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Learning to Fly: Midnight Airship's Second Album
 Learning to Fly An introduction by composer and songwriter, Ron Charron Six years ago, Borders Edge music released a Pink Floyd inspired album under the project named Midnight Airship. The album was named A River Once Flowed Here. It was an all instrumental album, with tracks included in a number of Borders Edge Compilations. Today, I am pleased to introduce Midnight Airship’s second album, titled: “Learning to Fly”. Four years in in the making, and unlike Midnight Airship’s first album, a few tracks include lyrics inspired by some of more emotion inducing moments of recent history. Just as with the first album, Learning to Fly is also heavily influenced by the Pink Floyd sound. It is also influenced by some of woven social commentary, introduced by the Floyd in its middle to late years. As the world goes through hardships and heartbreak thrown upon it by the global pandemic and political unrest, there is a growing yearning for hope. Hope that this is just a passing phase (as Roger Waters put it). However, it’s through collective thinking, and willing for peace and hope that it is given a chance to emerge from the darkness and reveal itself into the light. I’ll share with you a few interesting facts about the album, which starts out with a track called Purple Twilight. It’s an interesting fact that I am also an avid fan of the German band Tangerine Dream and that not very long before the release of Midnight Airships’ Learning to Fly album, a Tangerine Dream album by the name of Pilots of Purple Twilight was released. In fact, the song was given birth nearly four years before the Tangerine Dream album was released. Interesting how coincidences can occur! Purple Twilight lyrics give a nod to the psychedelic era, where care for worldly concerns occasionally gave way to poetic expression of experiences felt and breathing in the present moment. Taking a hard turn into more recent events, the second track, called Crazy Days, weaves words which present some of the harsher realities of present times. You’ll notice a few sound bytes from influential speakers punctuate the pulsating sequences of guitar and bass patterns. You may also notice some familiar guitar and synthesizer sounds, also borrowed from memories of countless years of listening to albums the like of Wish you were here, Animals, and The Wall. The third track, For Whom the Bell Tolls, sings in an instrumental voice only, the complaints of the heart and soul, as the human condition faces the hardships of its own mortality. In track 4, Dark Star Rising, a certain political persona was in mind, though to be fair, it’s like darkness and a bit of madness took hold of the world these last few years, not wanting to let go. The darkness and insanity but also cries for it to stop, and for the better angel part intrinsic to everyone’s soul. So many cries to stop the madness and to live and let live. After the rather dark passages of Dark Star Rising, the fifth track called “From Black to Blue” celebrates our home planet Earth. Despite what gray clouds we can create for ourselves, stopping the clock to just appreciate the beauty of our home world and nature can be the best pos sible medicine for the soul. And finally, in the sixth and last track of the album, “Lost in a Dream” a collaboration track with Arend Westra, starts out with pulsating synth sequences which rise over ocean waves as the lyrics of the song have us remember the hardships of those fleeing the hardships of their native lands and searching for a better world, for them and their children. A call to remember what is important and let go of the fear and anger that leads to war, drive the message along with highly driven electric guitars pulsing in rhythm with synthesizer arpeggios and driving bass lines and percussion. About the Album Cover I had the pleasure of having German artist Greta Heron let me use some of her lovely artwork on the Minerva album. For Learning to Fly, I was pleased when she accepted my request to shape an image I had envisioned. She did a great job of turning it into the album cover used for the final release of the album. It's awesome how imagination can shape art, and Greta keeps imagining and drawing personae and landscapes which help nourish the imagination. Ending Words I hope you will enjoy the Learning to Fly album. It took four years to develop, mix and master into the album we'd love for you to listen and enjoy! You can listen and download here on our Bandcamp page. The album will also find its way on most streaming and downloading outlets worldwide. Ron Charron, Somewhere in Canada's National Capital Area, November 11, 2020. |
Red - Hot new single with Kori l Carothers and Kuutana
 | Writes Kori: << I have been working with Electronic Artist Kuutana on several projects. This song I wrote feeling inspired by elements in my own life. I thought about asking him to work with me on it, and he really did a fantastic job bringing in many elements to the song. >> creditsExtended from an original track written by Kori Linae Carothers Kori Linae Carothers - Synths, programming Kuutana - Synthesizers, guitars, arrangements Final mix and mastering by Ron Charron, Borders Edge Records (c) 2016 Kori Linae Carothers, Ron Charron Read Kori's interview on her participation in the making of Sequential Dream's Legends album  |
Metamorphic Waves by Sequential Dreams
Album cover artwork by Siggi We
<< Be prepared to be blown away by the latest Sequential Dreams release Metamorphic Waves,
this release is highly recommended for lovers of space rock & Berlin School>>
<< Ambient Electronic Rock loaded with the memories of TD in their Force Majeure era >>
Synth&Sequences review excerpt comparing to music of Tangerine Dream (TD): Sequential Dreams "Metamorphic Waves" written by Stephane Lupari
<< "Metamorphic Waves": A splendid forthcoming album that just oooooozes the synthonic texture of olde 'Tangerine Dream'
... Hawke Rating: 10/10 Well done!!!!!!!!!" >>
Harborough FM in the UK's radio show host Terry James Hawke upon a pre-release audition of the upcoming Sequential Dreams "Metamorphic Waves"
Metamorphic Waves by Sequential Dreams is the next all-new material album of classic era TD-style synths, sequences, and guitars. This album is a personal project by Sequential Dreams founder Ron Charron, who composed, performed, mixed and mastered all tracks on the album. Like the Sequential Dreams page on Facebook for updates. About this album Classic Synthesizer and Sequencer instrumental music with shades of underlying prog rock in a Berlin-School influence base. A must for fans of the classic-era TD style music! During the late 70s and early 80s, there was a time when the use of synthesizers helped to create a new kind of music. For some artists and bands, these new sounds were a way to widen the sonic palette as applied to styles such as progressive rock and also give birth to such styles as ambient and soundscape music. Certainly, synthesizers were adopted by many film score producers as a vehicle of choice for creating a rich musical backdrop to enhance the mood or drama in scenes. One such band, out of Germany, became a reference in this area. The band was called Tangerine Dream. Of course, the 80s turned into the 90s, and then the 2000’s and beyond. However those early days are when the synthesizer and sequencer driven music stood out so clearly from what have ever been produced before. Metamorphic Waves, this album, takes its influences from what some call the “classic age” of Synthesizer/Sequencer music. The name of the album “Metamorphic Waves” alludes to a music that engages in morphic behaviour. Though there may be the appearance of repetition, which inevitably is a trait of sequencer-style music, the sequences travel through an ever-changing backdrop of soundscapes, vocalizations, pads, and drama enhancing effects. Track titles, and the ordering of tracks and associated moods, find their influence in the album composer’s explorations of the writings of William Brinkley, in particular, his novel called “The Last Ship” written in 1988. The Last Ship tells the story of a United States Navy guided missile destroyer, the fictional USS Nathan James (DDG-80), on patrol in the Barents Sea during a brief, full-scale nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. It details the ship's ensuing search for a new home for her crew. Lovers of “space rock”, prog-rock, Berlin School electronic, and instrumental soundtracks should love this album. This one is for you! Metamorphic Waves Reviews
Closing Words: Make Peace, not War. Save lives, don't take them. The Last Ship theme is about survival of the human race. Let's not make the mistakes described in the William Brinkley novel. We owe it to our children, and their children. |  Get The Limited-Availability CD Now! Choose the Mega-Bundle option for 7 hours of music! Mega-Bundle CD offer includes the limited edition Metamorphic Waves album CD PLUS 6 digital download albums compiled for the Metamorphic Waves track themes and include artists: Bernhard Beibl, Kuutana ( Ron Charron), Johan Tronestam, Chris Pearre Synthesist), Kori L Carothers, Luna Firma (with Eric "the" Taylor), Dave Davis, Sundown Cafe (with Celestial View), The Color of Sleep, Starship Trooper  Sequences#116 starts with tracks "The Last Ship" and "Antarctica Base" of the Metamorphic Waves album. Composite image above, by Mick Garlick, show host of Sequences Magazine.  More Sequential Dreams Albums
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High Voltage (Feat. Bernhard Beibl)
Electronic Rock featuring the "High Voltage" contributions of guitarist and violinist Bernhard Beibl
Released 2017
Bernhard Beibl was born and raised close to Vienna, Austria.
After learning violin for 8 years he added playing guitar at the age of 14.
He studied Jazz-Guitar at Joseph Haydn Conservatory Eisenstadt, Austria with Gerald Gradwohl were he graduated with distinction.
Guitarist of Tangerine Dream 2006-2014
Guitarist and Violinist on Sequential Dreams projects 2016 and 2017.
Visit berhardbeibl.com for news and information.
Other artists featured on this album
Ron Charron: All tracks, Synthesizers, Guitars, Arrangements
Chris Pearre: Keyboards/Synths on "Pleadian Prophecy"
Arend Westra: Keyboards/Synths on "Booster Separation"
Writes Owen Maxwell, in a review for Ottawa Magazine (printed magazine) June 2, 2017
<< Those killer instrumental albums can be the perfect soundtrack to a movie you haven't seen yet but will make up as you listen. "Telemetry" bubbles with electric mystery as it pushes forth into different dark and brooding frontiers, but with the ever-shrieking guitar, it always has a sense of raw power in its drive that makes it feel like fun retro music but somehow new. Like a dawn, "Event Horizon" breathes with hope and wonder like a rising sun and not the black hole its title suggests, but as it moves into more prog electronics and organs a heavier overtone starts to take shape setting the mood for the wailing and exploring path the song soon follows. Moving straight to a scoring tone "Subspace Breach" ripples with electric drive, fluttering like a futuristic X-Files theme, before the guitars shift it to a more 80's sci-fi feeling that once again places it somewhere between nostalgia and a new discovery. Going high and low, "Mission To Shangri-La" pushes its bass rumbles to allow cascading synth lines to take shape around it, even at times shifting to more emulative sounds that suggest actions taking place, and creating an audio narrative in the process. >>
Tracks from this compilation album were selected from these Sequential Dreams albums also available on Bandcamp:
"The Exodus Wave" (2017)
"Legends" (2016)
Available: sequentialdreams.bandcamp.com
CDs:
Albums mixed and produced by Ron Charron at Borders Edge Studios in Canada
(c) 2016, 2017 Sequential Dreams
(P) Borders Edge Records
bordersedge.com for more details, reviews, interviews, and information.
Album Cover Photo (c) Andreas Müller www.muellerphotos.com
Sequential Dreams - The Infinite Divide
"A celebration of Synthesizer and Sequencer driven
Cinematic Electronic Rock music
as inspired by the pioneers of the "Berlin-School of Electronic Music"
movement of the late '70s and it's electronic rock descendents of the '80s and '90s"
"A good fusion between Pink Floyd and the gang of Froese, Franke and Baumann
in an approach which transcends the works of Sequential Dreams up to here"
Released April 6, 2017
Be one of the few to get the limited-run CDs!
Also available at CD Baby, Amazon, iTunes, and many more
  The Infinite Divide Album Reviews
  | Released April 6, 2017 Following the release of "The Exodus Wave" album in Jan 2017, Sequential Dreams decided to produce a "sister album" with material strongly inspired from the late '70s and early '80s productions of "Berlin-School of Electronic Music" pioneers. "The Infinite Divide" is this album. In continuation of the exploration of Sci-Fi inspired themes, but in this album, also the philosophical theme of "dualism" - this album presents itself with two core personalities: Berlin-School inspired electronic music, and that of instrumental cinematic electronic rock as often heard in Sci-Fi cinematic and video game productions. Get ready for a great adventure in music! Follow us on our Facebook page to keep up-to-date as we near the release of this album! Visit our page on Bandcamp to listen and buy previous Sequential Dreams albums. Be one of the few to get the limited-run CDs! Borders Edge Records also distributes on these fine stores: Amazon, Apple iTunes, CD Baby, Google Play, Richochet Dream, Groove, Rhapsody, eMusic, and many more. You may also be interested in our previous album, "The Exodus Wave" released Jan 1, 2017:  And releasing in November 2017: "Metamorphic Waves"  |
Sequential Dreams - The Exodus Wave
"For Lovers of Classic Age of Electronic Music Sequencers
and Synthesizers and Cinematic Electronic Progressive Rock"
Also available at CD Baby, Amazon, iTunes, and many more
Composite image Mick Garlick, Sequences Electronic Podcast - Listen to Podcast# 101
 Starting Jan 1, 2017 - Bandcamp, iTunes, Ricochet Dream, CD Baby, Amazon  You may also be interested in the follow-up album "The Infinite Divide" released April 7th, 2017  | The Exodus Wave album is the Sequential Dreams project’s eighth album release. Running at 79 minutes and 14 tracks, this Berlin-School of electronic music inspired instrumental cinematic electronic progressive rock album should appeal to lovers of classic electronic synthesizer sequences, rich ambio-tronic effects, layered melodic and harmonic pads and leads. Add rich guitar riffs and rhythms of former Tangerine Dream guitarist Bernhard Beibl and you’re set for a revival of some of the moods that defined an era and still inspire today. The album also features guests artists Chris Pearre (a.k.a.: Synthesist - California) and Arend Westra (Eagle Synth - Netherlands) for an international cast. The Exodus Wave theme was conceived by Sequential Dreams and Borders Edge Records founder Ron Charron (a.k.a.: Kuutana - from Canada) who composes and performs keys, synthesizers on all tracks as well additional guitars. |
| The Exodus album by Sequential Dreams follows a science-fiction theme with the tragic unfolding of events following the detection of an incursion of another universe onto our own, generating an energy wavefront forcing the evacuation of Terra. All is not lost however, as the Arcbuilders build a means to evacuate to Terra Nova, a new planet by way of a new Quantum engine. Perhaps this little story line will help you build your own movie of the mind as you listen through the album. The storyline was ever-present in Ron’s mind as he composed and performed the base of the album tracks. Then, working with featured musicians, the team worked together to build a musical consensus that led to the realisation of this harmonically rich album.  CREDITS BERNHARD BEIBL (Former Tangerine Dream - Vienna Austria) - Composed and performed guitars on Telemetry, Subspace Breach, Pleiadian Prophecy, and Booster Separation. CHRIS PEARRE (a.k.a.: Synthesist - Composed and Performed keys and synthesizers on Pleiadian Prophecy). AREND WESTRA (a.k.a.: Eagle Synth - Netherlands) - Composed and performed keys and synthesizers on Booster Separation. RON CHARRON (a.k.a.: Kuutana) - Canada based, composed and performed, keys and synthesizers on all tracks. Additional guitars on Telemetry and Pleiadian Prophecy. Guitars on other tracks except Subspace Breach and Booster Separation. Arrangements, Mixing, Mastering, and Production on all tracks. Album producer and concept. Solo tracks: Interstellar, Wavefront, the Archbuilders, Countdown to Launch, Quantum Theory, The Exodus Wave, Mission Objectives, Arcflight, Hibernation in a Virtual World, and Approaching Terra Nova. A honorable mention to the giants who have provided musical inspiration throughout the years, Paul Haslinger, Peter Baumann, Chris Franke, Klaus Schulze and last but not least, Edgar and Jerome Froese and the many amazingly talented musicians of Tangerine Dream in its many formations. ALL RIGHTS Reserved (P) & © 2017 Borders Edge Music Except (used with permission) Front Cover © 2014 Christian Kortum. Back cover photo (and inspiration for using the ‘Men at Sea’ theme - © 2016 Silva Wischeropp (a.k.a. Silva Capitana - Berlin). Photo of Bernhard Beibl © Andreas Muller Composite Album Images, Ron Charron | More Sequential Dreams Albums
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The Exodus Wave Album Reviews
The Exodus Wave album - Artist Interviews
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Luna Firma - New Horizons
“New Horizons is above all for the music lovers of
deep cosmic atmospheres where the frontiers of
Brian Eno and Vangelis go pretty well together”
 Available at Themed after NASA’s “New Horizons” space mission to Pluto and the outer solar system, this second Luna Firma album paints a musical tapestry of soundscapes and melodies to accompany you on your own trip to the far reaches Sol’s reach. Luna Firma "New Horizons" Album Reviews
| “Swelling harmonic synthesizer melodies evolve slowly over a bed of rich ambient soundscapes” is a fast way to say that “New Horizons” album by Luna Firma was composed with much attention to bringing you, the listener, into a state of exploration along themes of the NASA space mission. Tracks are themed along mission lines and discoveries made during the probe’s amazing journey to Pluto and beyond. This year also saw the introduction of a new album by Vangelis called “Rosetta” - also themed after a NASA mission of that name. If you liked that album you may very well enjoy this latest album by Luna Firma! Composed and Performed by Kuutana and Eric "the" Taylor Album mixed and mastered at Borders Edge Studios, Canada. (c) 2016 Luna Firma, all rights reserved (P) 2016 Borders Edge Music Album image cover credits: NASA, JPL Like our Facebook Page for upcoming news!  |    |
Sequential Dreams - Legends
“Legends” unfolds like a science fiction thriller full of exciting twists and turns, delivering an exhilarating listening reward of interstellar adventure!
~Candice Michelle June 3, 2016 (for Journeyscapes Radio)
"Legends" is Sequential Dream's seventh LP album- Released June 2016
 Album cover image artwork by Andreas Schwietzke Sequential Dreams - Legends Album Reviews
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| The seventh Sequential Dreams album, “Legends” brings together a rich mix of electronic instrumental music in a thematic setting inspired by individual “tales.” Although taken individually, sections of Legends tracks may have a sound familiar to New Age or Ambient music genres, the listener will discover the progressive nature of the composition style as the sections evolve from a setting of gentle mystical beginnings which gradually transition into energetic finales blending rich layers of synthesizer textures and pads, with percussive sequences cut through by masterfully played guitars. To provide moments of relaxation and reverie, some pieces revolve around deeply emotional acoustic piano which bathe in synergistic layers of synthesizers pads and melodies with guitar lines which ebb and flow, following the evolving moods of the compositions. The listener will also be guided through the occasional moment of eastern traditional influences that add little unexpected moments of tribal discovery. The end result of a dedicated effort to synergistically align the rich musical contributions and influences of talented musicians from the Americas, Europe, and Asia, Sequential Dream’s “Legends” album is a sonic adventure not to be missed! Influences: Ambient and Ambient soundscapes, New Age, Berlin School Electronic Music, and Electronic Rock. creditsBernhard Beibl - cprod; c/p guitars, violin Mission to Shangri-La, Event Horizon, Canyon Oasis, Mojave Midnight, The Electric Monk; and cprod on The Big Apple and One Giant Leap Kori L. Carothers - c/p Piano - A Day Like No Other*, The Kindly Beast* Ryo Utasato - cprod; c/p synthesizers, arrangements - Kurenai Kuutana - All tracks: guitar, synthesizers, arrangements, and c/p on all track except Solo c/p Through the Looking Glass, The Big Apple, and One Giant Leap c/p = Compose and perform ; coprod = Co-produce; arrangements = drums, percussions, vocals, media * 1. A Day Like No Other and 2.The Kindly Beast additional credits On 1. Noah Wilding - vocals , Jeff Haynes - percussion, and Tom Eaton - bass Initial tracks produced by Will Ackerman and Tom Eaton, recorded and mixed by Tom Eaton at Imaginary Road Studios. Kuutana composed and mixed-in layers of synthesizers, guitars, and final arrangements to both tracks to produce the final Sequential Dreams versions for this album. Album artwork by Andreas Schwietzke Mixed and Mastered by Ron Charron, Borders Edge Music Canada bordersedge.com Bernhard Beibl - Interview www.bordersedge.com/artists/bernhard-beibl/ Kori L Carothers - Interview www.bordersedge.com/artists/korilcarothers Kuutana - Interview www.bordersedge.com/artists/kuutana/ Ryo Utasato - Bio www.bordersedge.com/artists/ryo-utasato  Nominee for best electronic music album 2016, German Schallwelle Preis Awards | Visit Sequential Dreams Store
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Quotes
- "The more I listen to it, the more I love this album" - Paul Baker, on "Sequential Dreams, Legends album", Soundscapes Show #68
- "An album which crosses easily the limits between electronic rock, New Age and some perfumes of Berlin School from the Tangerine Dream's best years..." from the Synth&Sequences June 2016 review of Sequential Dreams "Legends"
- "Beautiful! ... Great harmonic tracks" Simon Thomas, Sine FM
- “Legends” unfolds like a science fiction thriller full of exciting twists and turns, delivering an exhilarating listening reward of interstellar adventure!
~Candice Michelle June 3, 2016 (for Journeyscapes Radio)
Luna Firma - Falling Towards Atlantis
<< The debut release from Luna Firma, the duo of Kuutana and Eric “the” Taylor, is a graceful, narrative-driven album filled with small sounds and vivid aural imagery >>
 Review and Commentary
| Luna Firma's "Falling Towards Atlantis" "Falling Towards Atlantis" is Luna Firma's first album. An album featuring gentle soundscapes with music intended as an "audio film" where you can fill-in the images with your imagination. Relaxing, but with a sense of adventure as you gradually find your way to the lost underwater city of Atlantis. A collaboration featuring Eric the Taylor, and Track "Glass Bottom Boat" features Brannon Hungness (on glass) Album cover artwork by Andreas Schwietzke You may also be interested in the follow-up album, "New Horizons" |
Luna Firma "New Horizons" and "Falling Towards Atlantis" albums nominated for the 2016 German Schallwelle Preis Awards of Electronic Music
Sequential Dreams - Lost Dimensions
"... Simply exhilarating ... inescapable to the fans of Tangerine Dream, all periods aimed "
Site Links for the Composers Altocirrus (on Across Dimensions) Johan Tronestam (on One Thousand Years) Synthesist - Chris Pearre (on Arrival Point) David Bruce Davis (on Distant Signals) Contributing composers and performers: Kuutana, Altocirrus, Johan Tronestam, Synthesist, David Bruce Davis See track information for more details. Mixed and mastered at Borders Edge Studios in Canada A Borders Edge Records productions See also bordersedge.bandcamp.com for compilation albums. The album cover art is titled “Robinson Crusoe 3015” - original digital art by Andreas Schwietzke and used with permission for this album. | Lost Dimensions “Lost Dimensions” is Sequential Dreams’ sixth album. The album is inspired by the sci-fi concept of a time traveller that escapes imminent danger to Earth by travelling one thousand years into the future. Most tracks evolve through many stages ranging spacy intros and breaks, progressive synthesizer driven sequences overlaid with multiple layers of evolving melodies and themes making for rich textured soundscapes. “Lost Dimensions” is a collaborative album with teamwork including contributing artists from Canada, Finland, Ireland, and the USA and is a truly international production. Each contributing artist has released many solo or other collaborative albums under other projects and bring their experience and passion to this album. Music from Sequential Dreams and its contributing artists is played regularly on both FM and Web radios worldwide. You are invited to visit bordersedge.com for news, or on facebook at www.facebook.com/SequentialDreams or all things Sequential Dreams on this site. Track Descriptions Journey to the Heart of Time Facing imminent disaster here on Earth, a time machine is build to use newly developed applications of quantum teleportation. Preparations are made for a "Journey to the Heart of Time" (Composed and Performed by Kuutana) Across Dimensions As the time traveler's capsule crosses the quantum threshold, a kaleidoscope of dimensions appear. Any change in phase and the capsule could emerge in an unknown dimension. (Composed and Performed by Altocirrus and Kuutana) One Thousand Years Maintaining quantum phase integrity, the time capsule emerges a thousand years into the future. (Composed and Performed by Johan Tronestam and Kuutana) Arrival Point Earth, a thousand years into the future. Many years after the projected meteor collision that would have decimated most life shortly after embarking on the journey. (Composed and Performed by Synthesist (Chris Pearre) and Kuutana) Distant Signals Having set up shelter in the remains of the time capsule and after adapting to the strange new wildlife and surroundings of this new Earth, the traveler starts capturing signals which seem to be emanating from Mars (Composed and Performed by David Bruce Davis and Kuutana) Brave New World Communications with an colony settled on Mars led to a local team of Martian archeologists preparing to visit the traveler. (Composed and Performed by Kuutana) Descendants Evolution was taken into hand by early Martian colonies. With resources thinning out, the Earthers needed to adapt their physiology to their new home planet. The traveler was amazed to see how much change took place over the course of a millennia. Was he now the sole human being in the Galaxy? (Composed and Performed by Kuutana)  |
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