Radio Boise DJ’s have poured over their playlists and constructed their Top Ten lists for 2015. Some are composed of albums, some of individual tracks, some a blend of the two. What you are guaranteed is that each selection provides the highest possibility that you will enjoy it. To own these albums or tracks yourself, please support local record stores and online services that pay artists.
Arlie
Brett Netson
Carl B
Chas Allen
Chris Hess
Dr. Fresh
Drastoon
Earth Pig
Frankenbryan
Grant Olsen
Brett Netson
Carl B
Chas Allen
Chris Hess
Dr. Fresh
Drastoon
Earth Pig
Frankenbryan
Grant Olsen
Arlie
Sleepwalker Thursday 6-8am
Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 – Aphex Twin (Warp)
Buy Now – DJ PayPal (Lucky Me)
The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam – Thundercat (Brainfeeder)
4 – Karrier District (Hypercolour)
Dumb Flesh – Blank Mass (Sacred Bones)
Rustie – EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE (Warp)
Mutant – Arca (Mute)
Garden of Delete – Oneohtrix Point Never (Warp)
VEGA INTL. Night School – Neon Indian (Transgressive / Mom & Pop)
Elaenia – Floating Points (Luaka Bop / Pluto)
Buy Now – DJ PayPal (Lucky Me)
The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam – Thundercat (Brainfeeder)
4 – Karrier District (Hypercolour)
Dumb Flesh – Blank Mass (Sacred Bones)
Rustie – EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE (Warp)
Mutant – Arca (Mute)
Garden of Delete – Oneohtrix Point Never (Warp)
VEGA INTL. Night School – Neon Indian (Transgressive / Mom & Pop)
Elaenia – Floating Points (Luaka Bop / Pluto)
Brett Netson
High Wild and Free Friday 10pm-1am
Crosss – Lo
Chelsea Wolfe – Abyss
Helvetia – Dromomania
Corrections House – Know How to Carry a Whip
Wrekmeister Harmonies – Night of Your Ascension
Clarke and the Himselfs and Friends – The Name of This Band Is Clarke And The Himselfs And Friends
Yob at the Crazy Horse Boise Idaho. Mar. 12
UFOMAMMUT – Ecate
Ilithil – La Winde
Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth – Self Titled
Chelsea Wolfe – Abyss
Helvetia – Dromomania
Corrections House – Know How to Carry a Whip
Wrekmeister Harmonies – Night of Your Ascension
Clarke and the Himselfs and Friends – The Name of This Band Is Clarke And The Himselfs And Friends
Yob at the Crazy Horse Boise Idaho. Mar. 12
UFOMAMMUT – Ecate
Ilithil – La Winde
Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth – Self Titled
Carl B
Idle Afternoons Friday 12-2pm
Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love (Sub Pop)
D’Angelo and The Vanguard – Black Messiah (RCA)
Tame Impala – Currents (Interscope)
Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness (Domino)
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (Mom + Pop)
Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp (Merge)
Knife Pleats – Hat Bark Beach (Lost Sound Tapes)
Grimes – Art Angels (4AD)
Strawberry Whiplash – Stuck in the Never Ending Now (Matinée)
Kurt Vile – b’lieve i’m goin down… (Matador)
D’Angelo and The Vanguard – Black Messiah (RCA)
Tame Impala – Currents (Interscope)
Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness (Domino)
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (Mom + Pop)
Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp (Merge)
Knife Pleats – Hat Bark Beach (Lost Sound Tapes)
Grimes – Art Angels (4AD)
Strawberry Whiplash – Stuck in the Never Ending Now (Matinée)
Kurt Vile – b’lieve i’m goin down… (Matador)
Chas Allen
The Blue And The Green Tuesday 9-11pm
Bob Dylan – The Cutting Edge 1965 – 1966 The Bootleg Series Vol.12 (deluxe collector’s edition)
Brad Mehldau – 10 Years Solo Live
Dungen – Allas Sak
Guantanamo Baywatch – Darling… It’s Too Late
Built To Spill – Untethered Moon
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Sleaford Mods – Key Markets
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-Love
Calexico – Edge of the Sun
Jacco Gardner – Hypnophobia
Brad Mehldau – 10 Years Solo Live
Dungen – Allas Sak
Guantanamo Baywatch – Darling… It’s Too Late
Built To Spill – Untethered Moon
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Sleaford Mods – Key Markets
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-Love
Calexico – Edge of the Sun
Jacco Gardner – Hypnophobia
Chris Hess
Range Life Tuesday 7-9pm
Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
Deerhunter – Fading Frontier
The Union Trade – A Place of Long Years
Protomartyr – The Agent Intellect
Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love
Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness
Low – Ones and Sixes
Viet Cong – Viet Cong
Lou Barlow – Brace the Wave
Twerps – Range Anxiety
Deerhunter – Fading Frontier
The Union Trade – A Place of Long Years
Protomartyr – The Agent Intellect
Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love
Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness
Low – Ones and Sixes
Viet Cong – Viet Cong
Lou Barlow – Brace the Wave
Twerps – Range Anxiety
Drastoon
Moonshine Collective Wednesday 1-3am
Methyl Ethel – To Swim – Inhuman Spectacle
Colder – Another Year (Many Colours)
Low – The Innocents (Ones and Sixes)
Chelsea Wolfe – Crazy Love (Abyss)
David Bowie – Lazarus – Lazarus
Hior Chronik, Arovane – Wunderland – In-Between
Beck – Dreams – Dreams
Radiation City – Zombies – Animals in the Median
No Joy – Burial In Twos
The Durutti Column – Party(The Version) – Chronicle LX: XL
Colder – Another Year (Many Colours)
Low – The Innocents (Ones and Sixes)
Chelsea Wolfe – Crazy Love (Abyss)
David Bowie – Lazarus – Lazarus
Hior Chronik, Arovane – Wunderland – In-Between
Beck – Dreams – Dreams
Radiation City – Zombies – Animals in the Median
No Joy – Burial In Twos
The Durutti Column – Party(The Version) – Chronicle LX: XL
Grant Olsen
It’s Now Right Now Wednesday 7-10pm
Smokey – How Far Will You Go – How Far Will You Go?: The S&M Recordings, 197381 (Chapter Music)
Patrick Cowley – Somebody To Love Tonight (Demo) – Muscle Up (Dark Entries/Honey Soundsystem)
Young Fathers – Shame – White Men Are Black Men Too (BIG DaDa)
Alex Calder featuring Caitlyn Loney – Life Purpose – Strange Dreams (Captured Tracks)
Delia Gonzalez – I – In Remembrance (DFA Records)
Hail of Arrows – III Forming Alliances Among Animals, Protecting the Land – Hail of Arrows (Ecstatic)
Sinkane – Hold Tight (Peaking Lights Dub Mix) – Mean Dub (DFA Records)
Toy Zoo – Channellocks – Toy Zoo (Heart In Box Records)
Willis Earl Beal – Flying So Low – Noctunes (Tender Loving Empire)
Pat Jordache – O.M.O.” – Steps, (Banko Gotiti)
Patrick Cowley – Somebody To Love Tonight (Demo) – Muscle Up (Dark Entries/Honey Soundsystem)
Young Fathers – Shame – White Men Are Black Men Too (BIG DaDa)
Alex Calder featuring Caitlyn Loney – Life Purpose – Strange Dreams (Captured Tracks)
Delia Gonzalez – I – In Remembrance (DFA Records)
Hail of Arrows – III Forming Alliances Among Animals, Protecting the Land – Hail of Arrows (Ecstatic)
Sinkane – Hold Tight (Peaking Lights Dub Mix) – Mean Dub (DFA Records)
Toy Zoo – Channellocks – Toy Zoo (Heart In Box Records)
Willis Earl Beal – Flying So Low – Noctunes (Tender Loving Empire)
Pat Jordache – O.M.O.” – Steps, (Banko Gotiti)
Greg Harness
Ramblers Retreat Wednesday 6-8am
Hillfolk Noir: Pop Songs For Elk
Lee Penn Sky & The Oliphants – 29 Left Down
Eilen Jewell – Sundown Over Ghost Town
Lila Downs – Balas y Chocolate
Buena Vista Social Club – Lost And Found
Toto La Momposina Y Sus Tambores – Tambolero
Buffy Sainte-Marie – Power In The Blood
Foghorn Stringband – Devil in the Seat
Otter Creek – The Fiddle Preacher
Andy Byron – The Journey
Lee Penn Sky & The Oliphants – 29 Left Down
Eilen Jewell – Sundown Over Ghost Town
Lila Downs – Balas y Chocolate
Buena Vista Social Club – Lost And Found
Toto La Momposina Y Sus Tambores – Tambolero
Buffy Sainte-Marie – Power In The Blood
Foghorn Stringband – Devil in the Seat
Otter Creek – The Fiddle Preacher
Andy Byron – The Journey
Jason Beek
Spoonful Sunday 10am-12pm
JD McPherson – Let the Good Times Roll
Pops Staples – Don’t Lose This
CW Stoneking – Gon’ Boogaloo
Dave Rawlings Machine – Nashville Obsolete
Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965 – 1966
Keith Richards – Crosseyed Heart
Leon Bridges – Coming Home
Holly GoLightly and the Brokeoffs – Coulda Shoulda Would
Hillfolk Noir – Pop Songs for Elk
Bob Dylan – Shadows in the Night
Pops Staples – Don’t Lose This
CW Stoneking – Gon’ Boogaloo
Dave Rawlings Machine – Nashville Obsolete
Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965 – 1966
Keith Richards – Crosseyed Heart
Leon Bridges – Coming Home
Holly GoLightly and the Brokeoffs – Coulda Shoulda Would
Hillfolk Noir – Pop Songs for Elk
Bob Dylan – Shadows in the Night
Joe Black
Nightime Asylum Tuesday 1am-3am
Windhand – Grief’s Infernal Flower (Relapse)
VA – Doomed & Stoned Second Anniversary Compilation – The Enchanter’s Ball (Doomed & Stoned)
Vision Of Disorder – Razed To The Ground (Candlelight)
Corrections House – Know How To Carry A Whip (Neurot)
Author & Punisher – Melk En Honing (Housecore)
Nile – What Should Not Be Unearthed (Nuclear Blast)
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats – The Night Creeper (Rise Above)
Wailin Storms – Shiver EP / One Foot In The Flesh Grave (Magic Bullet)
Zebras – The City Of Sun (Secret)
Hellbastard – Feral (PATAC)
VA – Doomed & Stoned Second Anniversary Compilation – The Enchanter’s Ball (Doomed & Stoned)
Vision Of Disorder – Razed To The Ground (Candlelight)
Corrections House – Know How To Carry A Whip (Neurot)
Author & Punisher – Melk En Honing (Housecore)
Nile – What Should Not Be Unearthed (Nuclear Blast)
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats – The Night Creeper (Rise Above)
Wailin Storms – Shiver EP / One Foot In The Flesh Grave (Magic Bullet)
Zebras – The City Of Sun (Secret)
Hellbastard – Feral (PATAC)
John McCarthy
Jazz Beyond The Sky Wednesday 9am-12pm
Lizz Wright – Freedom & Surrender
Kamasi Washington – The Epic
José James – Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday
Rudresh Mahanthappa – Bird Calls
Barney McAll – Mooroolbark
Thomas Hutchings & Camden Hughes – IntroSpective
Carrie Wicks – Maybe
John Scofield – Past Present
Kevin Kirk & Onomatopoeia – What Is The Nature Of Your Emergency?
Lionel Loueke – Gaia
Kamasi Washington – The Epic
José James – Yesterday I Had The Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday
Rudresh Mahanthappa – Bird Calls
Barney McAll – Mooroolbark
Thomas Hutchings & Camden Hughes – IntroSpective
Carrie Wicks – Maybe
John Scofield – Past Present
Kevin Kirk & Onomatopoeia – What Is The Nature Of Your Emergency?
Lionel Loueke – Gaia
“kid” yoshida
rabble rouser show Wednesday 10pm-12am
Sun Blood Stories – Twilight Midnight Morning (obsolete media objects)
Toy Zoo – Toy Zoo (Heart In A Box Records)
Crosss – Lo (Telephone Explosion Records)
Marshall Poole – Totems (Defendu Records)
Cherubs – 2 ynfynyty (Brutal Panda Records)
Thee Oh Sees – Mutilator, Defeated at Last (Castle Face Records)
Preoccupations – Viet Cong (Jagjaguwar)
Ex’s With Benefits – Bad Hotel (Stone Boat Records)
And And And – The Failure (Party Damage Records)
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit (Milk!/Mom + Pop music)
Toy Zoo – Toy Zoo (Heart In A Box Records)
Crosss – Lo (Telephone Explosion Records)
Marshall Poole – Totems (Defendu Records)
Cherubs – 2 ynfynyty (Brutal Panda Records)
Thee Oh Sees – Mutilator, Defeated at Last (Castle Face Records)
Preoccupations – Viet Cong (Jagjaguwar)
Ex’s With Benefits – Bad Hotel (Stone Boat Records)
And And And – The Failure (Party Damage Records)
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit (Milk!/Mom + Pop music)
Liam
The Playground Saturday 7-9am
The Age of Adz – Sufjan Stevens
Time Out – Dave Brubeck
The Nocturnes – Frederick Chopin
In the Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson
Urban Nomad [Self Titled] – Urban Nomad
() – Sigur Ros
Apostrophe – Frank Zappa
I’m The Slime – Frank Zappa
Only A Hobo – Bob Dylan
The Universe Smiles Upon You – Khruangbin
Time Out – Dave Brubeck
The Nocturnes – Frederick Chopin
In the Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson
Urban Nomad [Self Titled] – Urban Nomad
() – Sigur Ros
Apostrophe – Frank Zappa
I’m The Slime – Frank Zappa
Only A Hobo – Bob Dylan
The Universe Smiles Upon You – Khruangbin
Lizzy
Square Roots Tuesday 9am-12pm
Madisen Ward & The Mama Bear – Skeleton Crew
Fantastic Negrito – Fantasic Negrito EP
Hillfolk Noir – Pop Songs For Elk
James McMurtry – Complicated Game
Dave Rawlings Machine – Nashville Obsolete
Charlie Parr – Stumpjumper
Eilen Jewell – Sundown Over Ghosttown
Honeyhoney – 3
Jeff Crosby – Walking Days
Cicada Rhythm – Cicada Rhythm
Fantastic Negrito – Fantasic Negrito EP
Hillfolk Noir – Pop Songs For Elk
James McMurtry – Complicated Game
Dave Rawlings Machine – Nashville Obsolete
Charlie Parr – Stumpjumper
Eilen Jewell – Sundown Over Ghosttown
Honeyhoney – 3
Jeff Crosby – Walking Days
Cicada Rhythm – Cicada Rhythm
Nicole Marie
The Rapture Tuesday 12pm-3pm
Foals – What Went Down
Courtney Barnetts – Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit
Helio Sequence – Helio Sequence
Summer Cannibals – Show Us Your Mind
Blur – Magic Whip
Girl Pool – Before the World Was Big
Churches – Every Open Eye
Wolf Alice – My Love is Cool
Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love
Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Style
Courtney Barnetts – Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit
Helio Sequence – Helio Sequence
Summer Cannibals – Show Us Your Mind
Blur – Magic Whip
Girl Pool – Before the World Was Big
Churches – Every Open Eye
Wolf Alice – My Love is Cool
Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love
Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Style
Norman Davis
The Juke Joint Monday 5-7:30pm
Buddy Guy – Born To Play Guitar
The Ed Palermo Big Band & Rob Paparozzo – Electric Butter
The Bluesmasters – Volume 3
Lisa Mann – Move On
Ebony Jo-Ann – Please Save Your Love For Me
James Burton, Albert Lee, Amos Garrett & David Wilcox – Guitar Heros
Mississippi Bigfoot – Population Unknown
John Primer & All-Stars – Muddy Waters 100
Mississippi Marshall – The Delta’s Son
Various Artists – Blues Harp Women
The Ed Palermo Big Band & Rob Paparozzo – Electric Butter
The Bluesmasters – Volume 3
Lisa Mann – Move On
Ebony Jo-Ann – Please Save Your Love For Me
James Burton, Albert Lee, Amos Garrett & David Wilcox – Guitar Heros
Mississippi Bigfoot – Population Unknown
John Primer & All-Stars – Muddy Waters 100
Mississippi Marshall – The Delta’s Son
Various Artists – Blues Harp Women
Sienna White
Sub Extraordinaire
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – The High Country
The National Parks – Until I Live
Belle & Sebastian – Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
Saintseneca – Such Things
Benoit Pioulard – Sonnet
Kishi Bashi – String Quartet Live!
Soley – Ask the Deep
Cayucas – Dancing at Blue Lagoon
The Paper Kites – twelvefour
Beat Connection – Product 3
The National Parks – Until I Live
Belle & Sebastian – Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
Saintseneca – Such Things
Benoit Pioulard – Sonnet
Kishi Bashi – String Quartet Live!
Soley – Ask the Deep
Cayucas – Dancing at Blue Lagoon
The Paper Kites – twelvefour
Beat Connection – Product 3
Tiger Spittle
Stardust Lounge Thursday 5-7pm
Bob Sinclair & Dimitri From Paris – Love is the Answer feat. Byron Stingily (club edit)
The Chemical Brothers – Go feat. Q-Tip (radio edit)
Fort Knox Five, Mustafa Akbar – Whatcha Gonna Do feat. Mustafa Akbar (Original Mix)
Sandy Barber – I Think I’ll Do Some Stepping (On My Own) (Opolopo Rework)
Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel feat. Mikie Blak – The Boogie Is Back (Original Version)
Juan Laya, Jorge Montiel Chennez McKenzie – Groove On (Classic Boogie Version)
Timmy Vegas, Boogie Down Dee Jays – Spanky
Tuxedo – So Good (Dimitri From Paris Remix)
Jasper Street Company – Reach (Kenny Carpenter & Dimitri From Paris Churchapella)
Chic – I’ll Be There (feat. Nile Rodgers & The Martinez Brothers)
The Chemical Brothers – Go feat. Q-Tip (radio edit)
Fort Knox Five, Mustafa Akbar – Whatcha Gonna Do feat. Mustafa Akbar (Original Mix)
Sandy Barber – I Think I’ll Do Some Stepping (On My Own) (Opolopo Rework)
Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel feat. Mikie Blak – The Boogie Is Back (Original Version)
Juan Laya, Jorge Montiel Chennez McKenzie – Groove On (Classic Boogie Version)
Timmy Vegas, Boogie Down Dee Jays – Spanky
Tuxedo – So Good (Dimitri From Paris Remix)
Jasper Street Company – Reach (Kenny Carpenter & Dimitri From Paris Churchapella)
Chic – I’ll Be There (feat. Nile Rodgers & The Martinez Brothers)
Wayne Birt
Sonic Saturday / Drift Correction Saturday 3-5pm / Sunday 8-11pm
Julia Holter – Have You in My Wilderness
Kosmischer Laufer – The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-83, Vol. 2
Jane Weaver – The Silver Globe
Hawkwind – This is Your Captain Speaking…Your Captain is Dead (The Albums and Singles 1970-1974)
Godspeed You Black Emperor – Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
Deradoorian – The Expanding Flower Universe
Pridjevi – Pridjevi
Circuit Des Yeux – In Plain Speech
Viet Cong – Viet Cong
Harmonia – Complete Works
Kosmischer Laufer – The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-83, Vol. 2
Jane Weaver – The Silver Globe
Hawkwind – This is Your Captain Speaking…Your Captain is Dead (The Albums and Singles 1970-1974)
Godspeed You Black Emperor – Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
Deradoorian – The Expanding Flower Universe
Pridjevi – Pridjevi
Circuit Des Yeux – In Plain Speech
Viet Cong – Viet Cong
Harmonia – Complete Works
Wendy Fox
Tennis Court Disco Saturday 5-7pm
Hayden James – Something About You
Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique – Love Is Free (featuring Maluca)
George Maple – Where You End And I Begin (featuring Grande Marshall)
D.R.A.M. – Cha Cha
Lianne La Havas – Unstoppable (FKJ Remix)
Vulfpeck – Back Pocket
Tuxedo – Watch The Dance
Tom Misch – Sunshine
ZHU x AlunaGeorge – Automatic
Odesza – Light (featuring Little Dragon)
Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique – Love Is Free (featuring Maluca)
George Maple – Where You End And I Begin (featuring Grande Marshall)
D.R.A.M. – Cha Cha
Lianne La Havas – Unstoppable (FKJ Remix)
Vulfpeck – Back Pocket
Tuxedo – Watch The Dance
Tom Misch – Sunshine
ZHU x AlunaGeorge – Automatic
Odesza – Light (featuring Little Dragon)
Radio Boise Overall Top 30
What records did Radio Boise spin the most? These are the Top 30 Albums that our DJ’s played this year. Only the hottest indie, including a good mix of locals. Click to investigate.
01) Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Multi-Love (Jagjaguwar)
02) Built to Spill, Untethered Moon (Warner Bros)
03) Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit And Think, Sometimes I Just Sit (Milk!)
04) Tame Impala, Currents (Universal)
05) Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell (Asthmatic Kitty / Secretly Canadian)
06) Waxahatchee, Ivy Tripp (Merge)
07) Viet Cong, Viet Cong (Jagjaguwar)
08) Lana del Rey, Honeymoon (Interscope)
09) Dan Deacon, Glass Riffer (Domino)
10) Jamie xx, In Colour (Young Turks Recordings, Ltd)
11) Toy Zoo, Toy Zoo (Heart In A Box)
12) Chastity Belt, Time To Go Home (Hardly Art)
13) José Gonzalez, Vestiges & Claws (Mute)
14) Hillfolk Noir, Pop Songs For Elk (Self-Released)
15) Sleater-Kinney, No Cities To Love (Sub Pop)
16) Sun Blood Stories, Twilight Midnight Morning (Obsolete Media Objects)
17) Purity Ring, Another Eternity (4AD)
18) Calexico, Edge Of The Sun (Anti)
19) Hot Chip, Why Make Sense? (Domino)
20) Mitski, Bury Me At Make Out Creek (Don Giovanni Records)
21) Twerps, Range Anxiety (Merge)
22) Young Fathers, White Men Are Black Men Too (Big Dada)
23) Toro Y Moi, What For? (Carpark)
24) Eskimeaux, O.K. (Double Double Whammy Records)
25) Lord Huron, Strange Trails (Play It Again Sam)
26) Beach House, Depression Cherry (Sub Pop)
27) Moon Duo, Shadow Of The Sun (Sacred Bones Records)
28) Screaming Females, Rose Mountain (Don Giovanni Records)
29) Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color (ATO)
30) La Luz, Weirdo Shrine (Hardly Art)
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