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For independent and adventurous visions, creative engagement & critical exploration in sound and music from Aotearoa/NZ. www.audiofoundation.org.nz

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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Over her winter residency at Audio Foundation, Sina Leo has developed a new work exploring accumulation and the passage of creative time. The multidisciplinary artist presents in the back gallery an exhibition of painting and installation titled Threads. more info at audiofoundation.org.nz
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Kraus @kraus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Kraus 'Water Music' album release show Saturday 19th September at @audio-foundation.bsky.social Tickets: www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/104255/K... With support from the wonderful Half Sister @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
A painted scene of mountains, a lake, a small cottage, and a mysterious blue bubble like a biodome. Text advertising the Kraus album release show, 19th September 8pm at Audio Foundation.
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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Nature is miniature and intimate, technology soft and fluid, and the uncanny gentle rather than frightening" on Water Music — the new album from Aotearoa electronic artist @kraus.bsky.social. Head along to the album release show at @audio-foundation.bsky.social w/ Half Sister! Get tickets via UTR.
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Kraus Shares New Album 'Water Music'
Performing at Auckland's Audio Foundation with Half Sister on 19th September.
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
THURSDAY Leilehua Lanzilotti (Hawaii) is a composer and multimedia artist whose works often explore dramatic expanses of color and timbre, engaging with themes of place, displacement, and layered time. With Karen Plimmer and Paige Moffat performing on Brailler, Harp and Electronics
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Farewell Spit are: JEFF HENDERSON – piano DANIEL BEBAN – prepared guitar SHAYNE CARTER – electric guitar TOM CALLWOOD – double bass ANTHONY DONALDSON – percussion, electronics RIKI GOOCH – drums Fri 28 Aug @ AF w Half Sister Sat 29 Aug @ AF w Rachel Shearer Tix from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
AFR is pleased to announce an epic 8-album set by Motoko Kikkawa, in collaboration w/ a slew of Tāmaki-based artists over a 2-week residency at AF. Rather than a single record, 8 distinct volumes were produced - duos, trios, & ensembles - each w/ its own character, shaped by whoever was in the room
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The Complete Motoko Kikkawa Residency Recordings, by Motoko Kikkawa
64 track album
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
AFR and Skirted Records are pleased to co-release a new album by vegetable.machine.animal - the moniker of the prolific artist, drummer, collaborator, traveller Kieran Monaghan who is based in Wellington, New Zealand. Digital and CDR available now via audiofoundation.bandcamp.com/album/trio
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Compost X is a collaborative sound work built across two years and two continents, Arizona's Sonoran Desert and Vienna, by sound artists Thomas Catlaw and Evamaria Müller. ➡ Listen to the work on afm.org.nz, and explore the textual manifestation of the collaboration on Soundbleed.org.nz
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Tonght, 8PM @ AF Mario van Horrik & Petra Dubach (NL) w/ Feather, Larsen & Ben Dror Other related events: 🗓 Saturday 8 August, 4pm
Saturday Winter series #10

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Sunday 9 August, 2pm
Music For 106
- a subtle, site-specific performance for music box aboard Auckland Transport’s 106 bus
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
'Trans(port)(l)ation', the new exhibition by Mario van Horrik and Petra Dubach, opens tomorrow from 5:30pm. We hope to see you there
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
💿 NEW AFRECORDS RELEASE 💿 ‘Ecstatic Ballads for Broken Hearts’ by Love Cry Aotearoa Initiated by Singapore based saxophonist Tim O’Dwyer, Love Cry is an ongoing performance project in which sentimental Asian ballads are reinterpreted through the ecstatic and explosive vocabulary of free jazz
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Ecstatic Ballads for Broken Hearts, by Tim O'Dwyer & Love Cry Aotearoa
4 track album
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
After 20 years as a trustee, Andrew McMillan has finished his tenure on the AF board. His advocacy and dedication have helped shape and sustain this organisation for two decades, we simply wouldn't be where we are without him. Thank you, Andrew, for everything you've given to AF and our community!
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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
@audio-foundation.bsky.social bring you Regional Discrepancies 2026 — four evenings of New Noises In Tāmaki Makaurau 🔊 Feat. Japanese snare drum soloist Ryosuke Kiyasu, Bruce Russell & Robbie Yeats, Omit, Shayne P. Carter & Kraus, Chris Smith + many more! Starts TONIGHT, get tickets via UTR.
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Regional Discrepancies 2026 Announced ft. Ryosuke Kiyasu (JPN), Shayne P. Carter & Kraus, Bruce Russell & Robbie Yeats + More
Spotlighting New Noises from Ōtepoti, Ōtautahi , Te Waiharakeke, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Tāmaki Makaurau, Naarm & Japan at Audio Foundation and Whammy Bar.
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A taste of what's to come from New York's Ka Baird next weekend! Thursday 16th: With Rosy Parlane Friday 17th: With Hermione Johnson & Rāhana Tito-Taylor Tickets from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
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Ka Baird - Bearings: A Live Performance
YouTube video by RVNG Intl.
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
📄 New critical writing now on the Soundbleed Online Journal: ‘Modes of Worlding in Electronic Music: How a Deeper Engagement with Process can Help Loosen the Grip of Capitalist Realism’ by Lucy Reid. Read here: soundbleed.org.nz/LUCY-REID-MO...
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The Great Unlearning brings together four AUT doctoral researchers working across sound, installation, and visual art. Opens: Wednesday 8 July, 5.30pm, with refreshments by Liberty Breweries Hours: 12 – 4pm, Wednesday – Saturday Closes: Saturday 1 August
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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
NYC composer / sound designer / body musician Ka Baird (RVNG Intl.) performs at @audio-foundation.bsky.social in Tāmaki Makaurau this winter — solo on 16th July plus with Hermione Johnson & Rāhana Tito-Taylor on 17th July! Get tickets via UTR.
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Two Nights With Ka Baird (USA) - Auckland Events Announced
NYC composer / sound designer / body musician performs at Audio Foundation in July.
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Audio Foundation presents Saturday Winter Series #4! With The Rogg Roger Manins – saxophone Wil Goodison – double bass Finn McNeill – drums Saturday 27 June, 4PM @ Audio Foundation Koha entry
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This residency is open to sound artists and researchers – merging, emerging, submerging, early, mid, or late career. The aim is to provide sound artists an enclave to work in, as well as an opportunity to activate the Auckland Old Folks Association hall in a new way audiofoundation.org.nz/residency
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
📡 NEW AFM BROADCAST 📡 REUBEN THE ORGANIZER: INVITED OR NOT, THE DIVINE WILL BE PRESENT This powerful motif anchors a 40-minute broadcast composition by Brazilian artist Reuben the Organizer, with contributions from singer Lea Taragona and percussionist Igor Souza Streaming all June afm.org.nz
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
THE LOOM #18 Tāmaki Oro Rau Taonga Pūoro & Synths Tāmaki Oro Rau are an Auckland-based collective dedicated to the resurgence and rēhia of taonga pūoro, customary Māori instruments @undertheradarnz.bsky.social pre-sales $20 Door Sales $25 Waged/$15 Unwaged Members Free
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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
@audio-foundation.bsky.social presents Regional Discrepancies 2026 this July — featuring Japanese snare drum soloist Ryosuke Kiyasu (SETE STAR SEPT, Fushitsusha), Shayne P. Carter & Kraus, Dead C's Bruce Russell & Robbie Yeats + many more! Season passes & nightly tickets available now via UTR ✨
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Regional Discrepancies 2026 Announced ft. Ryosuke Kiyasu (JPN), Shayne P. Carter & Kraus, Bruce Russell & Robbie Yeats + More
Spotlighting New Noises from Ōtepoti, Ōtautahi , Te Waiharakeke, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Tāmaki Makaurau, Naarm & Japan at Audio Foundation and Whammy Bar.
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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Paradox Princess declares "ALL MY BADDIES WANT LAND BACK!!!" in the Tāmaki-based digital punk's new anthem 'too much'. Catch Paradox Princess at @audio-foundation.bsky.social this Friday with Parakozm & Distracted! Get tickets via UTR 🚌
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Paradox Princess Shares Single & Video 'Too Much'
Playing at Auckland's Audio Foundation this Friday with Parakozm and Distracted.
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We're pleased to share our Gallery Programme for August – December 2026. More information at www.audiofoundation.org.nz/programmes/e...
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🍂 Autumn 2026 Artist in Residence: Pat Kraus From May 19th-29th Pat will be working with multi-track tape loops, and exploring some of the recent donations to the MEL library, including vintage synthesizers, effects and drum machines.
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Tomorrow from 8pm! Limited Capacity Pre-sales $20 from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social Door Sales $25 Waged/$15 Unwaged Members Free
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Tonight with Ov Pain (AUS/NZ), Ducklingmonster + Mercy Hospice Friday 1 May, 8PM @ Audio Foundation Presales $16.50 + BF from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social $25 on door, members free
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📄 New Critical Writing now on the Soundbleed Online Journal: ‘<BIONATE> SOUNDS=ORBS' by NEONATUS.EXE ------------------ Initiate portals ↴↴↴↴ soundbleed.org.nz/NEONATUS-BIO...
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NEONATUS – BIONATE — Soundbleed Online Journal
NEONATUS <BIONATE> SOUNDS = ORBS This is the general life cycle of orbs NEW = making/messing around ((live/on ableton/together or apart))((sometimes finding...
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Friday 8 May, 8PM @ Audio Foundation @undertheradarnz.bsky.social $15 / Door sales $20 / Unwaged $10 Members Free
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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
An insane local lineup is assembling for A Black Line Is A Black Hole That Went For A Walk — ft. Dick Move, Grecco Romank, TOOMS & Trioglodyte at Silo 6 in Wynyard Quarter this Sunday! A vortex of sound and motion conceived by ADJunct & presented by @audio-foundation.bsky.social, get tix via UTR.
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A Black Line Is A Black Hole That Went For A Walk - Silo 6, Auckland
A Black Line Is A Black Hole That Went For A Walk, Silo 6, Auckland Sun, 19 April
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Tonight! @undertheradarnz.bsky.social presales $16.50 +BF $25 on door full, $20 concession Members free
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
AF presents…. from the team who presented 2025’s stunning Mass Pointillistic Tryptych – A Black Line is a Black Hole That Went for a Walk A vortex of sound and motion conceived by ADJunct. $20 Presales from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social Members free
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
📄 New review now on the Soundbleed Online Journal: ‘Observations of the 3rd Aotearoa International Festival of Secret(e) Sounds’ by Joshua Taylor. Read the full piece here: soundbleed.org.nz/Joshua-Taylor
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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
@audio-foundation.bsky.social presents A Black Line is a Black Hole That Went for a Walk — a vortex of sound & motion conceived by ADJunct, featuring live performances by Dick Move, Grecco Romank, TOOMS, Trioglodyte + more at Tāmaki Makaurau's Silo 6 on 19th April! Get tickets NOW via UTR.
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A Black Line Is A Black Hole That Went For A Walk - Silo 6, Auckland
A Black Line Is A Black Hole That Went For A Walk, Silo 6, Auckland Sun, 19 April
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
📡 NEW AFM BROADCAST 📡 A series of audio essays by Stephanie Hanna in which reflections on collective social crises are woven into a dynamic soundscape of ASMR-triggering field recordings drawing from urban, natural, and working environments. Streaming all of April on afm.org.nz
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Tomorrow at 8PM! Presales from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social Members free
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
TONIC are thrilled to be putting on their first tour and inviting Australian producer Insula to Aotearoa for their first tour of Aotearoa, playing five shows in Te-Ika-a-Māui Support from Ludus, Hasji, Kraus Saturday 4 April, 7:30 @ AF Tickets from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
A dedicated listening experience built around Matt Sephton’s debut album VĀ, a place-based album of nature-driven electronic music created during a residency in Samoa in 2025. Saturday 18 April, 5pm @ Audio Foundation Koha
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Support acts announced for Eliana Glass (USA) Thursday 12 March: Sean Martin-Buss - solo guitar Friday 13 March: Motoko Kikkawa & Eamon Edmundsen-Wells - violin & double bass duo www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDVD...
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Eliana Glass 'Shrine' [Official Video]
YouTube video by Shelter Press
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Kicking off tonight with Performance Art Week Aotearoa and TinyFest. Full schedule / ticket details below www.performanceartweekaotearoa.com/electric-bod...
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Tomorrow! Door Sales $30 full, $20 concession Presales $20 from undertheradar.co.nz Members free
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Audio Foundation is thrilled to present a live A/V performance from French trio Nacht II Support from Kraus Wednesday 11 March, 8PM @ Audio Foundation $20 presales via Undertheradar.co.nz $25 OTD Members free
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Next Wednesday! Audio Foundation is pleased to present international Jazz/improvisation artists Chris Stover (Australia) & Niels Præstholm (Denmark) performing with local musicians Chris O’Connor & Jeff Henderson. Presales $15 + BF Door sales $20 full $10 students/unwaged Members free
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Tomorrow! Jim White & Marisa Anderson The collaboration between renowned drummer Jim White and acclaimed guitarist Marisa Anderson is a natural union of two of the most intuitive players and listeners working in music. With.. Oksun Ox & The Obfuscators
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The full schedule is LIVE 🔊✨ The 3rd Aotearoa International Festival of Secret(e) Sounds kicks off this Thursday, and we’re so excited to share what’s been brewing. Dive in, plan your journey, and come listen closely 👂 Festival and single night passes via @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The Festival of Secret(e) Sounds is happy to host a new suite of compositions by Vlatko Georgiev Perceptions: Aotearoa Sonic Immersion Project explores the artistic & technical possibilities of found-sound acousmatic compositions specifically for immersive audio formats Opens: Thurs 12 Feb, 5.30pm
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Tonight 8PM! Tickets from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social, members free
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Opening Night! THURS 12 FEBRUARY 8PM @ AF Alex Ventling (Nor/NZ) & Kim Paterson – Veteran Jazz trumpeter/percussionist meets Norway based piano improvisor. Anna Fält (Fin/Nor) & Chelsea Prastiti – avant-folk vocalists unite! Ira Hadžić (Deu/Bos), Rosie Langabeer & Kristian Larsen – Deep listeners!
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
THE 3RD AOTEAROA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SECRET(E) SOUNDS Night 2 – Duos ▫️Christoph Gallio (CH) & Phil Durrant (UK): Legends of EU improvised music ▫️Ira Hadžić (DEU) & Rāhana Tito-Taylor: intersections of improvisation and introspection ▫️Anna Fält (FIN) & Ducklingmonster: Finnish Duck to Finish!
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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
AF presents.. THE 3RD AOTEAROA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SECRET(E) SOUNDS A stunning selection of sounds, secreted away in some of Tāmaki Makaurau’s most exclusive listening rooms. Night 3 - Saturday 14.02 Leila Adu (NYC/NZ) Ira Hadžić (DEU) CHRISTOPH GALLIO (CH)/ PHIL DURRANT (UK) / PAUL BUCKTON
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