, there's no concept. The titles
and words were written and intended
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coincidentally. Perhaps it's a little
bit the atmosphere of the music,
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that
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is a little colder than on "Baneful
Skies". Maybe that brought us to
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write
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those lyrics with those words. That
colder atmosphere is expressed in
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the
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artwork, too.
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7)THE SONG "DAYBREAK" STARTS
WITH THE TURN "THIS SON
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OF MINE TAKE ME, BROKEN HIS EYES
BREAK ME, A LIFE FOR
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A LIFE FREEZE MY HEART BENEATH
THIS NEW HORIZON".
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WHERE DOES IT REFER TO?
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Oh, it's a story about a father whose
one and only son was stillborn.
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Now
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the father's in deep despair and goes
with the child's corpse onto a
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big
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mountain. He wants to give HIS life
for his son and prays for that to
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the
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sun in an awakening dawn. An unknown
and great power than heeds his
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prayer
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and fulfills it... It's the power of
nature and love, the greatest on
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earth... It's a song about the sacrificial
meanings of true love...
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8)IN YOUR DEBUT ALBUM "BANEFIL
SKIES" YOU HAVE A SONG
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ENTITLED "DRAGON TEARS". IN THE
END IT SAYS TO BE
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CONTINUED. WHERE DOES THE STORY
CONTINUE? IN THE
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"WHISPERS OF FORGOTTEN LORE"
MAYBE?
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No, there is a second part of Dragon
Tears which we will do sometime in
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the
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future... It's very difficult to continue
a sond like Dragon Tears,
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because
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it's so intense. You have to be careful
not to kill the atmosphere of
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the
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first part... We'll continue the song,
when we feel the power and
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inspiration to do that.
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9)THE ARTWORK IS AMAZING!VERY
DARK, VERY
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ATMOSPHERIC!IN THE BOTTOM OF
THE PICTURE WE CAN SEE
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TWO HANDS. TO WHOM DO THEY BELONG
TO?
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It was the idea of the guy who does
all our artwork. A very good guy
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with
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lots of great ideas. He wanted to put
some life into the picture and so
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he
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added these arms. They are perhaps
outstretched to get certain things,
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perhaps enlightenment... everyone has
to decide on his own to which
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dreams
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these arms are outstretched to.
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10)WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE PART
IN A MOVIE
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SOUNDTRACK?WHICH SONG OF YOURS
WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND
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FOR WHICH MOVIE?
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Oh, that's difficult... Perhaps "Dragon
Tears" for "Dragon Heart", but
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the
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film does have a great soundtrack...
So?!... :o)
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11)YOU LIKE DOING COVERS TO SONGS
THAT MOST OF THE
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BANDS DON'T USE TO.HOW DO YOU
CHOOSE THE SONGS YOU
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WANT TO DO COVERS? TO WHICH BANDS
AND SONGS IN
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PARTICULAR WOULD YOU ALSO LIKE
TO DO COVER SONGS?
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Yes we like to put other songs into
our own sound. Well we sit and
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gather
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some ideas. Everyone brings a song
he'd like to do and then we decide
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all
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together. I think we'd like to do another
song from Chris de Burgh, but
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nothing's decided yet.
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12)IF YOU HAVEN'T EVER RELEASD
NOT EVEN ONE ALBUM,
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WHICH SONGS OF YOURS WOULD YOU
CHOOSE TO MAKE YOURSELF
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KNOWN IN PUBBLIC?
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Good question... I think I'd choose
"silva Mea" because of its
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chorus...
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It's very catchy and great to sing
along.
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13)HAVE YOU READ ANY BOOKS LATELY?WHICH
ARE YOUR
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FAVORITE ONES?HAVE YOU SEEN A
MOVIE THAT YOU REALLY
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LIKED?
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Unfortunately I haven't got the time
to read books so often... But I
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like
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stuff from E.A. Poe and books that
deal with old castles and so on...
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The last movie I saw and liked very
much was "The sixth sense" with
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Bruce
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Willis.
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14)ARE YOU PLANNING TO TOUR?DO
WE HAVE ANY CHANCE TO
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SEE YOU IN GREECE?
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When there are enough people that want
us to come, we'll come to
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Greece.
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It's always a matter of money, if you
can go to other countries... and
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because the promo for us in Greece
is very poor, we'll at first have to
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get
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known better in Germany, so that we
can finance a tour or some single
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gigs
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in other countries.
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15)YOUR SONGS ARE VERY DARK.
ARE YOU PESSIMISTS OR IS
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IT YOUR SALVATION?
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I for myself am no pessimist in general...
but sometimes I'm in a mood
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that
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makes me sad and lost... Perhaps that
is the mood I write the best
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lyrics,
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who knows...?!
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16)ARE THERE ANY NEW BANDS YOU
HEARD AND FOUND
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INTERESTING? WHICH ONES?
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Unfortunately I like more the older
ones :o). Even when I think and
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think.... I don't really know a new
band which I like so much...
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Perhaps
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HIM, but they are not "new" in the
true sense of the word...
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17)WOULD YOU LIKE TO COOPERATE
WITH MUSICIANS FROM
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OTHER BANDS?WHO IN PARTICULAR
WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
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I don't really know.... perhaps with
some female vocalists... as Anneke
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from
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"The Gathering"; or pehaps Jennifer
Lopez ;o)))
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18)OK!TAHT'S IT FROM ME.THANKS
FOR THE INTERVIEW AND
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KEEP COMPOSING OF SUCH A HIGH
QUALITY MUSIC!SEND A
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MESSAGE TO THE GREEK FANS!
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Thanks! And we hope to come to Greece
to play there in the near time.
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Let's
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see, what the future brings... Best
wishes to you all!
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NICK "WILLIAM_KIDD"
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