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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Bermuda Drain
| name = Bermuda Drain
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Prurient]]
| artist = [[Dominick Fernow|Prurient]]
| Cover = Prurient - Bermuda Drain.png
| cover = Prurient - Bermuda Drain.png
| Border = yes
| border = yes
| Alt =
| alt =
| Released = {{Start date|2011|07|11}}
| released = {{Start date|2011|07|11}}
| Recorded = July 4 – December 31, 2010<ref name="allmusic1"/>
| recorded = July 4 – December 31, 2010<ref name="allmusic1"/>
| studio =
| Genre = [[Industrial music|Industrial]], [[noise music|noise]], [[synthpop]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=35|s=20}}
| genre =
* [[Electro-industrial]]
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| Label = [[Hydra Head Records|Hydra Head]] <small>([[Hydra Head Records discography|HH666-220]])</small>
* [[Dark wave|darkwave]]
| Producer = Dominick Fernow, Kris Lapke
| length = 35:20
| Last album = ''The Black Post Society''<br>(2008)
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| label = [[Hydra Head Records|Hydra Head]] ([[Hydra Head Records discography|HH666-220]])
| This album = '''''Bermuda Drain'''''<br>(2011)
| producer =
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| Next album = ''[[Time's Arrow (EP)|Time's Arrow]]''<br>(2011)
* Dominick Fernow
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| Misc = {{Singles
* Kris Lapke
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| Name = Bermuda Drain
| prev_title = Annihilationist
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| Type = studio
| prev_year = 2011
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| Single 1 = Many Jewels Surround the Crown
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| next_title = [[Time's Arrow (EP)|Time's Arrow]]
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| Single 1 date = April 16, 2011<ref name="fact1"/>
| next_year = 2011
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}}}}
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| misc = {{Singles
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| name = Bermuda Drain
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| type = studio
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| single1 = Many Jewels Surround the Crown
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| single1date = April 16, 2011<ref name="fact1"/>
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}}
}}

{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| MC = 79/100<ref name="metacritic1"/>
| MC = 79/100<ref name="metacritic1"/>
| rev1 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
| rev1 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
| rev1Score = A<ref name="avclub1"/>
| rev1score = A<ref name="avclub1"/>
| rev2 = [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]
| rev2 = ''[[Cokemachineglow]]''
| rev2Score = 7.0/10.0<ref name="pitchfork1"/>
| rev2score = 79%<ref name="cokemachine"/>
| rev3 = ''[[Consequence of Sound]]''
| rev3score = C−<ref name="consequence"/>
| rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev4score = 7.0/10<ref name="pitchfork1"/>
| rev5 = ''Sputnikmusic''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="sputnikmusic1"/>
| rev6 = ''[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="tinymixtapes1"/>
}}
}}


'''''Bermuda Drain''''' is a studio album by the American artist [[Prurient]], the stage name of Dominick Fernow. The album was released on July 11, 2011 through [[Hydra Head Records]], and was the first release from Prurient through the label. Prurient released a single for the opening track "Many Jewels Surround the Crown" for [[Record Store Day]] in 2011.<ref name="fact1"/><ref name="stereogum1"/> About ''Bermuda Drain''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s musical style and feeling, Fernow said: <blockquote>"Upon a recent tour of Europe, I was constantly listening to minimal techno on headphones, driving at night through tunnels, and exhausted all of the records I had brought with me. The album is meant to satisfy that feeling. I've always felt connected to landscapes, moving through them, and their linear nature. Time passing. Watching as the world rolls over you while being divorced from it. The visual essence of feedback is a thin line, just like the structure of the landscape."<ref name="noisecreep1"/></blockquote>
'''''Bermuda Drain''''' is a studio album by the American artist [[Dominick Fernow|Prurient]], the stage name of Dominick Fernow. The album was released on July 11, 2011 through [[Hydra Head Records]], and was the first release from Prurient through the label. Prurient released a single for the opening track "Many Jewels Surround the Crown" for [[Record Store Day]] in 2011.<ref name="fact1"/><ref name="stereogum1"/>
==Background==
About ''Bermuda Drain''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s musical style, distinctive feeling and setting, Fernow said: <blockquote>"Upon a recent tour of Europe, I was constantly listening to [[minimal techno]] on headphones, driving at night through tunnels, and exhausted all of the records I had brought with me. The album is meant to satisfy that feeling. I've always felt connected to landscapes, moving through them, and their linear nature. Time passing. Watching as the world rolls over you while being divorced from it. The visual essence of feedback is a thin line, just like the structure of the landscape."<ref name="noisecreep1"/></blockquote>

==Concept==
From lyrics, ''Bermuda Drain'' features an ambiguous plot; it chronicles the protagonist torturing and killing someone baited into meeting them, yet still featuring descriptive and near psychedelic imagery and scenery. As with all of Dominick's albums that feature lyrics, his mother and writer [[Jean Feraca]] assisted with lyrical content and narratives.

==Critical reception==
''Bermuda Drain'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an [[weighted arithmetic mean|average]] score of 79 based on 9 reviews.<ref name="metacritic1"/>

In a review for ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'', critic reviewer Adam Kivel wrote: "The album works out to much that same tune, a sort of head-scratching confusion. It can be difficult to separate this album both in its difference from Fernow's past output and from the connections that it holds to his work with Cold Cave. Despite the ability to place this on a continuum, this is a record that sounds so dissimilar from its kin, a unique new version of an old favorite."<ref name="consequence"/> At ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', Jess Harvell explained: "''Bermuda Ground'' isn't just pleasant by contrast with Prurient's old unholy racket. It's often actively enjoyable, albeit in a decidedly creepy way, rooted as much in familiar retro-rock moves as formless face-eating noise. Perhaps it's down to Fernow's time playing in the decidedly more accessible and anthemic synth-pop/post-punk act Cold Cave, but ''Bermuda Drain'' is full of distortion-free keyboard, perverse disco beats, moments of beauty, even hooks."<ref name="pitchfork1"/> Jason Heller from ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave high praise for the release, noting that it's Prurient's "strongest statement to date, and its best album."<ref name="avclub1"/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
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# "Many Jewels Surround the Crown" – 2:44
|headline=''Bermuda Drain'' track listing
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# "A Meal Can Be Made" – 2:17
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|title1=Many Jewels Surround the Crown
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# "Bermuda Drain" – 3:07
|length1=2:44
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# "Watch Silently" – 3:23
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|title2=A Meal Can Be Made
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# "Palm Tree Corpse" – 5:19
|length2=2:17
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# "There Are Still Secrets" – 3:53
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|title3=Bermuda Drain
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# "Let's Make a Slave" – 4:32
|length3=3:07
# "Myth of Sex" – 4:26
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|title4=Watch Silently
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# "Sugar Cane Chapel" – 5:39
|length4=3:23
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|title5=Palm Tree Corpse
|length5=5:19
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|title6=There Are Still Secrets
|length6=3:53
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|title7=Let's Make a Slave
|length7=4:32
|title8=Myth of Sex
|length8=4:26
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|title9=Sugar Cane Chapel
|length9=5:39
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
''Bermuda Drain'' personnel adapted from AllMusic.<ref name="allmusic1"/>
''Bermuda Drain'' personnel adapted from AllMusic.<ref name="allmusic1"/>


===Music and lyrics===
;Music and lyrics
* Jean Feraca – lyric assistant
* Jean Feraca – lyric assistant
* Dominick Fernow
* Dominick Fernow
* Kris Lapke – percussion, synthesizer
* Kris Lapke – percussion, synthesizer


===Production===
;Production
* Dominick Fernow – production
* Dominick Fernow – production
* Kris Lapke – engineering, mastering, mixing, production
* Kris Lapke – engineering, mastering, mixing, production


===Artwork and packaging===
;Artwork and packaging
* Dominick Fernow – art direction
* Dominick Fernow – art direction
* Ari Marcopoulos – photography
* Ari Marcopoulos – photography
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<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web| title = Bermuda Drain – Prurient| work = [[AllMusic]]| publisher = [[All Media Network]]| url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/bermuda-drain-mw0002161369| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web| title = Bermuda Drain – Prurient| work = [[AllMusic]]| publisher = [[All Media Network]]| url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/bermuda-drain-mw0002161369| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}</ref>


<ref name="avclub1">{{cite web| last = Heller| first = Jason| title = Prurient: Bermuda Drain| work = [[The A.V. Club]]| publisher = [[The Onion]]| date = Jul 19, 2011| url = http://www.avclub.com/review/prurient-embermuda-drainem-59061| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="avclub1">{{cite web| last = Heller| first = Jason| title = Prurient: Bermuda Drain| work = [[The A.V. Club]]| publisher = [[The Onion]]| date = Jul 19, 2011| url = https://music.avclub.com/prurient-bermuda-drain-1798168924| accessdate = May 1, 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="cokemachine">{{cite web|url=http://cokemachineglow.com/record_review/6627/prurient-bermudadrain-2011/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119023312/http://cokemachineglow.com/record_review/6627/prurient-bermudadrain-2011/|title=Cokemachineglow Review|work=[[Cokemachineglow]]|last=Elliot|first=Joel|date=May 12, 2011|archive-date=January 19, 2012|access-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="consequence">{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2011/07/album-review-prurient-bermuda-drain6/|title=Consequence of Sound Review|website=[[Consequence of Sound]]|last=Kivel|first=Adam|date=July 19, 2011|access-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref>


<ref name="fact1">{{cite web| author = Fact Staff| title = Prurient readies Bermuda Drain LP| work = [[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]| publisher = [[The Vinyl Factory]]| date = June 10, 2011| url = http://www.factmag.com/2011/06/10/prurient-readies-bermuda-drain-lp/| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="fact1">{{cite web| author = Fact Staff| title = Prurient readies Bermuda Drain LP| work = [[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]| publisher = [[The Vinyl Factory]]| date = June 10, 2011| url = http://www.factmag.com/2011/06/10/prurient-readies-bermuda-drain-lp/| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}</ref>


<ref name="metacritic1">{{cite web| title = Reviews for Bermuda Drain by Prurient| work = [[Metacritic]]| publisher = [[CBS Interactive]]| url = http://www.metacritic.com/music/bermuda-drain/prurient| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="metacritic1">{{cite web| title = Reviews for Bermuda Drain by Prurient| work = [[Metacritic]]| publisher = [[CBS Interactive]]| url = https://www.metacritic.com/music/bermuda-drain/prurient| accessdate = May 1, 2021}}</ref>


<ref name="noisecreep1">{{cite web| last = Malinsky| first = Ilya| title = Prurient is Noise, 'Not Entertainment' — Exclusive Interview| work = [[Noisecreep]]| publisher = [[Townsquare Media]]| date = April 15, 2011| url = http://noisecreep.com/prurient-is-noise-not-entertainment-exclusive-interview/| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="noisecreep1">{{cite web| last = Malinsky| first = Ilya| title = Prurient is Noise, 'Not Entertainment' — Exclusive Interview| work = [[Noisecreep]]| publisher = [[Townsquare Media]]| date = April 15, 2011| url = http://noisecreep.com/prurient-is-noise-not-entertainment-exclusive-interview/| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}</ref>


<ref name="pitchfork1">{{cite web| last = Harvell| first = Jess| title = Prurient: Bermuda Drain| work = [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]| date = July 21, 2011| url = http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15651-bermuda-drain/| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="pitchfork1">{{cite web| last = Harvell| first = Jess| title = Prurient: Bermuda Drain| website = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]| date = July 21, 2011| url = https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15651-bermuda-drain/| accessdate = May 1, 2021}}</ref>


<ref name="sputnikmusic1">{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/68332/Prurient-Bermuda-Drain/|title=SputnikMusic Review|website=SputnikMusic|last=Baker|first=Finn|date=August 29, 2015|access-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref>
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<ref name="stereogum1">{{cite web| author = Brandon| title = Stream Prurient 'Many Jewels Surround The Crown' 7"| work = [[Stereogum]]| publisher = [[SpinMedia]]| date = April 25, 2011| url = http://www.stereogum.com/692351/stream-prurient-many-jewels-surround-the-crown-7/mp3s/| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}</ref>

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<ref name="stereogum1">{{cite web| author = Brandon| title = Stream Prurient 'Many Jewels Surround The Crown' 7| work = [[Stereogum]]| publisher = [[SpinMedia]]| date = April 25, 2011| url = http://www.stereogum.com/692351/stream-prurient-many-jewels-surround-the-crown-7/mp3s/| accessdate = May 16, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="tinymixtapes1">{{cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/Prurient-Bermuda-Drain|title=Tiny Mix Tapes Review|work=[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]|last=Redmond|first=Jordan|access-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref>


}}
}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Discogs master|352050|type=album}}
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* [https://prurient.bandcamp.com/album/bermuda-drain Bermuda Drain] on [[Bandcamp]]
* {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=cd6e42f6-f9a9-4268-a6e5-63b4c4166aa7|name=Bermuda Drain}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150110020028/http://prurient.bandcamp.com/album/bermuda-drain Bermuda Drain] on [[Bandcamp]]


{{Prurient}}
{{Prurient}}

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[[Category:2011 albums]]
[[Category:2011 albums]]
[[Category:Prurient albums]]
[[Category:Hydra Head Records albums]]


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Latest revision as of 11:22, 15 April 2024

Bermuda Drain
Studio album by
Prurient
ReleasedJuly 11, 2011 (2011-07-11)
RecordedJuly 4 – December 31, 2010[1]
Genre
Length35:20
LabelHydra Head (HH666-220)
Producer
  • Dominick Fernow
  • Kris Lapke
Prurient chronology
Annihilationist
(2011) 		Bermuda Drain
(2011) 		Time's Arrow
(2011)
Singles from Bermuda Drain
  1. "Many Jewels Surround the Crown"
    Released: April 16, 2011[2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. ClubA[4]
Cokemachineglow79%[5]
Consequence of SoundC−[6]
Pitchfork7.0/10[7]
Sputnikmusic[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes[9]

Bermuda Drain is a studio album by the American artist Prurient, the stage name of Dominick Fernow. The album was released on July 11, 2011 through Hydra Head Records, and was the first release from Prurient through the label. Prurient released a single for the opening track "Many Jewels Surround the Crown" for Record Store Day in 2011.[2][10]

Background

[edit]

About Bermuda Drain's musical style, distinctive feeling and setting, Fernow said:

"Upon a recent tour of Europe, I was constantly listening to minimal techno on headphones, driving at night through tunnels, and exhausted all of the records I had brought with me. The album is meant to satisfy that feeling. I've always felt connected to landscapes, moving through them, and their linear nature. Time passing. Watching as the world rolls over you while being divorced from it. The visual essence of feedback is a thin line, just like the structure of the landscape."[11]

Concept

[edit]

From lyrics, Bermuda Drain features an ambiguous plot; it chronicles the protagonist torturing and killing someone baited into meeting them, yet still featuring descriptive and near psychedelic imagery and scenery. As with all of Dominick's albums that feature lyrics, his mother and writer Jean Feraca assisted with lyrical content and narratives.

Critical reception

[edit]

Bermuda Drain was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 79 based on 9 reviews.[3]

In a review for Consequence of Sound, critic reviewer Adam Kivel wrote: "The album works out to much that same tune, a sort of head-scratching confusion. It can be difficult to separate this album both in its difference from Fernow's past output and from the connections that it holds to his work with Cold Cave. Despite the ability to place this on a continuum, this is a record that sounds so dissimilar from its kin, a unique new version of an old favorite."[6] At Pitchfork, Jess Harvell explained: "Bermuda Ground isn't just pleasant by contrast with Prurient's old unholy racket. It's often actively enjoyable, albeit in a decidedly creepy way, rooted as much in familiar retro-rock moves as formless face-eating noise. Perhaps it's down to Fernow's time playing in the decidedly more accessible and anthemic synth-pop/post-punk act Cold Cave, but Bermuda Drain is full of distortion-free keyboard, perverse disco beats, moments of beauty, even hooks."[7] Jason Heller from The A.V. Club gave high praise for the release, noting that it's Prurient's "strongest statement to date, and its best album."[4]

Track listing

[edit]
Bermuda Drain track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Many Jewels Surround the Crown"2:44
2."A Meal Can Be Made"2:17
3."Bermuda Drain"3:07
4."Watch Silently"3:23
5."Palm Tree Corpse"5:19
6."There Are Still Secrets"3:53
7."Let's Make a Slave"4:32
8."Myth of Sex"4:26
9."Sugar Cane Chapel"5:39

Personnel

[edit]

Bermuda Drain personnel adapted from AllMusic.[1]

Music and lyrics
  • Jean Feraca – lyric assistant
  • Dominick Fernow
  • Kris Lapke – percussion, synthesizer
Production
  • Dominick Fernow – production
  • Kris Lapke – engineering, mastering, mixing, production
Artwork and packaging
  • Dominick Fernow – art direction
  • Ari Marcopoulos – photography
  • Nikolai Saveliev – design

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bermuda Drain – Prurient". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Fact Staff (June 10, 2011). "Prurient readies Bermuda Drain LP". Fact. The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Reviews for Bermuda Drain by Prurient". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Heller, Jason (Jul 19, 2011). "Prurient: Bermuda Drain". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  5. ^ Elliot, Joel (May 12, 2011). "Cokemachineglow Review". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Kivel, Adam (July 19, 2011). "Consequence of Sound Review". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  7. ^ a b Harvell, Jess (July 21, 2011). "Prurient: Bermuda Drain". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  8. ^ Baker, Finn (August 29, 2015). "SputnikMusic Review". SputnikMusic. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  9. ^ Redmond, Jordan. "Tiny Mix Tapes Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  10. ^ Brandon (April 25, 2011). "Stream Prurient 'Many Jewels Surround The Crown' 7". Stereogum. SpinMedia. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  11. ^ Malinsky, Ilya (April 15, 2011). "Prurient is Noise, 'Not Entertainment' — Exclusive Interview". Noisecreep. Townsquare Media. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
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