Community Scratch

The Community Skratch Games High Rollers Bonanza come to Bump! Furthering the art of turntable manipulation and raising awareness of HipHop DJ culture, Community Skratch is a riposte to the increasing commercialisation and creative cul-de-sac of modern DJ battles.
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Synergy

Who cant hear must feel!! DnB sounds on Hertz-U soundsystem
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Welfare

Welfare is a 29 year old Irish Dubstep + Jungle Producer/DJ currently based in Galway city, He started mixing and DJing techno from about 2004 but has been focused on Jungle and Dubstep for the past 5 or 6 years – Welfare’s gigged all over Ireland,the UK,the U.S,Canada and has played in a few spots on the continent He has graced the stage alongside the likes of Distance, Pinch, Youngsta, DJ Hype,Hatcha,Scuba,Reso,Equinox,Joker,MRK1, RSD,RadikalGuru,Loefah,Stagga,Guido,Chef,Doc Scott,Blawan,Shitmat,Drokkr and many more… Welfare started producing tracks about 18 months ago and recently had his first release on !Kaboogie Records (Sampler Vol 3)

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dubbleBass

Tokin White Boy and Baramus bring you that sweet dubbleBass sounds

Micronite

Techno in your face. Featuring Micronite residents: Dan Sykes, Nikki and Ruan

Fried

Limerick’s Fried bring you home brewed drum and bass sounds.

Explosion Soundsystem

RootsFactory are passionate about reggae music and have been organising events since 2007. We’ve brought many acts to Limerick over the years, including: Adrian Sherwood,YT,Horace Andy,Murray Man,Big Toe’s Hifi,Dixie Peach,Jonah Dan,The Rootical Sound System,Dub Investigation,Dom [Blood and Fire],Cian [Intinn],Brother Culture,Worries Outernational,T-Woc,Radikal Guru,The Revelation Sound System,The Pressure Drop Sound System,Universal Rockers,Jahat Soundsystem,Wiggle,DHS,RBS

Jahat Sound System is a collective of disc jockeys from Malaysia, playing roots,ska,lovers rock, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. Based in Dublin, where all the irie vibes are.

RootsCorner is Dublin’s newest Roots and Dub collective. All long time selecters, Tuathal, T-Woc and Brigadier JC run regular sessions around the capital. Their sound is a bass-conscious mix ranging from 70s Jamaican roots killers to fresh UK steppers with a few surprises in between…

Explosion Soundsystem are a Reggae Soundsystem originating from Belfast. In their own words: “we have been running dances in and around Belfast for 10 years in various venues. We run our own soundsystem at our dances with the aim of staying true to the roots of Jamaican culture. We use ‘Scoop’ bass bins (a Jamaican speaker design) which provides a smooth rounded bassline with a wicked kick guaranteed to get any dancehall bouncing! We have our very own Dee-Jay/MC in Ranking Fox, who keeps the dance nice with his sweet flows of conscious lyrics and singing, over ‘versions’ and riddim tracks! He knows how to get the crowd involved & really makes each dance a special experience!

Dub Foundry is a French Producer and DJ based in Belfast, member of Explosion Soundsystem, Dub Foundry plays the heaviest side of Reggae Music: UK Dub Steppers. Unmistakable Kick, heavy Bass, crazy effects, Dub Foundry will be playing a mix of his own productions and some fresh French selections.

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Olan

All City’s Olan on the 1′s and 2′s
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Dubculture

DubCulture has been pushing their sound in Ireland running ‘dubstep’ nights for over a year. With the setup of their label ‘DubCulture Records’, they are supplying the scene with quality music, from top Irish and international producers that share the same attitude and direction as themselves.

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Rudimentary Records

Yoru & +SomeoneElse:
Yoru A.K.A Beckett, a long time standing irish drum n bass pioneer, has supported most of the D n B heavy hitters to pave there way on Irish soil. He’s the man behind irishdrumandbass.com and he’s now set-up his own imprint with his first outing being warmly received: Debut productions from Yoru on a deep and reflective vibe spanning dubstep to electro. ‘Flip Flop’ swims with fluid electro bleeps and submerged breakstep rhythms, ‘Stories’ merges dub techno chords with older Martyn style 2-step patterns and ‘Happy Ghost’ winds a cheeky piano sample into craftily spaced dubtech with a smudged ambient sound sphere. Really strong EP. This man can mix in his sleep and can’t help but drive home his jungle roots at every opportunity. SomeoneElse is Co-Founder at Rudimentary and selector extraordinaire. Pushing tunes from all walks of life, He’ll be joining Yoru behind the
wheels to help showcase what Rudimentary is all about.

Vandera:
Vandera is a Master in testing new psychoactive drugs during the day (as a scientist) while at night, the Dutch DJ/producer composes bass music with surprisingly similar psychostimulant properties. His melodic sounds are easily administered intra-aurally, with certain pressure waves specifically engineered for big rig sound systems. Also on the market are more blissful hallucinogenic sounds designed for afterparties or autonomic use. Both varieties from London’s psychonaut Vandera are exemplified here, and signed to beat suppliers such as Echodub (UK), Bassism (USA), Subdepth (UK), Stoke Audio (GER), Car Crash Set (USA), and Paradise Lost (USA). Extra DJ sets with long kinetic half-lives can be found on mixcloud. For bookings, remix inquiries and label signings send a message
through soundcloud, or find the mad scientist on AIM: vanderamusic. Repeated administration has been shown to result in uncontrolled nodding of the head and persistent yet pleasant psychological dependence. See the effects of Vandera’s 175BPM sonic treatments on the population at vandera 175

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Roughquest

Roughquest has been experimenting with beats and sounds since the early days of Octamed on the Amiga 500. Ever since he used to listen to his older brother’s old rave tapes, the quest (albeit a rough one) for the perfect sub bass line has always been a prominent driving force in the music. He loves to use conventional sounds and tempos from dance music and contort them with organic textures and unusual found sounds to create something a little different for the ears.

Roughquest’s “Play” EP, which is a delightfully dark and dubby spin through eclectic soundscape elements meshed together in perfect harmony with heaving lows and assured and flowing broken beats. It really is a fantastic EP. “Low key, deeper broken beat/garage soul debut from Roughquest. Fans of Spacek’s smokier broken moments may well enjoy ‘Symmetry’, but ‘Dirty Liquid’ flips to a darker technofied ‘step reminding of Kontext. The richly sensual atmospheres of ‘Alone In The Jungle’  switches again to a smartly broken minimal style akin to Breakage and ‘Lazy Sunday’ mixes bluest chord with brushed jazz percussion and a very tidy blend of organic and synthetic textures. Very Highly Recommended.”

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Surge

Surge DJs Jeff Walters, Howie Miller & Martins Myth return to BUMP this year after last year’s outstanding performance. The Surge collective have been putting on some of the best parties in and around Dublin. Whether organizing gigs in the twisted pepper or the infamous Wicklow wanderer parties or programming the big top at LIFE festival they deliver top class gigs & productions.

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SHO & Domel

A Dublin based label specialing in deep, futuristic and atmospheric Drum & Bass music. Initially set up in 2008 to showcase the work of a number of less well-known producers such as Ultracode, Silbrfish, Cestah or Drone as well as cult figures like St. Petersurg’s Dissident on the first CD compilation “Behind the Corner“, the label quickly built up momentum and released a series of free Digital releases. These included a string of very well-received EP’s from Ultracode, CJ Weaver and Metro as well as an EP that showcased work from strictly Irish-based producers. The label also branched out into other musical genres with the release of a 6-track Digital album by Poland’s Fusion Art, which explored the fertile intersection of Ambient, Glitch and Dubstep

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Prince Kong & Lady Grew

Kings of club music Prince Kong & Lady Grew have been known to pop up all across the globe, from London to Berlin to Detroit and beyond. Prince Kong came blasting out of Ireland in early ’09 with the “Crossroads” single and I Make Me Rigid EP. Following up with “Proper Horror Show” Prince Kong released eight more tracks of unrelenting dance-floor attack for which Kong is quickly becoming famous. The Prince Kong style is a syncretic one that brings together elements of dubstep, grime, jungle, and ragga, swirling them together to create a new paradigm that’s somehow bigger than the sum of its parts.
For their Bump! set the duo will keep the riddims stringently stripped with optimised maximum pressure while Lady Grew will spout all kinds of madness over the top. Imagine Soom-T working with The Bug and you’ve got the idea. Fierce!!!

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Hsuan Records

Up and coming Limerick record label focusing on electronic music that’s both emotive and dance floor friendly.

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Hayze

Head and label owner of Sonorous Music Hayze has been DJing and working in music for well over fourteen years now. With his label featuring some of the biggest talent in the drum and bass scene. He has continued to handle a busy DJ schedule in the UK and EU whilst running the label and working on other projects with GRAM Agency and ATM Magazine.

As the label goes from strength to strength, gaining respect & success commercially and from the music industry alike and with an extensive list of countries, festivals, club nights and promotions under his belt, Hayze lets his DJing and selections do the talking.

Listen to his soundcloud | Mixes at Podomatic

K-Series

Irish DJ/Producer Glenn Keohane aka K-Series is a shadowy figure on the Irish club scene, darting around the periphery, unleashing occasional timed sonic attacks on the techno populace Following releases on Irish labels Bastardo Electrico, static and House… is a Home, Glenn decided to set up a label his own label.NG415 was conceived and set-up in late 2010 by Glenn as an outlet for the dark rumbling techno that he produces under his K-Series alias. Its output is characterised by dark mechanical rhythms, that show that you don’t need tempo to create intensity, offset by melancholic atmospheres.

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Jamie Behan

Over the past decade Jamie Behan has established himself as one of Ireland’s foremost
techno DJs. Influenced by formative experiences sneaking into clubs at the age of 14 to hear
legendary DJs such as Derrick Carter and Gayle San spin, he soon began experimenting
with mixing two hi-fi tape decks together. In 1996 he invested in a set of turntables and
began playing at after-hours parties, bars, and small clubs. Since then he has honed his skills
and fashioned a distinctive fast, funky 3 deck fusion of techno influences which he has
showcased at home and abroad, from his own Bastardo Electrico club-nights at the legendary
Sir Henry’s, various residencies in his adopted home city of Cork at influential nights such
as Bass and Schmutzig, and headline slots at clubs and parties in Ireland, the UK, Spain,
Holland, and Belgium, to as far afield as Bahrain in the Middle East.

As a radio presenter he spent a three year stint during the late 90′s presenting a popular radio
show on the award-winning Irish dance music radio station, Radio Friendly and a further two
years on its successor Sub FM. He has also contributed podcasts and guest mixes for major
commercial radio and digital television stations in Ireland such as 2FM , RTE Pulse, and Red
FM and for Urgent FM in Belgium, as well as for websites and e-zines such as Electronic
Ireland, Electronic Directory (Japan), Diva Sound Radio (Spain), and Deeper Vibes (South
Africa). He also spent time as a music journalist, reviewing releases and conducting
interviews for Slick-DJ magazine.

2008 saw Jamie set-up his own label, ‘Bastardo Electrico Recordings’, an imprint which
focuses on dirty, quirky underground techno taking influences from Detroit, Chicago,
and European techno. To date Bastardo Electrico has received widespread support from a
diverse cross section of techno and house DJs, including many of the major players on global
electronic music scene.

In line with the ethos of his label Jamie’s Dj sets refuse to be pigeonholed into a particular
sound yet at the same time are grounded in a kind of dark electronic funk that moves from
Detroit to Chicago via Stockholm, Berlin, and Madrid, incorporating techno, “real” minimal,
electro, and house, all twisted together into a mutant groove cutting, chopping, and layering
tracks across 3 turntables. He has showcased this eclectic fusion of sound on past and future
releases for labels such as Subject Detroit, Nice and Nasty, Static, NG415, and of course
Bastardo Electrico, with his own productions receiving support from DJs such as Slam,
Luke Slater, Paul Mac, Harri, Rolando, Chris Finke, Fish Go Deep, Kevin Gorman, Craig
Richards, and Jamie Anderson.

Firmly rooted in the underground by a passion for “real” techno and house music, with a deep
respect for musical heritage combined with a drive for future innovation, expect a wave of
funk-driven sonic assaults to emerge from Bastardo Electrico Recordings HQ in 2011 and
beyond.

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Rory St. John

Producer and music enthusiast, Rory St John’s progression from DJ-ing to playing live has been a natural one, with his steady rise as a producer marking him out as one of the most interesting new talents on the scene. Exiting Trinity’s Music Technology post-graduate program with a thirst for new and generative music, his output now bounces through many shades of electronic. He and his music are involved with some of the most emblematic labels of the neotechnosphere: Mantrap Records( Irl), Stasis Records (Irl/De), Takeover (Irl), Singularity (UK), Ante-Rasa (Bel), Unknown Forces (Uk/De), Teskoba (Serb) and have been picked up by some of leading names in the game (Surgeon, Dave Clarke, Jerome Hill to name a few…). In both Live and DJ sets, expect a mashup of twisted funk, but don’t assume. New directions in music are fundamental, so keep an ear out for new releases…

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Sunil Sharpe

Coming through the traditional DJ route of pirate radio, outdoor raves and working on the front line of a record shop, Sunil Sharpe is one of Ireland’s most celebrated underground DJs. Honing his skills in the late ’90s, Sunil played his first club gigs at the end of 2000 – gaining a formidable reputation for his quick fire mixing and fast paced sets that were soon to be heard regularly at clubs across the country and in many parts of Europe. Sunil is also a DJ Techniques tutor at Bray Institute of Further Education, and has been part of national station RTE 2FM’s ‘Late Night Sessions’ team since 2006 (after a long run on both local and pirate radio). He has recorded for labels like Tonewrecker, Labrynth, Bastardo Electrico, and many others. In 2009 Sunil coordinated club events at DEAF (Dublin Electronic Arts Festival) in its sadly last but arguably best year. It was during this that he formed ‘Earwiggle’ – which has become a series of one-off gigs in Dublin, hosting the debut Irish appearances of acts like Planetary Assault Systems, Adam X, Frank De Wulf, Ancient Methods, Reeko and Smear. After a near 8-year spell working at Spindizzy record shop (2002-10), Sunil made the move to All-City where he has established a space for new & secondhand vinyl under the Earwiggle banner. The first Earwiggle 12″ has just also been released, coming from enigmatic Irish producer anodyne. A firm believer in playing the very best records he has rather than only the new, Sunil’s DJ sets reflect his favourite styles from the past up to the present, with his trademark techno energy showing no sign of letting up.

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OsloFlow/GrandeursofDelusion

OSLO FLOW are at the vanguard of contemporary freestyle skratching. Famed worldwide for their improvisational skills, DJs Blam & Plato are an abomination, supplementing their low-slung, electronic, bass-heavy breaks with butt-ugly yet compellingly beautiful skratch dialogues. This is turntable manipulation in it’s purest, rawest state. 

Rick Soul and Jimmy Hatetank make disgusting music. And make disgusting faces while doing it. People seem to enjoy it. They couldn’t give a shit. They just wanna bang out the electro-skratch eyeball-wobblers and horror crunk. And set fire to something. And we just want to watch. We are both terrified and delirious to be bringing this pack of international reprobates to BUMP! Muzik Festival 2011.

Watch Oslo Flow in action at the Community Skratch BBQ | Watch G.O.D at Play

mynameisjOhn

Is that his name? Who knows, he does, but do we believe him? Does it matter? My Name is John has played support slots and DJ warm-ups for – Prefuse 73, Daedelus, Benga, Hudson Mohawke, Beans, The Rubberbandits, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Edan & Dagha, Gaslamp Killer, Tokimonsta, Onra, Buck 65, Andy Votel, The Pharcyde, The P-Brothers, Adebisi Shank, DJ Tu-Ki, Vince Mackmahon, ScaryEire, Tycho, B+, some crazy Czech guy with a knife and a circuit-board. They know a bit. He makes music using records, turntable, mixer, loop pedal, Kaosspad 3, Serato Scratch and Cubase and cups and cups of tea. The resulting E.P “There’s a Policeman Inside all Our Heads … He must be Destroyed” can be classed as a hip hop creation, but it depends on what you mean by hip hop. Beats break melody smooth roots wrapped around chords and release something sometimes familiar but resoundingly fresh. It’s a workout of old patterns and traditions through new guises and glitches. You can hear it now and for free. My Name is John is just that nice a guy.

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Heavyreel: Djamel & Darren Rice

Newly formed imprint Heavy Reel is the brainchild of prominent Irish DJ/Producers Djamel and Darren Rice . The label will be an outlet for forward-thinking electronic music with quality always to the fore.

Dublin based DJ/Producer & Music Lecturer Djamel is appreciated for his creative and refreshing approach to Techno. Djamel’s release “Voyeurism In High Definition EP” out on Process Recordings has received acclaim from Laurent Garnier, Psycatron & Michael DeHey to name just a few. His “Kireru EP” released on Heavy Reel has received support from Dave Clarke, James Ruskin, Slam and Patrick DSP.We’re very excited to see what he has in the bag for BUMP!

Darren Rice was raised in the southeast by a tribe of bass loving ninjas and has (he says through blagging, we say that bass loving ninja training may have something to do with it) played at every kicking festival and club in the country. With releases on We are Genius Recordings & Sub-Cut, and more recently M9 on Heavy Reel Darren will be bringing those mad ninja skills out west this July.

Visit Heavy Reel Online | Darren on Soundcloud | Djamel on Soundcloud

Maighréad

Limerick born Maighréad is a self-styled electro-pop songstress who performs a mix of dance and electronica, topped off with a killer big voice you just can’t ignore.
Nominated for Best Female at the recent Irish Music Television Awards for her track SEA and gaining much attention for her hard hitting live shows; this lady working on her debut album. 
The Irish Times recently singled out Maighréad as one to watch: ‘…electro-pop diva in the making with a fine handle already on the ins and outs of synth-pop machinations, vocal projections and sussed songwriting. Check out the Mark Video-directed promo for “Sea”.’

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Sunken Foal

Sunken Foal (aka Dunk Murphy) released his debut album “Fallen Arches” on Planet-Mu records alongside the “Fermented Condiments” E.P. in late 2008 following up with sometimes rhythmical beast – sometimes slow burning and breathy beauty, “Mother of God” in 2010 on Acroplane.

Playing killer gigs over the years, Dunk has honed a unique ‘finger-triggered’ improvisational live setup. His music tangles stringed instruments with analogue synthesis and walks a fine line between murky pessimism and ethereal harmony. Occasional vocals are met with digital percussion that twist and turn at every juncture.

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Perc

Perc (aka Ali Wells) is a key figure techno music because he takes past and present music formulas and twists them into something new and fresh. His track ‘Up’, released on Kompakt Records in 2007- unmistakably remembered for it’s relentless rising tone- gave him global success and was in constant rotation by the likes of Richie Hawtin, Luciano, Chris Liebing, John Digweed, Green Velvet, Erol Alkan and Steve Lawler to name a few…

Ali cemented his techno credentials with his Sticklebrick EP on Adam Beyer’s Drumcode label. His second release on Kompakt, ‘‘Headphone Heart’, aptly displays his versatility; mixing industrial-strength percussion with a haunting flute melody- a combination that on paper should never work, but somehow Perc pulled it off with style.

2008 saw Ali’s Serious Moonlight EP’ on Chris Liebing’s CLR label and a single ‘Work Harder’ on his own Perc Trax label, released to much acclaim as was his ‘Ali’s ‘Swords EP’, released by the label side of Lost Souls Promotions, a London-based collective for whom Ali is now a resident DJ.

Perc’s reputation as remixer is also in-demand and over the past few years he’s indulged remix commissions for world class names such as Trentemoller, James Holden, DJ Hell, Phil Kieran, DJ Yellow, Blood & Tears, Jeff Bennett and Gary Beck among them. His re-rubs of Holden’s ‘First Light’ and DJ Hell’s ‘Buttersaure’ had the cream of Europe’s techno scene salivating and now, anticipating his next move.

Perc web site | Perc on Soundcloud

Regis

Karl O’Connor aka Regis is a founder of the Downwards label (Surgeon) . Regis is one of the more highly regarded creative forces within the British techno/electronic scene.
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Inigo Kennedy

Inigo Kennedy is a pioneering and respected techno and electronic music producer and DJ from North London, he is the owner of the innovative and genre defying label Asymmetric, with over 100 releases and gigs all over the world we are pleased to have him lashing out the beats at this years Bump!

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June Miller

After a few years working together with & playing in bands, Bart & Mark (Mark McCann and Bart van Dijk (former guitarist of hardcore band Deluge) finally found and feel in love with the Drum and Bass vibes after Mark’s move from the UK to NL. After a few trips to parties in Utrecht in 2006 they where hooked and continued there search for bigger and better things.

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Stray

Stray …. rising star ….just listen to his track Timbre to hear the impeccable fusion of old and nu skool drum n bass

Equinox

Equinox since the age of 15 has been busting out the breakbeats in east london. Joining up with the likes of Brain records and the Groove Chronicles label he has a slid through a savage amount of genres from house to garage.  Currently releasing tracks on his Scientific Wax label he will be spinning  unique beats at the 2011 Bump! fest.

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The Person

The Person a.k.a Alex Lennon  has been producing music for over 17 years. Starting out in Dublin in the early 90′s, Alex was signed to Sony Higher Ground producing everything from hip-hop, techno to IDM and drum’n’bass, nowadays he  bends beats, warping wavelengths to deliver welcome chest wobbles and high head kicks with a pervasive hip-hop heart.

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Throwing Snow

A man from the UK who knows music like music is his name…..a selector of the highest standard and producer of many fine tracks and releases

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KOAN Sound

As Macgyver is to penknives, KOAN Sound is to music, with dark gripping basslines; elegantly mastered and meticulously executed, expect a wondrous show unrestrained by tempo or genre.

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Mecca

West side based d n b producer Mecca has been making music for while with his first release on Subtle Audio Recordings, Leviathan setting the tone for great things to come.

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Scamp

Scamp began djing back in 1998 on soundsystems across England’s underground rave scene. Producing since 2005, he has played teknivals, free parties, clubs and festivals all over the United Kingdom and Europe. Celebrating releases on labels Life4land, Mindsaw, Run Tings, Jigsore and Jungle-Clone. His high-energy progressive fusion of dark dn’b, breakcore, hardtek and dubstep is firmly rooted in the illegal party sound from where he was first inspired.

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