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Subatomic Sound System, founded in 1999 by Emch and
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, is an American record label and collective hosting musicians, producers, DJs, and visual artists from a variety of backgrounds and traditions. In late 2008, Subatomic Sound System garnered international attention for a limited edition vinyl 12" featuring their collaboration with Vienna's Dubblestandart and dub inventor
Lee "Scratch" Perry Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry; 20 March 1936 – 29 August 2021) was a Jamaican record producer, composer and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development o ...
, releasing the first songs from Perry in the
dubstep Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended 2-step rhythms and sparse dub production, as well as incorporating elements of broken be ...
genre, one of the first recorded examples of a tangible connection between the popular UK based electronic genre that emerged in the begin of the first decade of the 21st century and the Jamaican dub from the 1970s where dubstep's origins were rooted and which had been primarily originated by Perry himself. Beginning in 2008, Subatomic Sound System started hosting weekly radio shows on 91.5fm, Radio New York, and webcasts on Brooklyn Radio. In 2011 Subatomic Sound System began performing as Lee "Scratch" Perry's backing band with a hybrid of electronics and live instruments. In 2013 they performed together at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and afterward became Perry's exclusive touring band in North America. In 2017, Subatomic Sound System released their first full-length album with Perry entitled 'Super Ape Returns To Conquer' which debuted No. 5 on the '' Billboard'' reggae chart and No. 2 on iTunes US reggae album chart and reached No. 1 on North America World music NACC charts.


Performance history

Fall 2001: Subatomic Sound System won the Red Bull Vinyl Lab competition in New York City using an early incarnation of
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Traktor DJ software on a laptop at a time when laptops were not commonly used in musical performance. When judges discovered software had been used to create the mix CD, it sparked a controversy amongst the judges. In the end, judges conceded that there was no valid grounds for disqualifying Subatomic Sound System for using DJ software rather than traditional vinyl and turntables, so they upheld their victory in the competition. From 2007 to the present: Subatomic Sound System increased touring throughout North America and Europe in a variety of configurations from live band of ten, to electronic trio, to DJs as styles like
dubstep Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended 2-step rhythms and sparse dub production, as well as incorporating elements of broken be ...
increased in popularity and the interest in new dub oriented music emanating from New York City increased (largely the result of successful releases from NYC artists such as Dr. Israel,
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, Dub Gabriel,
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, and others). July 19, 2009: Subatomic Sound System performed to a beyond capacity crowd at Summerstage in
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, along with Lee "Scratch" Perry & Dubblestandart (with a cameo from
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) as well as
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. The lineup for this event drew the largest Summerstage crowd of the season, confirming organizers' expectations. Given the multicultural and cross generational audiences who turn out in Central Park, organizers had hoped this billing would draw on the connection between modern incarnations of dub based music such as dubstep and the dub and
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styles from over 30 years before, originated by Perry in Jamaica that influenced artists like Blondy to extend that sound in
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. Those styles then influenced groups like Dubblestandart and Subatomic Sound System in Europe and the US to meld that sound with other contemporary electronic based genres. 2012:
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with Subatomic Sound System as his band and opening act, go on tour across the US, May 16 through May 26. In September they perform together again at Dub Champions Festival in New York City, Music Hall of Williamsburg. 2013:
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and Subatomic Sound System tour the west coast and southwest USA including two shows at the Coachella arts & music festival, April 12 & 19, performing music ranging from the roots reggae off Perry's Super Ape album to dubstep and bass music riddims by Subatomic Sound System.


Radio shows

Beginning in 2008, Subatomic Sound System started Subatomic Sound Radio, hosting weekly radio shows on 91.5FM, Radio New York and Brooklyn Radio webcasts. The Radio New York show is part of a nightly program called ''Mo'Glo'' sponsored by Seattle-based public radio station
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Release history


"Black Ark Vampires" Lee "Scratch" Perry & Subatomic Sound System

The song "Black Ark Vampires" was premiered on Halloween October 31, 2014, via the Brooklyn-based Jamaican culture website Large Up, with an explanation of Perry's lyrics about killing vampires and why Lee Scratch Perry burned down his
Black Ark Studios The Black Ark was the recording studio of reggae and dub producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, built in 1973 and located behind his family's home in the Washington Gardens neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica. Despite the rudimentary set-up and dated eq ...
in Jamaica decades before. In the song, Perry describes killing vampires with fire, electric wire, roast corn, and his own hair in locations around the globe including America, England, and Kingston, Jamaica. Live concerts by Lee "Scratch" Perry & Subatomic Sound System from 2001-2014 combined digital electronics and live instrumentalists and singers and this recorded song can also be heard to use a similar blend of elements specifically instrumentation like electric guitar, bass, percussion, and harmonized background vocal produced with space echo and spring reverb effects in a fashion typical of
reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
recordings from Perry's Black Ark Studios during the 1970s as well as using electronic synthesized
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and digital drums common to 21st century electronic music genres like
dubstep Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended 2-step rhythms and sparse dub production, as well as incorporating elements of broken be ...
and
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. The song was released on vinyl 45rpm exclusively on November 4, 2014 and appeared at No. 1 on
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charts in both dub and reggae. Reggae dancehall vocalist Jahdan Blakkamoore appeared as a supporting vocalist on the track, a collaborator on several other Perry & Subatomic Sound releases as well as vocalist and primary writer on
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and
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albums. Blakkamoore is mostly known for his numerous releases both solo and with his band
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whose release "Living the Life" came out on the Subatomic Sound label.


Iron Devil: Lee "Scratch" Perry's first dubstep track

In fall of 2008, Subatomic Sound System produced a collaborative remix in a dubstep style with Vienna's Dubblestandart & dub originator Lee "Scratch" Perry who were working jointly on completing an album entitled ''Return From Planet Dub'' which included new versions of several of Perry's most famous tunes and riddims from his hey day in Jamaica during the 1970s. The Subatomic Sound System remix was Perry's first release in the dubstep style that by late 2008 had spread from the UK and was beginning to see worldwide popularity among electronic music fans and an ever-growing crowd of curious music listeners. The remix was titled "Iron Devil" and was based on the riddim used for some of Lee's biggest hits like "Disco Devil", "
Chase The Devil "Chase the Devil" is a reggae song, recorded in 1976 by Max Romeo, with the backing of Lee "Scratch" Perry's house band, The Upsetters. Background Composed by Perry and Romeo, "Chase the Devil" was released on the album ''War Ina Babylon'' in 19 ...
" with Max Romeo, and "Croaking Lizard" from Lee's seminal '' Super Ape'' album. A short run of those records was pressed as advance promotion for the forthcoming album and included some exclusive vinyl only mixes, namely dubstep and 1980s dancehall reggae style mixes of "Iron Devil" on the A side and two remixes of Dubblestandart tracks by Tom Watson, a producer from Paris, France, on the B side, one of which was "Wadada" (originally recorded by
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) the first ever dubstep track featuring the Jamaican voice of thunder,
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. The limited edition vinyl 12" was distributed in either a blank white jacket or, for about 150 copies, in a vintage red, gold and green comic art jacket that was acquired from
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in Jamaica and bore the Solographic Productions imprint (leading some stores to incorrectly list Solographic as the label for the release). The record itself had a blank white label marked on only on the A-side by a devil head hand stamped on it with red ink. It sold out in less than a week and it quickly became highly sought after on secondary vinyl markets and vinyl collectors' sites such as
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. The release has historical significance for several reasons. Firstly, at the age of 73, Perry was suddenly finding new audiences for his music worldwide through the evolution of dub into dubstep. Secondly, its popularity was indicative of a cultural diaspora and evolution of a non-commercial subgenre of music developed in Jamaica largely by Perry into a movement that had rippled around the world through various music genres to later create a subgenre of electronic music called dubstep over 30 years later in the UK that reunited its offspring with their forefather and propelled them both to broader prominence that in the process crossed cultural, generational and racial boundaries.


Blackboard Jungle dubstep

In July 2009, another 12" was released that featured dubstep tracks based on "Blackboard Jungle", the title track of
The Upsetters The Upsetters was the name given to the house band for Jamaican reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. The name of the band comes from Perry's nickname of Upsetter, after his song "I Am the Upsetter", a musical dismissal of his former boss Coxso ...
' album ''Blackboard Jungle Dub'' produced by Perry and considered by some to be the first ever dub album. The original ''Blackboard Jungle Dub'' album from the 1970s was mastered and re-released as '' Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle'' and the tune "Blackboard Jungle" was renamed "Black Panta". Dubblestandart remade the tune in collaboration with Perryon their album ''Return From Planet Dub'' in spring 2009. That release also had remixes of the song by Subatomic Sound System. For the dubstep vinyl release that followed, Subatomic Sound System developed new versions of "Blackboard Jungle" based on that remix and involving Guyana-born/NYC-based dancehall reggae vocalist Jahdan Blakkamoore for vocals along with Perry. The vinyl release 12" catalog number was SS009 and was followed up in 2010 by digital releases SS010 and SS011 that featured alternative versions. A mini-documentary featuring Perry covering the making of the "Iron Devil" and "Blackboard Jungle" dubstep remixes with Dubblestandart and Subatomic Sound System, their capacity crowd performance in Central Park, and the evolution of dub to dubstep, was created and released on the internet via sites like YouTube.


Electronic Cumbia Dub

In late 2011, the Subatomic Sound label released a project called Sancocho e Tigres, a collective of young producers from across South and Central America who are electronic music producers as well as players of instruments. The project was organized by Caballo (Rebel Records) from Colombia. Subatomic Sound put out two releases, one of a single, "Lujo De Pobre", that included a song as well as the self-produced samples by the collective members used to create the song. A second release followed with various versions of the song that each member put together from those same samples. Later that year Subatomic Sound System had Colombian producer Bleepolar (of Sanchocho e Tigres) remix "Dem Can't Stop We From Talk" with Anthony B, one of the first instances of a Jamaican dancehall artist appearing on an official cumbia remix.


On All Frequencies

The first official full-length album by Subatomic Sound System, ''On All Frequencies'' covered a broad range of genres, tempos and timbres. ''On All Frequencies'' entered the CMJ radio Top 40 charts in both "electronic" and "world" (i.e. reggae) categories simultaneously during spring 2007. The album received positive reactions across a broad spectrum of the electronic, hip hop and reggae press. It was described by '' BPM'' magazine in its vital releases column as "connecting the dots between dub, dancehall, hip hop, drum & bass, downtempo and broken beat". It received a four afro rating from the popular website Okayplayer, (their ratings system based on site founder and The Roots drummer Questlove's hairstyle), who opined, "These beats could become the blueprint for future producers...Genius producing", a "certified gunsmoke!" review from OJ Lima, former ''
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'' magazine editor and founder of DJ culture site, Limachips, and the reggae-centric ''Beat'' magazine wrote that the song "'Rize Up' is a virtual revolutionary anthem". The album was highlighted in ''
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'' magazine's 2007 Music Issue and Subatomic Sound System performed at the magazine release party in Brooklyn, New York. The Subatomic Sound System System song "Breakin' Down the Barriers" inspired the magazine's editor to use the title as the name of the subsequent issue and it became a theme song for the magazine's mission.


Discography


Albums, EPs, digital singles

*''Revolution 2 Freedom'' Subatomic Sound System & Junior Dread (2020, Subatomic Sound , SS037 , digital ) *''Champion Sound'' Subatomic Sound System & Screechy Dan (2020, Subatomic Sound , SS037 , digital ) *''Shaolin Dub'' Subatomic Sound System (2019, Subatomic Sound , SS036 , digital ) *''Super Ape Returns To Conquer''
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& Subatomic Sound System (featuring Screechy Dan, Jahdan Blakkamoore, & Ari Up) (2017, Subatomic Sound , SS033 , digital, CD, vinyl via Echo Beach ) *''NYC-2-Africa-2-Brasil'' (featuring
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,Jahdan Blakkamoore, Bajah, & Nomadic Wax) remixes by
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, Maga Bo, Buguinha Dub (2016, Subatomic Sound , SS030A , digital) *''NYC-2-Africa'' (featuring
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,Jahdan Blakkamoore, Bajah, & Nomadic Wax) (2010, Subatomic Sound , SS016 , digital) *''Blackboard Jungle Vol.2 Respect My Shit'' (featuring Dubblestandart,
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, Jahdan Blakkamoore) (2009, Subatomic Sound , SS011 , digital) *''Blackboard Jungle Vol.1 Respect the Foundation'' (featuring Dubblestandart, Lee Scratch Perry, Jahdan Blakkamoore) (2009, Subatomic Sound , SS010 , digital) *''Heat Brings Heat'' (featuring
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) (2008, Subatomic Sound/ Modus Vivendi , SS007 , digital) *''Crucial Times'' (2008, Subatomic Sound/ Modus Vivendi , SS006 , digital) *''On All Frequencies (Instrumentals & Mixtape)'' (2008, Subatomic Sound/ Modus Vivendi , SS00 , digital) *''On All Frequencies (Instrumentals)'' (2008, Subatomic Sound/ Modus Vivendi , SS005 , digital) *''On All Frequencies'' (featuring
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)(2007, Subatomic Sound/ Modus Vivendi / Nomadic Wax , MVM009 , CD, digital) *''Lost Hits Vol. 1: Dancehall versus Hip Hop'' (featuring
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) (2005, Subatomic Sound/ , SS004 , digital)


Vinyl

*''Black Ark Vampires''/''Dub'' Lee "Scratch" Perry & Subatomic Sound System 7" 45rpm (2014, Subatomic Sound , cat# SS020) *''Dem Can't Stop We From Talk (Dubiterian remix)''/''NYC-2-Africa riddim (Dubiterian remix)'' Anthony B, Subatomic Sound System & Nomadic Wax 7" 45rpm (2014, Subatomic Sound , cat# SS028) *''Jah is Coming''/''Dubbing on the Moon'' Subatomic Sound System & Thomas Blondet 7" 45rpm (2014, Subatomic Sound , cat# SS027) *''Dem Can't Stop We From Talk''/''NYC-2-Africa riddim'' Anthony B meets Subatomic Sound System & Nomadic Wax 7" 45rpm (2011, Subatomic Sound , cat# SS024) *''Dem Can't Stop We From Talk''/''Kingston Riot riddim'' Anthony B meets Dubblestandart 7" 45rpm (2011, Subatomic Sound , cat# SS023) *''Vampires & Informers'' Elephant Man 12" 33rpm (2010, Subatomic Sound , cat# SS018) *''Hello, Hello, Hell is Very Low'' b/w ''Bed Athletes'' featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry and
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7" 45rpm (2010, Subatomic Sound , cat#SS014) 1 on Ernie B reggae vinyl chart*''Chrome Optimism'' Dubblestandart meets Lee "Scratch" Perry and David Lynch , 12" vinyl, 33rpm (2010, Subatomic Sound , cat# SS012) *''Blackboard Jungle'' featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jahdan Blakkamoore, Dubblestandart 12" 33rpm (2009, Subatomic Sound , cat#SS009) *''Iron Devil'' featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry and Dubblestandart 12" 33rpm (2008, Subatomic Sound , cat#SS008) *''Our Father, Our King'' 7" 45rpm (2008, Bastard Jazz Recordings , cat#BJ7003)


Remixes

*''Amsterdam'' Marlon Asher & Leah Rosier (2011, Dubbhism , digital) included remix ''Amsterdam (Subatomic Sound System Bloodstep mix)'' *''Vampires & Informers'' Elephant Man (2011, Subatomic Sound , cat# SS019 , digital) included remixes ''Vampires & Informers (Subatomic Sound System Bloodstep mix)'', ''Vampires & Informers (Subatomic Sound System bloodsucker's dub)'' *''Modern Dayz Slavery'' The Bant Singh Project featuring Delhi Sultanate (2011, Word Sound Power , digital) included remix ''Modern Dayz Slavery (Subatomic Sound System remix)'' *''Vampires & Informers'' Elephant Man (2010, Subatomic Sound , cat# SS018 , vinyl) included remixes ''Vampires & Informers (Subatomic Sound System Bloodstep mix)'' *''Chrome Optimism'' Dubblestandart meets Lee "Scratch" Perry and David Lynch (2010, Subatomic Sound , cat# SS015 , digital) included remixes ''Chrome Optimism (Subatomic Sound System remix)'', ''Chrome Optimism (Ming vs. Subatomic Sound System remix)'', & ''Chrome Optimism (April White vs. Subatomic Sound System remix)'' *''Chrome Optimism'' Dubblestandart meets Lee "Scratch" Perry and David Lynch (2010, Subatomic Sound , cat# SS012 , 12" vinyl, 33rpm) included remixes ''Chrome Optimism (Subatomic Sound System remix)'' & ''Deadly Funny (Subatomic Sound System dub)'' *''Luv 'n Liv'' Dub Gabriel w/
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(2010, Destroy All Concepts , cat# DAC009 , digital) included remixes ''Luv 'n Liv (Ming vs. Subatomic Sound System remix)'' *''Dubstep EP'' Dubblestandart (2009, Collision/Select Cuts/ Echo Beach, , digital) ''included remixes: "Iron Devil (Subatomic Sound System remix)" "Blackboard Jungle (Subatomic Sound System remix)"'' *''Return From Planet Dub'' Dubblestandart, Lee "Scratch" Perry and
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(2009, Collision/Select Cuts/ Echo Beach, CCT3019-2 , Double CD, digital) ''included remixes: "Blackboard Jungle (Subatomic Sound System remix)"'' Extensive liner notes by writer David Katz *''Remixed'' Eyesight Project (2008, Modus Vivendi Music , MVM007 , digital) ''included remixes: "On Chrome (Subatomic Sound System remix)"''


Compilations

* ''SUBcontinentalBASS'' (2011, High Chai , digital) ''included song "NYC-2-India" a new version on NYC-2-Africa riddim with vocals by Delhi Sultanate. Hit No. 1 on Beatport reggae chart. *''The Sound of Rhythm & Culture'' (2010, Rhythm & Culture , CD, digital) ''included songs: "Dub Steppa"'' by Thomas Blondet & Subatomic Sound System *''BKLYN: Heavy Sound from the County of Kings'' (2009, Bastard Jazz Recordings , CD, digital) ''included songs: "Our Father, Our King"'' *''Nickodemus & Mariano present Turntables on the Hudson 10 Year Anniversary'' (2009, Wonderwheel , Double CD, digital) ''included songs: "Our Father, Our King"'' *''Northern Faction 4'' (2009, Balanced Records , CD, digital) ''included songs: "Walking On The Moon" a dub version of the Police song based on the music from "Our Father, Our King"'' *''Modus Vivendi Music Vol. 2'' (2008, Modus Vivendi Music , MVM008 , CD, digital) ''included songs: "Ghetto Champion", "Our Father, Our King (Golden remix)"''


Mixes

*''Code Orange Relaxation Techniques'' Subatomic Sound System (2002, Subatomic Sound , CD)


Unreleased and forthcoming works

*''"Revolution"'' Ari Up and The Slits (cover version of the famous
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song), Subatomic Sound System dub mix , (2008, unreleased) *''"
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, Island Records , Subatomic Sound System dub mix for U.S. single release , (2009, unreleased) *''" Black and Gold (song)"'' Sam Sparro , Island Records , Subatomic Sound System remix of 2009 Grammy nominated song for U.S. single release , (2008, unreleased)


Television and film

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, ''2012: Season 5 ep 111'' , Showtime , features the song "The Chronicles" by Subatomic Sound System * CSI:Miami , ''By The Book'' episode aired Oct. 30, 2011 , CBS , The Halloween episode features the remix of "Vampires & Informers" by Elephant Man on Subatomic Sound label. * Vans
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, ''North Shore Underground - Hank Gaskell'' , Fuel TV & Vans Triple Crown Surfing website , "Ghetto Champion" and several Subatomic Sound System songs this and other 2010 highlight segments * Dog The Bounty Hunter , ''The Big Wipeout'' , A&E Network , Subatomic Sound System song "Ghetto Champion" was the featured song on this episode * Dog The Bounty Hunter , ''Smackdown of Baby Lyssa'' , A&E Network , Subatomic Sound System song "Criminal" was the featured song on this episode * Dog The Bounty Hunter , ''Crime Don't Pay'' , A&E Network , Subatomic Sound System song "Doin' It" was the featured song on this episode


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