You Must Hear 7
field recordings
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Description
Field recordings capture environmental sounds from the real world—nature, urban spaces, conversations—and incorporate them into musical compositions or present them as standalone sonic documents. This practice bridges documentary art and experimental music, transforming everyday acoustic environments into immersive listening experiences that challenge traditional notions of what constitutes music. The genre emphasizes place, atmosphere, and the poetic qualities found in unscripted sound.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album | Tags | Other places |
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| 64 | 1973 | Various Artists | World Library Of Folk And Primitive Music - Ireland |
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| 56 |
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1975 | John Fahey | Days Have Gone By |
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| 42 |
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1992 | Peter Sotos | Buyer's Market |
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| 52 |
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1995 | THE BARNS | Engine |
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| 82 | 1995 | Luc Ferrari | Presque Rien |
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| 38 |
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1995-10-20 | Doopees | Doopee Time |
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| 43 |
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1996 | Chris Watson | Stepping Into the Dark |
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| 70 | 1996-08-07 | Muslimgauze | Return Of Black September |
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| 31 |
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1998 | Chris Watson | Outside the Circle of Fire |
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| 67 |
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1998 | Jaime Sin Tierra | El Avión Ya Se Estrelló Y Yo Sigo Volando |
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| 40 | 1999-06-11 | Muslimgauze | Hand Of Fatima |
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| 14 |
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2000 | Andrew Chalk | Crescent |
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| 99 |
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2001-05-25 | Pink Floyd | Atom Heart Mother (2011 Remastered Version) |
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| 61 | 2003-03-25 | Roscoe Holcomb | An Untamed Sense Of Control |
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| 27 | 2003-04-07 | Set Fire to Flames | Telegraphs in Negative / Mouths Trapped in Static |
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| 75 |
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2003-06 | Chris Watson | Weather Report |
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| 57 |
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2005 | Hiroshi Yoshimura | Wet Land |
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| 48 | 2005-03 | Jacob Kirkegaard | Eldfjall |
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| 28 | 2006 | Peter Wright | Pariahs Sing Om |
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| 44 | 2006-03 | Olhon | Sinkhole |
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| 34 |
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2006-06 | Stephan Mathieu & Janek Schaefer | Hidden Name |
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| 3 |
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2006-11-20 | Geir Jenssen | Cho Oyu 8201m: Field Recordings from Tibet |
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| 81 |
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2007-01-08 | Jefre Cantu-Ledesma | You Can See Your Own Way Out |
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| 62 |
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2007-09-17 | BJ Nilsen | The Short Night |
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| 25 | 2008-02 | Olhon | Underwater Passage |
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| 55 |
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2008-07 | Chris Watson | Cima Verde |
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| 66 | 2009-02-03 | Tenniscoats | Temporacha |
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| 71 |
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2009-02-24 | Musette | Datum |
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| 41 |
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2009-04-22 | Jana Winderen | The Noisiest Guys On The Planet |
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| 59 |
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2009-10-20 | Celer | Close Proximity and the Unhindered Care-All |
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| 76 | 2010-04-06 | Jana Winderen | Energy Field |
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| 89 |
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2010-05-21 | Ricky Eat Acid | summer made me blue; summer gave me sky |
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| 73 | 2011 | Graham Lambkin | Amateur Doubles |
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| 92 |
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2011-04-22 | Celer | Landmarks |
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| 60 |
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2011-11-14 | Chris Watson | El Tren Fantasma |
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| 46 |
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2011-12-17 | The Eternal Twilight | Another Quiet Day | ||
| 58 |
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2012-03 | Grouper | Violet Replacement | Pt. I: Rolling Gate |
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| 23 | 2012-05-11 | Bruno Sanfilippo | Urbs |
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| 97 |
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2012-08-29 | The Echelon Effect | Field Recordings |
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| 30 |
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2012-10-24 | Saåad | Confluences |
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| 15 |
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2013-03-21 | Lights Dim & Endless Melancholy | Soft Steps EP |
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| 6 |
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2013-06-07 | Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran | Red (Taylor's Version) |
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| 24 |
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2013-06-15 | Foresteppe | No Time To Hurry |
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| 33 |
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2013-07-01 | Chris Watson | In St Cuthbert's Time |
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| 79 |
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2013-08-01 | Oh, Yoko | I Love You... |
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| 17 |
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2013-08-05 | Deerhunter | Double Dream of Spring |
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| 4 |
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2013-09-10 | Marek Brandt | fieldz and towns |
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| 93 | 2013-11-11 | Recondite | Hinterland |
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| 98 | 2014-01-01 | Ricky Eat Acid | Three Love Songs |
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| 69 |
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2014-06-07 | Subaeris | The City In Rain |
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| 20 |
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2014-08-06 | Cremation Lily | Christening Summer |
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| 47 |
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2015-02-10 | Hecq | Mare Nostrum |
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| 35 |
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2015-08-12 | Remember | ルートバックホーム |
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| 100 |
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2016-02-19 | Animal Collective | Meeting of the Waters |
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| 50 |
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2016-02-24 | Hotel Neon | Remnants |
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| 83 |
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2016-05 | 36 | Stasis Sounds for Long-Distance Space Travel |
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| 9 |
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2016-10-08 | Padang Food Tigers & Sigbjørn Apeland | Bumblin' Creed |
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| 74 |
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2017-02-27 | Sangam | Distance Amongst Us |
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| 65 |
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2017-10-20 | Deepchord | Functional Designs |
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| 8 |
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2017-10-24 | Dj Lostboi | GOT LOST |
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| 54 |
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2017-10-27 | Dim | The Holy Crag |
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| 7 |
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2018-03-23 | Félix Blume | Death In Haiti: Funeral Brass Bands & Sounds from Port Au Prince |
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| 5 |
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2018-03-27 | Shum | Levegő |
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| 26 |
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2018-08-03 | laura les | hello kitty skates to the fuckin CEMETARY |
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| 84 |
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2018-10-12 | Eli Keszler | Stadium |
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| 49 |
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2018-10-26 | Penelope Trappes | Penelope Two |
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| 77 |
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2018-11-21 | Masakatsu Takagi | Kagayaki |
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| 36 |
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2019-09-06 | Melanie Martinez | K–12 |
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| 32 |
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2020 | JPEGMAFIA | Call Me Maybe - Single |
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| 12 |
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2020-01-28 | Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza | Rainforest Hill, Vol. I + II |
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| 22 |
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2020-04-17 | Claire Rousay | a heavenly touch |
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| 88 |
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2020-07-31 | Hiroshi Yoshimura | Green (SFX Version) | ||
| 95 |
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2020-08-21 | Matmos | The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form |
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| 80 |
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2020-10-02 | Dj Lostboi | The Flash |
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| 85 |
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2020-10-23 | clipping. | Visions of Bodies Being Burned |
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| 18 |
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2021 | The Gerogerigegege | >(decrescendo) |
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| 87 |
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2021-02-26 | Blanck Mass | In Ferneaux |
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| 96 |
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2021-04-19 | Meitei | Komachi |
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| 72 |
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2021-05-28 | Penelope Trappes | Penelope Three |
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2021-10-28 | Underworld | Drift Episode 1 |
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| 68 |
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2021-10-28 | Underworld | DRIFT Episode 1 "DUST" |
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| 45 |
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2021-11-30 | Celer | Tempelhof |
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| 91 |
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2022-03-11 | Jeremiah Chiu | Recordings from the Åland Islands |
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| 11 |
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2022-03-13 | Cosmic Cycler | City Lights Forever |
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| 94 |
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2022-06-14 | Taylor Deupree | Small Winters |
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| 78 |
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2022-08-26 | Pantha du Prince | Garden Gaia |
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| 37 |
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2022-09-30 | Deepchord | Functional Extraits 1 |
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| 63 |
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2022-10-01 | Roméo Poirier | Living Room |
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| 10 | 2023 | Various Artists | Songs of the Humpback Whale |
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| 29 |
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2023-10-27 | Flora Yin-Wong | Cold Reading |
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| 13 |
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2024-11-01 | Mount Eerie | Night Palace |
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| 2 | Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers | Red (Taylor's Version) |
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| 51 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | f#a# (infinity) |
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| 53 | カヒミ・カリィ | Trapeziste |
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| 86 | 輕描淡寫 | 小圈子 |
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| 90 | The Loners With Parentheses | I Wish Shit Would Stop Spinning |
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| 16 | Steve Chana | Guided Meditation: Anxiety Relief |
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| 19 | Ora Dell Graham | A Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings |
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| 21 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! |
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| Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza | Rainforest Hill |
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| 39 | Seaworth + Taylor Deupree | Wood, Winter, Hollow |
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