Free Music Archive
Free Music Archive is a website devoted to distribution and curation of rights-free music. The Library of Congress has archived this website as part of its Web Cultures Web Archive, which includes sites documenting the creation and sharing of emergent cultural traditions on the web.
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The works in this collection that are part of the Citizen DJ project have been dedicated to the public domain by their creators, thus are free to use and reuse without restriction. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the works, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Attribution is recommended but not required.
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Most music and recordings in the Free Music Archive are not in the public domain. However, Citizen DJ provides a subset of recordings from the Free Music Archive that were published under a Public domain dedication license by their creators, thus are in the public domain.
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Citizen DJ Project, Free Music Archive archived website at the Library of Congress, Web Archives Division.
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2670
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2671
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A Christmas adventure (Part 2)
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A Good Start
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- Excerpt starting at 00:07
- Excerpt starting at 00:18
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A weird mechanism
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Action Decisive Move
- Excerpt starting at 02:30
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Adventures with Paddy
- Excerpt starting at 07:01
- Excerpt starting at 07:31
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Aimer les fourmis
- Excerpt starting at 01:39
- Excerpt starting at 02:08
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Allegro Can Bro (Beethoven Symphony No.5)
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
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Ambiant Point Of No Return
- Excerpt starting at 01:06
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Ancient Heavy Tech Donjon
- Excerpt starting at 01:33
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Ancient Heavy Tech Donjon
- Excerpt starting at 01:33
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Asturiass Hole
- Excerpt starting at 02:17
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Bad Guys HQ
- Excerpt starting at 01:10
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Beach
- Excerpt starting at 00:17
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Belano
- Excerpt starting at 00:45
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Bleu Matinal
- Excerpt starting at 02:34
- Excerpt starting at 03:04
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Castle in the cloud
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
- Excerpt starting at 00:30
- Excerpt starting at 01:00
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Childhood scene
- Excerpt starting at 01:18
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Chillin' Poupi
- Excerpt starting at 00:27
- Excerpt starting at 00:31
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Chocolate Valley
- Excerpt starting at 01:05
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Christmas lights
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- Excerpt starting at 00:42
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City
- Excerpt starting at 01:41
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Clavier 1
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Creation is like that
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- Excerpt starting at 00:47
- Excerpt starting at 01:18
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Dans Dumbledore
- Excerpt starting at 00:33
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Dans l'ascenseur
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- Excerpt starting at 02:03
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Dans la chambre d'Henri
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- Excerpt starting at 01:16
- Excerpt starting at 02:17
- Excerpt starting at 02:47
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Dans la messe sans le sang du christ
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Dans la tristesse du regard de l'enfant qui a fait tomber sa glace par terre
- Excerpt starting at 00:01
- Excerpt starting at 00:35
- Excerpt starting at 01:05
- Excerpt starting at 01:29
- Excerpt starting at 01:58
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Dans le love
- Excerpt starting at 02:32
- Excerpt starting at 03:02
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Dans les dauphins sur la plage
- Excerpt starting at 02:34
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Dia
- Excerpt starting at 04:17
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Disco Cat
- Excerpt starting at 00:30
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Dreaming of you
- Excerpt starting at 00:01
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Every myths are true stories
- Excerpt starting at 00:40
- Excerpt starting at 02:27
- Excerpt starting at 02:53
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Fading road
- Excerpt starting at 07:20
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Father Green
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
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Fleurs qui se dandinent dans les petits animaux
- Excerpt starting at 00:06
- Excerpt starting at 00:21
- Excerpt starting at 02:00
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Forgotten
- Excerpt starting at 01:03
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Free To Use 13
- Excerpt starting at 00:02
- Excerpt starting at 00:32
- Excerpt starting at 01:32
- Excerpt starting at 02:55
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Free To Use 9
- Excerpt starting at 01:54
- Excerpt starting at 02:24
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Frog In The Well
- Excerpt starting at 00:06
- Excerpt starting at 00:37
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Frozen Jungle
- Excerpt starting at 00:17
- Excerpt starting at 00:34
- Excerpt starting at 01:25
- Excerpt starting at 02:02
- Excerpt starting at 02:09
- Excerpt starting at 02:19
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Ghosts
- Excerpt starting at 02:01
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Gnome & Promenade/Pictures at an Exhibition/Mussorgsky
- Excerpt starting at 01:04
- Excerpt starting at 01:34
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Guitare 2
- Excerpt starting at 00:16
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Hand Pain
- Excerpt starting at 00:18
- Excerpt starting at 00:48
- Excerpt starting at 01:19
- Excerpt starting at 01:50
- Excerpt starting at 02:21
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Heimito
- Excerpt starting at 03:04
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Home
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
- Excerpt starting at 00:05
- Excerpt starting at 00:36
- Excerpt starting at 00:45
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How to evade a place with no wall
- Excerpt starting at 00:03
- Excerpt starting at 00:19
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I need a heroïc figure (main character theme)
- Excerpt starting at 02:49
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I'M A WATERMELON
- Excerpt starting at 00:53
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Ice Cream with you
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
- Excerpt starting at 00:12
- Excerpt starting at 01:03
- Excerpt starting at 01:35
- Excerpt starting at 02:26
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Ils apparaissaient la nuit
- Excerpt starting at 03:21
- Excerpt starting at 03:51
- Excerpt starting at 04:22
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Insideoutworld
- Excerpt starting at 04:54
- Excerpt starting at 08:08
- Excerpt starting at 08:41
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Interview in a pub
- Excerpt starting at 00:36
- Excerpt starting at 01:28
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Invention No. 8 Collage - Sans Gloves, Latex Gloves, Thin Gloves, Ski Gloves, Mittens, Boxing Gloves
- Excerpt starting at 00:25
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Inversions - Part 1
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
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Inversions - Part 2
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
- Excerpt starting at 13:45
- Excerpt starting at 14:19
- Excerpt starting at 14:25
- Excerpt starting at 14:56
- Excerpt starting at 15:26
- Excerpt starting at 15:56
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Iyanetha
- Excerpt starting at 02:31
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Jenifer The Game
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Kyle of Durness
- Excerpt starting at 01:00
- Excerpt starting at 01:30
- Excerpt starting at 02:00
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La crêpe du chien
- Excerpt starting at 00:19
- Excerpt starting at 00:35
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La cuillère de chagrin
- Excerpt starting at 05:27
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La montagne
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Land of comestible people
- Excerpt starting at 01:27
- Excerpt starting at 02:10
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Le Convive des dernières fêtes
- Excerpt starting at 04:03
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Le vent et l'aveugle
- Excerpt starting at 00:51
- Excerpt starting at 01:21
- Excerpt starting at 02:22
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Le vent et l’aveugle
- Excerpt starting at 00:21
- Excerpt starting at 00:51
- Excerpt starting at 01:21
- Excerpt starting at 02:22
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Lima
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- Excerpt starting at 03:44
- Excerpt starting at 04:00
- Excerpt starting at 04:32
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Listening
- Excerpt starting at 00:13
- Excerpt starting at 00:41
- Excerpt starting at 01:04
- Excerpt starting at 01:22
- Excerpt starting at 01:35
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Lost in the city
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Love Train
- Excerpt starting at 00:30
- Excerpt starting at 01:00
- Excerpt starting at 01:30
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Lupe
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- Excerpt starting at 02:18
- Excerpt starting at 02:48
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Lupe
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- Excerpt starting at 02:18
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Mall
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Medusa
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Mens pølsen koger (While the Sausage Is Cooking)
- Excerpt starting at 00:07
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Mushrooms
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- Excerpt starting at 00:08
- Excerpt starting at 00:40
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N
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No need to
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No room at the inn
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Old artefact to destroy the patriarchy hidden somewhere
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On the road, looking at your feet
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Pas de repos
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Pela Divina
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Play the game
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Poupi Great Adventures : The Arcade Game
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- Excerpt starting at 00:31
- Excerpt starting at 00:58
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Puzzle
- Excerpt starting at 02:50
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Quand nous partirons
- Excerpt starting at 10:01
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Quiet Saturday
- Excerpt starting at 00:17
- Excerpt starting at 00:36
- Excerpt starting at 01:06
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Rimsky Champagne Aeroplane (A fantasia on the Song of the Indian Guest by Rimsky-Korsakov)
- Excerpt starting at 01:09
- Excerpt starting at 02:03
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Rising Danger
- Excerpt starting at 00:40
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Rising Danger [Alternative Version]
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SUPERMERCADO TIBETANO
- Excerpt starting at 03:39
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Saint Wave
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Saint Wave
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Shut up, the mermaid is talking
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- Excerpt starting at 00:30
- Excerpt starting at 01:01
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Siamo Tutti Antifascisti
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- Excerpt starting at 04:18
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Sky 6 : But No
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Skysand
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Sounds effects kit
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Soundtrack
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- Excerpt starting at 04:59
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Standing
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Stay Quiet
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Stephen Katz
- Excerpt starting at 05:26
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Sub/_/_/_/ _/
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Sub/_/_/_/_/
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T'as compris le délire
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The Army Of You
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The Call of the Polar Star
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- Excerpt starting at 00:31
- Excerpt starting at 03:45
- Excerpt starting at 04:15
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The Evil Plan
- Excerpt starting at 01:07
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The place that never get old
- Excerpt starting at 00:01
- Excerpt starting at 00:25
- Excerpt starting at 00:50
- Excerpt starting at 01:20
- Excerpt starting at 01:50
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The sickness
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
- Excerpt starting at 01:30
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The star of Bethlehem
- Excerpt starting at 00:41
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This is happening
- Excerpt starting at 00:08
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Time to go to space now !!
- Excerpt starting at 00:36
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To dream a super market
- Excerpt starting at 03:32
- Excerpt starting at 03:40
- Excerpt starting at 03:47
- Excerpt starting at 03:55
- Excerpt starting at 04:10
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To run in an elevator in a dream in a fiction in space
- Excerpt starting at 00:30
- Excerpt starting at 00:44
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Trystan
- Excerpt starting at 00:36
- Excerpt starting at 02:07
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Trystan
- Excerpt starting at 00:36
- Excerpt starting at 02:07
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Tu n'as pas de non
- Excerpt starting at 00:57
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Une Paquerette Pour Toi
- Excerpt starting at 00:00
- Excerpt starting at 00:30
- Excerpt starting at 01:00
- Excerpt starting at 01:31
- Excerpt starting at 02:01
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Variatio 4 a 1 Clav.
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Viville qui court vite
- Excerpt starting at 00:01
- Excerpt starting at 00:09
- Excerpt starting at 00:20
- Excerpt starting at 00:27
- Excerpt starting at 00:33
- Excerpt starting at 00:38
- Excerpt starting at 00:58
- Excerpt starting at 01:06
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You, yourself and the main character
- Excerpt starting at 00:34
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dont make a mark leave a mark
- Excerpt starting at 00:08
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fame for orchestra oboa and basson
- Excerpt starting at 00:02
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le
- Excerpt starting at 01:01
- Excerpt starting at 01:50
- Excerpt starting at 02:20
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mania
- Excerpt starting at 00:05
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qpfeouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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