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63: LIVE - 24/01/20 [Weekly VGM Radio] Jan 26, 2020

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A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including:
SFX Showdown
SongFight
News
and lots of listener requests this week!
This week's playlist:
Six’s Theme, Pt. II – Tobias Lilja [Little Nightmares]Spring (Wild Horseradish Jam) – ConcernedApe [Stardew Valley]
The Palace – Matt Gray [Reformation 3]Stage 05 Remix – Daisuke Nagata and/or Ko Hayashi [Radirgy Generic]Triage at Dawn (Remix)– Morch Kovalski [Half-Life 2]Lake – Go Ichinose, Junichi Masuda Hitomi Sato and/or Morikazu Aoki [Pokemon Diamond and Pearl]Hyun-ae (Innocence) – Isaac Schankler [Analogue: A Hate Story]Rock and Awe – Tim Wynn [Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3]Rivers in the Desert – Shoji Meguro and Lyn Inaizumi [Persona 5]Fodlan Winds (Rain) – Takeru Kanazaki, Hiroki Morishita and/or Rei Kondoh [Fire Emblem: Three Houses]A Proper Story – Darren Korb [Bastion]Kakariko Village – Eimear Noone and The DIT Irish Traditional Music Ensemble [The Celtic Link: Themes from “The Legend of Zelda”]Journey of the Sorcerer – The Eagles [The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy]Jim Power I – Chris Huelsbeck [Sound Factory – Digital Audio Collection I]Jim Power II – Chris Huelsbeck [Sound Factory – Digital Audio Collection I]Arabia C - Cate Pelose [Rugrats: Royal Ransom]Dino B - Cate Pelose [Rugrats: Royal Ransom]Camel Spit - Cate Pelose [Rugrats: Royal Ransom]Master Hand Battle - ??? [Super Smash Bros. Brawl]One-Winged Angel – Nobuo Uematsu [Final Fantasy VII]Gravity Jump – Martin Stig Andersen [Limbo]Shockwave – Martin Stig Andersen [INSIDE]Flying Circus (Tribute to John Philip Sousa) – Gavin “zer0Page” GrahamAlways Look On The Bright Side Of Life – Monty Python [The Life of Brian]
MAIN THEME:
Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo & Yasuake Iwata - World 8 [Super Mario 3D World]
Requests and contact:
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Original episodes of The Sound Test LIVE, with Dale Fowler, are available through Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/_secretcave
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62: LIVE - 17/01/20 [Weekly VGM Radio] Jan 19, 2020

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A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including:
SFX Showdown
SongFight
News
Top 5 (THIS WEEK: Top 5 Drum/Percussion Sounds)
This week's playlist:
Light from the Netherworlds – Yasunori Mitsuda [Xenogears]
Miami Disco – Perturbator [Hotline Miami]
EXPERT SHOT – Ryuji Iuchi [Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD]
Dance of the Reed Flutes – Brian Johnston and/or Tim Wright (originally composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) [Lemmings]
Turks’ Theme – Nobuo Uematsu [Final Fantasy VII]
Elimination Round – Chipzel [Dicey Dungeons]
Blue Skies and a Battle – FamilyJules (originally composed by Takeru Kanazaki, Hiroki Morishita and/or Rei Kondoh) [Fire Emblem: Three Houses]
Mansion (Luigi Humming Medium Health) – Kazumi Totaka and/or Shinobu Tanaka, featuring Charles Martinet [Luigi’s Mansion]
Unused – Noriaki Urata, Kazuo Nii and/or Hiroshi Tsukamoto [Hebereke’s Popoon]
Rock Solid – Robin Beanland [Conker’s Bad Fur Day]
Scrappers – Peter Due [Forgotton Anne]
Becalmed – Robin Beanland [Sea of Thieves]
Main Theme – Ben Daglish [Deflektor]
The Fursuit of Chippyness – ClipHead [chiplove Vol 1]
Let’s Run Through! – Toshikazu Tanaka [Metal Slug 4]
DK Island Swing – David Wise [Donkey Kong Country]
Of Our Bones, the Hills – Austin Wintory [The Banner Saga]
Big Boss – Yuzo Koshiro [Streets of Rage]
Vs. Master Hand - ??? [Super Smash Bros. Brawl]
Orchestral Suite from The Inner Light – Jay Chattaway [Star Trek: The Next Generation]
Main Menu – Matt Furniss and/or Mike Clarke [Bill’s Tomato Game]
Library – Matt Furniss or Andy Blythe & Marten Joustra [Mickey Mania]
Caravan – Rush [Clockwork Angels]
MAIN THEME:
Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo & Yasuake Iwata - World 8 [Super Mario 3D World]
Requests and contact:
https://twitter.com/GreenT128
"The Sound Test" on Facebook:
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Original episodes of The Sound Test LIVE, with Dale Fowler, are available through Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/_secretcave
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61: BONUS - Slay the Spire: Reslain, Kind Words & Factory Town (w/Clark Aboud) Jan 19, 2020

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Almost exactly a year on from my first conversation with Clark Aboud, I caught up with him again about his Slay the Spire remix EP - Reslain! It's always a pleasure to chat to Clark, and we also manage to spend some time discussing Kind Words and Factory Town. Both released since we last spoke, so it was great to hear a little on their development alongside lots of his insight on Slay the Spire: Reslain.
Lee Tyrrell on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/GreenT128
Clark Aboud on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/clarkaboud
Reslain on Bandcamp:
https://clarkaboudmusic.bandcamp.com/album/slay-the-spire-reslain
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60: LIVE - 10/01/20 (feat. Clark Aboud) [Weekly VGM Radio] Jan 11, 2020

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A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including:
SFX Showdown
SongFight
News
and a BONUS interview with Slay the Spire's Clark Aboud!
Clark's "Reslain" on Bandcamp:
https://clarkaboudmusic.bandcamp.com/album/slay-the-spire-reslain
This week's playlist:
Factory Town – Clark Aboud [Factory Town]The Beyond – Clark Aboud [Slay the Spire]Slay the Spire – Clark Aboud [Slay the Spire]Aliens, Say Your Prayers! – Lee Jackson & Robert Prince [Duke Nukem 3D] (Arrangement)The Smiths – Isaac Schankler [Analogue: A Hate Story]Chemical Beats – The Chemical Brothers [WipeOut]Stage 5 – Hirohiko Takayama [Lemmings]Theme – Bjørn Lynne [Worms]Journey: A Suite for Computer Orchestra (Parts 1 & 2) – Paul Webb [Stratosphere: Conquest of the Skies]The Dragonborn Comes – Malukah (originally composed by Jeremy Soule, eek!) [The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]The Skidoo – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (composed by Nathan McCree) [The Tomb Raider Suite]Three Horns Divide Ambience – Sascha Dikiciyan & Cris Velasco [Borderlands 2]Upwards (Slay the Spire) – Clark Aboud [Slay the Spire: Reslain]BONUS Clark Aboud Interview – Reslain, Kind Words, Factory Town and more!Act III (The Beyond) – Clark Aboud [Slay the Spire: Reslain]Longing – Motoi Sakuraba [Dark Souls 2]Death Wind (with SFX) – Yumiko Kanki and/or Naoto Ishida [F-Zero]Deathwish – Larry LaLonde & Dan Monti [Twisted Metal (2012)]Title – Matt Furniss & Richard Joseph [Sensible Soccer]Autopilot – Aiden Bell and/or David Dunn (originally composed by Scott Joplin) [Elite]BGM A – Hirokazu Tanaka [Wrecking Crew]Big Boss – Yuzo Koshiro [Streets of Rage]Annie – Dan Romer [Maniac]If Someone Tries to Chop it Down – Dan Romer [Maniac]Title Screen – David Whittaker [Dizzy]Character Select – Patrick Phelan [Micro Machines]Theme – Rob Hubbard [Populous]On the Edge of a Cliff – The Streets [Everything is Borrowed]
MAIN THEME:
Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo & Yasuake Iwata - World 8 [Super Mario 3D World]
Requests and contact:
https://twitter.com/GreenT128
"The Sound Test" on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/thesoundtest/
Original episodes of The Sound Test LIVE, with Dale Fowler, are available through Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/_secretcave
Also available through:
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Spotify
iTunes
Stitcher

59: LIVE - 03/01/20 (2010s Special) [Weekly VGM Radio] Jan 05, 2020

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A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including:
SFX Showdown
SongFight
Top TEN (THIS WEEK: My favourite game from each year of the 2010s, including runners up and honourable mentions!)
This week's playlist:
Rocket Man – Gavin “zer0Page” Graham (originally composed by Elton John & Bernie Taupin) [Bitpop 16]Pushing Up – Clark Aboud [Kind Words]Light Garden – Clark Aboud [Kind Words]Throwback Galaxy – Koji Kondo [Super Mario Galaxy 2]Horseplay – Bill Elm & Woody Jackson [Red Dead Redemption]Cara Mia Addio – Mike Morasky & Ellen McLain [Portal 2]Cat – C418 [Minecraft]Make It Bun Dem – Skrillex & Damian Marley [Far Cry 3]I Was Born for This – Austin Wintory [Journey]Credits Roll – Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo and/or Yasuaki Iwata [Super Mario 3D World]Chop The Dog – Tangerine Dream, Woody Jackson, The Alchemist, Oh No & DJ Shadow [Grand Theft Auto V]Lower Hospital – Christian Henson, Joe Henson and/or Alexis Smith (originally composed by Jerry Goldsmith) [Alien: Isolation]Frozen Frenzy (Fear Factory Returns) – David Wise [Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze]Muda Kingdom – Hirokazu Tanaka [Super Mario Land]Tree Top – Kazumi Totaka [Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]Science Groove – Chris Ballew [Quantum Conundrum]BGM A – Hirokazu Tanaka [Wrecking Crew]Creep – Gavin “zer0Page” Graham (originally composed by Radiohead) [Bitpop 7]Mt. Tamaranch – Minako Hamano and/or Kozue Ishikawa [The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening]A Phantom Pain – Ludvig Forssell [Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain]Inner Demon – Nick Arundel [Batman: Arkham Knight]Anitra’s Dance/In the Hall of the Mountain King – Czech National Symphony Orchestra (composed by Edvard Grieg) [The Witness]Overture: Lore – Takeshi Furukawa [The Last Guardian]Mafia of Cooks Time Rift – Pascal Michael Stiefel [A Hat in Time]Lights, Camera, Action! (Studiopolic Act 1) – Tee Lopes [Sonic Mania]Menu – Hideki Sakamoto [Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]It All Makes Sense Now – Woody Jackson [Red Dead Redemption 2]Timber Hearth – Andrew Prahlow [Outer Wilds]The Timefall – Ludvig Forssell [Death Stranding]Fight On! – Nobuo Uematsu [Final Fantasy VII]Rip & Tear – Mick Gordon [DOOM]Wills Dissolve – ISIS [Panopticon]
MAIN THEME:
Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo & Yasuake Iwata - World 8 [Super Mario 3D World]
Requests and contact:
https://twitter.com/GreenT128
"The Sound Test" on Facebook:
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Original episodes of The Sound Test LIVE, with Dale Fowler, are available through Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/_secretcave
Also available through:
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iTunes
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and many more!

58: LIVE - 27/12/19 [Weekly VGM Radio] Dec 30, 2019

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A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features.
This week's playlist:
Buying Lumber – Jerry Martin [The Sims]Don’t Be So Serious – Low Roar [Death Stranding]Grace and Glory – Hideki Naganuma [Jet Set Radio]
Bike Race – Shawn Lee [Bully/Canis Canem Edit]Fusion – TiceTunesMarble Zone – Masato Nakamura [Sonic the Hedgehog]Ending Theme – ??? (originally composed by Hoyt Curtin) [The Flintstones]Title Screen - ??? (originally composed by Die Screaming Leiderhosens) [The Ren & Stimpy Show: Stimpy’s Invention]Midnight Wandering (Stage 2) – Takushi Hiyamuta, Yoshihiko Wada, Masato Horiuchi, Q_Jirou and/or Maitaro [Metal Slug 3]Hell March (from “Red Alert”) [Metal Version] – ToxicxEternity & Adam KingFlesh & Metal – Mick Gordon [DOOM]Whispering Rock – Peter McConnell [Psychonauts]The End of the Day – Hidehiro Funauchi [Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge]Science Groove – Chris Ballew [Quantum Conundrum]Torched Song – Claudia Brucken & The Real Tuesday Weld [L.A. Noire]Cinco De Chocobo (Final Fantasy VII) – Nobuo Uematsu [Distant Worlds V]Funky Bar 100 – Christophe Heral [Beyond Good & Evil]Beep Block Skyway – Mahito Yakota, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo and/or Yasuaki Iwata [Super Mario 3D World]Fiesta de los Muertos – Cristophe Heral [Rayman Legends]Autumn Voyage – Ian Taylor [RuneScape]Main Theme – Nobuo Uematsu [Super Smash Bros. Brawl]1969 – Boards of Canada [Geogaddi]
MAIN THEME:
Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo & Yasuake Iwata - World 8 [Super Mario 3D World]
Requests and contact:
https://twitter.com/GreenT128
"The Sound Test" on Facebook:
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Original episodes of The Sound Test LIVE, with Dale Fowler, are available through Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/_secretcave
Also available through:
YouTube
Spotify
iTunes
Stitcher
and many more!

57: LIVE - 20/12/19 (feat. TiceTunes) [Weekly VGM Radio] Dec 22, 2019

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A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including:
SFX Showdown
SongFight
Quickfire News
Top 5 (THIS WEEK: Top 5 Snow Graphics/Physics)
and a LIVE interview with Kynseed's TiceTunes!
TiceTunes Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/user-275358929
Kynseed on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/75...
This week's playlist:
Hero – TiceTunes
Freezy Flake Galaxy – Mahito Yokota, Ryo Nagamatsu and/or Koji Kondo [Super Mario Galaxy 2]
Main Title – Chris Huelsbeck [The Great Giana Sisters]
Pools of Poison – Maniacs of Noise
Lewanda’s Love – John Baker [ToeJam & Earl]
Frosty Fruits (In a Snow-Bound Land Returns) – David Wise [Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]
It’s Tricky (SSX Pretty Lights Remix) – Pretty Lights & Run-D.M.C. [SSX]
IceCap Zone Act 2 – Brad Buxer (based on “Hard Times” by The Jetzons) [Sonic the Hedgehog 3]
Headdy the Hero – Katsuhiko Suzuki, Yasuko, Kouji, Aki and/or Non [Dynamite Headdy]
Ego Check – Andy Blythe & Marten Joustra and/or Allister Brimble [Toy Story]
High Above the Land (The Flying Machine) – Jake Kaufman [Shovel Knight]
Dance of the Decorous – Danny Baranowsky [Crypt of the Necrodancer]
Rivermoor – TiceTunes [Kynseed]
LIVE TiceTunes (Matthijs den Daas) Interview
Loverwood – TiceTunes [Kynseed]
Running the Frost – Niels van der Leest [Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds]
Reclamation – Austin Wintory [Journey]
Logic and Trick – Masakazu Sugimori and/or Naoto Tanaka [Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]
Science Groove – Chris Ballew [Quantum Conundrum]
Rat-o-Matic – Stuart Ross [Space Station Silicon Valley]
Rocket Rap – Cody Wright [ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!]
Ice ‘n’ Easy Does It – Stuart Ross [Space Station Silicon Valley]
Cold Start, Hot Finish – Grant Kirkhope [Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]
Red Dead Redemption – Woody Jackson [Red Dead Redemption 2]
The View District – Solar Fields [Mirror’s Edge Catalyst]
Tim Minchin - White Wine in the Sun
MAIN THEME:
Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo & Yasuake Iwata - World 8 [Super Mario 3D World]
Requests and contact:
https://twitter.com/GreenT128
"The Sound Test" on Facebook:
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Original episodes of The Sound Test LIVE, with Dale Fowler, are available through Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/_secretcave
Also available through:
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and many more!

56: BONUS - Kynseed (w/TiceTunes) Dec 22, 2019

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To follow up on my Fable podcast episode with Russell Shaw, I caught up with TiceTunes about Kynseed - a new project from a number of ex-Fable developers! Although Russell Shaw wrote Kynseed's main theme, its expansive soundtrack is otherwise given life by Tice. Despite it being his first official video game OST, his work is deep, accomplished and - most importantly - perfect for Kynseed itself.
In this LIVE interview, Tice and I discuss his musical background, how he gave Kynseed its character, production techniques and a lot more!
Lee Tyrrell on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/GreenT128
TiceTunes on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TiceTunes
Kynseed on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Kynseed
TiceTunes' Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/user-275358929
Kynseed on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/758870/Kynseed/
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55: LIVE - 13/12/19 (feat. Fat Bard) [Weekly VGM Radio] Dec 15, 2019

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A brand new iteration of The Sound Test LIVE! This time, I'm joined by Shelley Moncaster for fresh VGM playlists and all the old features, including:
SFX Showdown
SongFight
Quickfire News
and a LIVE interview with Guinea Pig Parkour's Fat Bard!
All future streams:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jf-ef67-A3H79fLoRDtoQ
Requests and contact:
https://twitter.com/GreenT128
or
https://www.facebook.com/thesoundtest/
Original episodes of The Sound Test LIVE, with Dale Fowler, are available through Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/_secretcave
More on Fat Bard:
https://www.fatbard.com/
https://twitter.com/Fat_Bard
This week's playlist:
Funkatronic (From “Toejam and Earl”) – Fat Bard [Nostalgia]Operation Birthday – Gareth Coker & Aeralie Brighton [The Mean Greens]Angel Island Zone (Act 1) – Rearrangement by Savaged Regime [Sonic the Hedgehog 3]Casino Night Zone (Unreleased) – Jun Senoue [Sonic 3D]
Main Menu – Allister Brimble (originally composed by Randy Newman) [Toy Story]
Hard Times – The Jetzons [Repurposed for Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s “Ice Cap Zone”]
Arcade Machine (Diegetic) – Noisia [Devil May Cry]Main Theme – Fat Bard [Guinea Pig Parkour]Baby Steps – Fat Bard [Blitz Breaker]Arpeggio Prism Power – Oleg NikitinTitle Screen – Jeroen Tel [Afterburner]
Alleycat Blues – Mutsuhiko Izumi and/or Kozo Nakamura [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time]Hot Head Bop – David Wise (restored by Jammin’ Sam Miller) [Donkey Kong Country 2]In the House In a Heartbeat – Alexei Omelchuk [Metro Exodus]Logic and Trick – Masakazu Sugimori and/or Naoto Tanaka [Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]Right Behind You – Mike Morasky (credited as “Valve Studio Orchestra”) [Team Fortress 2]
Flyover – Gareth Coker [inMomentum]Flea Pit – Geoff & Tim Follin [Plok]
JUDGMENT (Stage 1-1) – Takushi Hiyamuta, Yoshihiko Wada & S. Hosoi [Metal Slug 2]Merry Christmas Everybody – Mike Richmond (originally by Slade)It Must Have Been Love – Mike Richmond (originally by Roxette)Duckburg – Shigenori Kamiya [QuackShot]02 - ??? [Togepi’s Great Adventure]
MAIN THEME:
Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo & Yasuake Iwata - World 8 [Super Mario 3D World]
YouTube (Fat Bard Interview w/video)
YouTube (Full Show)
Spotify
iTunes
Stitcher

54: BONUS - LIVE Fat Bard (Zach Fendelman & Patrick Crecelius) Interview [Guinea Pig Parkour] Dec 15, 2019

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For Shelley's very first LIVE interview, we spoke to the lovely Fat Bard about their work on the upcoming Guinea Pig Parkour and composing VGM in general!
Along with a debut appearance of my own guinea pig, Douglas, Fat Bard's Zach Fendelman and Patrick Crecelius discuss how they got started in the industry, adapting to different styles and the separate roles they take. It was fantastic to talk to Zach and Pat and, with so many projects on their slate, I'm sure we'll talk again!
Lee Tyrrell on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/GreenT128
Shelley Moncaster on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/shell_monc
Fat Bard on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Fat_Bard
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