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23/11/2023

Honk honk 🎺💪🥳 NYD with Strange Brew & Friends

It’s that time again. Roll up or roll on through to the brew on NYD with a line up of local legends keeping things truckin’ until way past your bed time.

7pm-2am
Free entry 7-8pm
£6 Advance / More on the door

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19/11/2023

Bucket list moment last night with master trio The Necks playing a sold out show. A truly magical trip every time and extra nice hearing a grand piano through our soundsystem for the first time! 🎹

09/10/2023

Dirtytalk Halloween Special 🧙‍♀️
Saturday 28 October

11PM - 3AM (clocks go back so we get an extra hour of party!)

Dirtytalk residents Tender T, Leewok & Jackin Patz with local legend NADOONE plus the most excellent FIG & SUZE returning for a B2B set. Halloween house party vibes! 😈

>> house / electro / techno n leftfield party traxx

04/10/2023

🧐 TICKET UPDATE: Final release tickets are now up! Thanks to headfirst for the top pick:

‘Deep, slamming joyous house psychedelia from the trusted heads at Dirtytalk. Calling on the cerebral Danish Regelbau crew for a triple-headed assault of off-kilter, breaks-driven grooves. FFO: DJ Sports, S*x Tags, Mood Hut, DJ Sprinkles, Rick Wilhite, Octave One’

19/09/2023

THIS FRI // 7PM-10PM // Experimental rock, lo-fi & post-punk from Mozart Estate + Half Japanese 🎸

A bonkers co-headline Show from two hugely influential cult acts! Mozart Estate is the latest installment in the decades-long musical journey of iconoclast Lawrence (formerly of Felt & Denim), who is responsible for some of the finest, most inscrutable pop music of his time. Some have compared his evolution as one of the most bonkers in the history of rock ‘n’ roll, up there with Scott Walker. Joining him is US alternative lo-fi legends Half Japanese for an extremely rare UK show. Nobody saw this one coming and Turbo Island got so excited they made their own poster

Support from Bruno and the Outrageous Methods of Presentation

Tix on Headfirst & seetickets

30/08/2023

Friday Night 🔥

Bristol’s own sound system hero Sasha Steppa will be debuting her full rig at Strange Brew for a night of roots, dub and steppas.

Joining Sasha will be Qualitex Roots Vibration (Kutty & Young Lion) and London’s Ashanti Selah, son of the mighty Aba Shanti - I.

Good vibes guaranteed!

Advance tickets on headfirst.

16/08/2023

August: venue deep clean season with ⚔️⛓️🗡️🧹🧽🧻

04/08/2023

SATURDAY NIGHT 🎹 PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN ENTRY!

Disk Frisk x 12th Isle w/ David Chesworth + Dip Friso (Live) + Fergus Clark & Morey Cillar // 7pm - 10pm⁠
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A night of live DIY synth-pop as Austrian legend David Chesworth plays his 50 greatest Synthesizer Hits show. Released in 1979, the album is ‘delicately patterned, compact and complex compositions’ originally composed in his parents’ lounge room, using a monophonic Mini Korg 700 synth and a domestic tape recorder, and released by David himself⁠
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12th Isle's Dip Friso (aka Grim Lusk) also presents his wonky take on beat-driven synth pop LIVE⁠
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Plus Fergus Clark & Morey Cillar warming up!⁠
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FFO: Efficient Space, Synthesisers, The Space Lady!!⁠
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Reserve / PWYC tickets on Headfirst now 🎶

02/08/2023

🪄 SATURDAY NITE // BACKROOM // 10.30pm - 4am⁠ 🔮

A rare opportunity to catch Tokyo’s Powder & 5ive serving up mesmerising house and deep techno in the backroom from open to close.

Expect some dance floor magic from two special talents.

Advance tix on Headfirst

26/07/2023

Saturday 12th August

Q***r party collective celebrate TEN years in the game this year 🎈❤️‍🔥🥳

Fair to say they have provided our city with some of the finest parties known. To mark the occasion Chris and Jaye will take control of the back room from open to close.

Advance tickets on Headfirst. Don’t sleep!

13/07/2023

Saturday 5th August

Strange Brew presents ~ Powder & 5ive

Excited to announce Tokyo’s finest will be joining us for a night of hypnotising house music.

"Powder needs little introduction, the queen of subtle mesmerizing shifts isn't something to miss whether it’s your first or tenth time seeing her."

Essential!

Advanced tickets on Headfirst

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11/07/2023

This Friday!

10-3am

Three legends of the Bristol scene laying down the vibes.

There’s a few cheaper early birds up on Headfirst

27/06/2023

🌞Just announced ~ Melodies International w/ Seiji Ono & Théo Terev🌞

Excited to announce the Melodies International label will be joining us on July 21st for a summer hit of the finest Soul, Disco, House and soulful shakers. Melodies will be represented by label manager Seiji Ono and Parisian digger Théo Terev of the La Mamies collective.

Founded in 2015 by Floating Points, Melodies has been dedicated to re-issuing special uncovered sounds from across the world… check that back catalogue!

More recently, the label has launched a series of artist and DJ curated 12" reissue mini compilations called Melodies Record Club in collaboration with Four Tet, Ben UFO and Hunee bringing beautiful music to new audiences across generations.

Check linktree for a Melodies Spotify playlist and a recent live recording to get a taste of what to expect.

Tickets via Headfirst/RA

Scorchio!

13/06/2023

Brew crew w/ Jeremy Deller at the Art is Magic reading… What an excellent evening, thanks for making it happen! 😎🗿☀️✊

11/05/2023

JUST ANNOUNCED…

FRIDAY 9th JUNE
22:30-03:00

Earthtrax & Strange Brew join forces for a Jungle / Drum & Bass special in the back room with some local legends

Bristol's own Krust needs no introduction and has released a plethora of music over the years on Full Cycle, V recordings and more recently on Crosstown Rebels and Moscow's OKBRON Records.

Young Echo members Anina & Guest a.k.a Aagnes step up to play a b2b set drawing from their favourite jungle/drum and bass records.

Two more Young Echo members Neek and Ishan Sound come through to showcase their productions under their new Safe Planet alias.

Earthtrax own Eusebeia, who recently released his latest album on Samurai Music will close out the night showcasing his own productions, past, present and future...

All powered by the hand built Earthtrax sound system.

22/04/2023

🐍 1 week until Astral Fest returns for another bank holiday slamdown 🐍

2 days / 22 bands / No clashes / loads of psych, hard rock, kraut and new acts to discover

Final tickets available on Headfirst for the whole weekend (£65) or individual days for £35

🤘🎸🪐

26/01/2023

Brew crew having a cute time at the Wiper & True tap room tasting tour last night. Make sure you check their taproom out when you’re out & about in BS5🍻🍻🍻

Strange Brew will continue serving the freshest pints of Kaleidscope & more through 2023! 🍻💜😎🍺

16/01/2023

Strange Brew presents ~ Shanti Celeste 🍑

Excited to welcome our good friend back to Strange Brew where she’ll be taking over the front room all night long 🪩

From working the counter at Idle Hands and co-founding Bristol party Housework, Shanti has gone on to achieve big things with a worldwide touring schedule, her own Peach Discs label and numerous productions including the 2022 dance floor hit ‘Cutie’ on Hessle Audio

Her energetic take on house, techno and beyond always gets the party started and this isn’t one to miss!⚡️

Tickets on Headfirst now

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09/01/2023

Strange Brew presents ~ DJ Nobu

Little introduction needed for this one. Come and experience a master of modern techno hypnotise us with his signature trippy and atmospheric sound.

DJ Nobu last played Bristol in 2018 so don’t miss a rare opportunity to catch one of the world’s finest selectors in the intimate surroundings of Strange Brew’s back room.

Warming things up we have dynamic Bristol selector Anina setting the tone for the night ahead 🔮

Not to be missed❗️

Advance tickets on Headfirst now

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01/01/2023

Happy New Year! 🥳 Thanks to all the dancers and for bringing such a vibe last night 🪩

Picking up where we left off at 7pm today with our New Years Day celebrations - if last year’s is anything to go by it’s gonna be FUN - FREE ENTRY before 9pm / rolling til 3am! 🕺💃

20/12/2022

Strange Brew presents ~ Ronald Langestraat Trio (Live) + Nicolini (Live) 🪐

Saturday 21st January
7pm - 10pm⁠
£10 / £12 (Headfirst)

Recently re-discovered Dutch jazz outsider Ronald Langestraat is best known for working with Amsterdam outfits Cascada and Ritmo Natural, but his solo work - a woozy fusion of soul, salsa and astral jazz - was overlooked at the time by his peers. Over three decades since his debut, Langestraat's peculiar cosmic pop has never sounded more relevant.

The Mauskovic Dance band’s Nic Mauskovic aka Nicolini supports with his otherworldly dubwise post-punk-digi-funk.

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06/12/2022

🎉 NYD // Strange Brew & Friends 🤠

Leave your resolutions at the door and roll up // roll through to our inaugural NYD party featuring a line up of local legends 🥳

Andy Payback
Wild Donna
Nadoone
Chez De Milo
Farrell

Free entry before 9pm / £6 advance tickets via Headfirst / More on the door

Artwork by local legend 🌴

30/11/2022

Next Tuesday 6 December welcome an exciting new voice in Bristol jazz - singer & multi-instrumentalist, Stanlaey, for the launch of their new album
She brings her lilting voice, celestial harp and 7 piece band, featuring musicians from Snazzback, Waldo's Gift & Solana

Plus stellar support from Memotone & boci

FFO: Bjork, Kate Bush, Julia Holter

🎟Tickets from Headfirst

16/11/2022

THIS SATURDAY’S LIVE GIG: Strange Brew presents Zombie Zombie - a French duo whose music spans retro horror soundtracks, house, dub, space-age jazz and Krautrock 🥁⁠
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With releases on Gilb'rs Versatile records including reinterpretations of the work of John Carpenter and Sun Ra. Their propulsive, percussion-driven live shows build intensity, lacing analog synths with a dance music kick. Must be seen to be believed⁠
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Hellfire video club DJs will set the scene with a vinyl selection of rare b-movie sci-fi soundtracks and wonky synth transmissions. Freak-out totale⁠ 🧟⁠
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FFO: John Carpenter & Alan Howarth mixed with 'French Touch' house⁠
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7pm - 10pm / 18th November⁠
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Tix via headfirst

19/10/2022

Our Kerry at ‘s Venue Day 2022 ✌️

We were invited along with 6 other great UK venues to speak with Steve Lamacq about our approach to creating venues. We learnt a lot from an enthusiastic and passionate panel of likeminded venue operators

A real honour & milestone to have been invited! Thanks to everyone who has supported us up til now, not least the Music Venue Trust themselves whose advice, knowledge and generosity knows no bounds - without them we might not have made it through the pandemic. Highly recommend checking out their important work

14/10/2022

Join us this Sunday for an international edition of Strange Sundays with San Francisco's .aiff joining local legend Expect a soothing cocktail of feel good sounds from these two seasoned selectors to round off the weekend right.

Free entry / Happy Hour 6-8 🍹

05/10/2022

😵‍💫 Strange Sundays >>> Dirtytalk bumper weekend special🚨

Rolling through at the brew with special guest Satoshi Yamamura & DT heavyweights Tender T and Leewok❗️

Amsterdam-based selector, former Red Light Radio resident and current recruit at Rush Hour, Satoshi plays the interesting, fun and often unheard of. We’re looking forward to hearing what’s up his sleeve for round two this weekend 🔔

Free entry / happy hour 6-8

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05/10/2022

Just announced…

New York punk funkers touchdown at Strange Brew next Tuesday.

Tickets:www.seetickets.com

30/09/2022

Incoming!

Dirtytalk presents Halloween 🎃

Elena Colombi 🦇
Nosedrip 👻
DT DJs 🧛🏼‍♂️

Things are guna get spooky at Strange Brew as we welcome 2 of our favourites ever to bring the dark electronic dance energy. Not to be missed!!! 🖤🖤🖤

Tickets available via headfirst

Poster by of course

08/09/2022

🌐 next DIRTYTALK >>>

An underground heroes special with the return of label boss Gilb’r and Satoshi Yamamura. Last time these two played together at the biker bar in 2017 was one to remember!

They’re joined by I:Cube‼️who’s inventive spin on electronic music has established him as an underground legend for nearly three decades. From multiple solo releases to the Château Flight collaboration with Gilb’r, he continues to quietly craft his unique sound.

I:Cube will be jammin the machines for a *very* rare live show. Not to be missed!

Tickets on Headfirst

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07/09/2022

Next up at Strange Sundays 🌀😜

Big thanks to all those who made it down last weekend for a healthy dose of DJ Sotofett and LNS 🫶 that was a lot of fun!

This Sunday we welcome Bristol’s finest party duo alongside brew crewer

Free entry / happy hour 6-8 🍹

31/08/2022

present a very special and highly personal exhibition on 13th September 🎞

Over the past year they have been cataloguing an incredible collection of photos spanning nearly three decades, documenting one person’s private desires to be a woman. Tonight they will be presented for the first time in public

6pm - 10pm / Free or pay-what-you-can entry / Reserve your place on Headfirst

31/08/2022

Thursday night from 7.30pm! Headfirst know what’s up:

‘“Siksa aren’t here to make you feel comfortable; q***r feminist art-punk rage and radicalism from the Polish duo. Complemented by the Avon Terror Corps crew with a UK debut from industrial s**t provocateurs Concentration and Laughter of Saints supplying the haunting, experimental dreamscapes”

Tix on Headfirst & the door 🥊

26/08/2022

Launching next week with a special guest…Strange Sundays is a new free event series running from 6pm until late *most* weeks, showcasing your favourite local DJs, Brew regulars and the occasional special guests. Always feelgood selections, starting mellow and getting more bumping as the night goes on if the mood suits.

September is also our SECOND BIRTHDAY as a venue so we're kicking things off with a special guest who will be revealed on the day. Guaranteed FUN

Strange Brew members (who donated to our startup crowdfunder) also get a FREE DRINK. Just bring along your members card or if you haven't yet claimed one you can do so on the night.

Free entry // Happy hour 6-8pm to round off the weekend right

25/08/2022

TOMORROW NIGHT!!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
8pm-Late
£5

Free entry before 10pm!!!
Happy hour 8pm-10pm
COCKTAIL DEALS 2 4 £12 🍸🥂🍹💙

DJS 😎😎😎

MICA
SERAPI
D HAM
DIRTYTALK DJs

See you there 💜🍺🥂🎉🙃🥳😎

14/08/2022

Schwet & Strange Brew (Schtrange Brew?) are v. xcited to present this whopper...⁠
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Detroit in Effect + Dame Area?!⁠
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Certified Eletro Royalty - DJ Maaco sits alongside Stingray in continuing the legacy of the 313 Greats. Expect nuffin' but lo-fi speedy ruff-cuts of Drexcyian 313 electro, all scratched to high Hell by an OG of the game...NRG KRU CUM THRU!⁠
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FFO: Cybotron, UR, DJ Assault, RP Boo.⁠
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Long-time friends/favs, Dame Area return to Bristol to do us in propa! Their first Schwet set at The Stag in '19 set schockwaves out across Avon and they've been gagging to play at Brew since before it even existed. They've since released a string of FIRE 12"s and EPs and have been starting riots across the festival circuit this summer. For our $, the hottest live act in the whole minimal-wave/post-punk-dance realm! ⁠
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RIYL: Moroder, Su***de, Liaisons Dangereuses, Toresch⁠
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Silvia & Victor run the infamous Barcelona association Magia Roja (Red Magick), arguably the city's most crucial club-space, where Victor DJs for 8hrs a night, twice a week. Check that Quietus article to get clued-up on "the post-industrial Hacienda". We're giddy to let 'Comisario de la Luz' loose on our decks for an extended DJ session, masterclass inbound!⁠
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FFO: 70s Krautrock blended with 80s Industrial mixed with 90s Techno and 00s Bass, all at once...

11/08/2022

JUST ANNOUNCED: Ottessa Moshfegh - Lapvona BOOK LAUNCH ⁠
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WEDNESDAY 31st AUGUST / 6PM ⁠
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Author of Best selling novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Strange Brew is proud to host Ottessa Moshfegh for the launch of her brand-new novel, Lapvona. Co-ordinated by Whapping Wharf indie bookshop extraordinaire, Bookhaus, Ottessa discusses her latest work in person with Professor Madhu Krishnan (UoB). Delving into a savage medieval fantasy, Lapvona has been named as a MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY Guardian, Harper’s Bazaar, The Times and more, this isn’t one to sleep on. ⁠
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Tickets £5 / Available on Headfirst now

11/08/2022

NEXT THURSDAY: NEW PARIS X BRISTOL EVENT SERIES - MERGING CINEMATIC POLE DANCE W/ INDUSTRIAL 80's FRENCH REALISTIC POP ⁠
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Cruelle, a writer and composer based in Paris whose music soaks irony and sorrowful theatrics will be taking part in a 1-month long artist residency in the backroom with Bristol's Kelan, a key figure in the local underground, responsible for a multitude of projects amongst Slack Alice, Bad Tracking & ATC showcasing his sleazy noir & post-punk, circuit-fried electronix🗿⁠
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Next week they will be hosting, Profession de Foi Part ll, a France to UK event series in collaboration with the Brunswick Club. Featuring performances from themselves plus Bristol's most low-slung chug machine Yokel, bringing his intoxicated live show back to the Brew ft. local hero's D.Ham and Franco Franco commanding the mics plus wall-to-wall nail-biting feedback, ethereal haziness, and piercing vocal deliveries from Ekstasis!⁠
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FFO: SCORN, HEIMAT, YOUNG ECHO & LUKE LUND ⁠
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18th August / 7pm - 1am⁠
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Tix available via Headfirst!

09/08/2022

Schwet & Strange Brew (Schtrange Brew?) are v. xcited to present this whopper...⁠
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Detroit in Effect + Dame Area?!⁠
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Certified Eletro Royalty - DJ Maaco sits alongside Stingray in continuing the legacy of the 313 Greats. Expect nuffin' but lo-fi speedy ruff-cuts of Drexcyian 313 electro, all scratched to high Hell by an OG of the game...NRG KRU CUM THRU!⁠
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FFO: Cybotron, UR, DJ Assault, RP Boo.⁠
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Long-time friends/favs, Dame Area return to Bristol to do us in propa! Their first Schwet set at The Stag in '19 set schockwaves out across Avon and they've been gagging to play at Brew since before it even existed. They've since released a string of FIRE 12"s and EPs and have been starting riots across the festival circuit this summer. For our $, the hottest live act in the whole minimal-wave/post-punk-dance realm! ⁠
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RIYL: Moroder, Su***de, Liaisons Dangereuses, Toresch⁠
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Silvia & Victor run the infamous Barcelona association Magia Roja (Red Magick), arguably the city's most crucial club-space, where Victor DJs for 8hrs a night, twice a week. Check that Quietus article to get clued-up on "the post-industrial Hacienda". We're giddy to let 'Comisario de la Luz' loose on our decks for an extended DJ session, masterclass inbound!⁠
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FFO: 70s Krautrock blended with 80s Industrial mixed with 90s Techno and 00s Bass, all at once...⁠
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Tix on headfirst now

09/08/2022

JUST ANNOUNCED: EN MASSE DAY 2 LINE UP REVEAL FT. A DEBUT LIVE SET FROM XRA'S BRUCE & MORE 🎤⁠
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BRUCE (DEBUT LIVE SET)⁠
SARAHSSON (LIVE)⁠
FEVER 103° (LIVE)⁠
AAGNES (HYBRID / DJ)⁠
DAN THORMAN (LIVE / DJ)⁠
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We are delighted to be welcoming En Masse back to the Brew where they will be hosting 2 incredible events here at the venue over the course of the festival⁠
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Day 2 announcements include Hessle, Timedance & XRA's BRUCE. This date will mark the beginning of his new live musical pathway which draws influences from hyperpop interlaced with deeper concepts and emotions with his own vocals 🗣️⁠
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Joining him will be a new collaborative project by guest & Anina (Aagnes), the sad dance self-proclaimed duo Fever 103°, warped metal / hardcore / experimental electronix from sarahsson & finally the lovely Dan Thorman who will be providing a deep listening experience throughout the evening in the backroom⁠
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Thurs 22nd September / 7:30pm until late⁠
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General release tickets on Headfirst

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