It's time to read a 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 with 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 that was published on the website guitarworld.com last Wednesday. In it, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇 talks about the album "𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒐" but also goes back in time to tell us how he discovered his passion for music and how he became a multi-instrumentalist musician since he was a young boy, among other things.
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“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 – 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔. 𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈” ⭐🎸
𝙱𝚢 𝙹𝚘𝚎 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝟶𝟽.𝟶𝟼.𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐭-𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡. 𝐀𝐬 𝐎𝐥𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐱 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞
In 2022, says 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 bassist 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍, making music includes using challenging and intriguing forms. The band’s eighth album, 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒐, had its genesis in 2019 – and 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 explains that bandmate 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 came up with a fascinating concept for it.
🎤 “𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, ‘𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰.’ 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳.
“𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘺 𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺-𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴.”
This pared-down writing process brought another freedom to the mix. “𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴!” he says. “𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵; 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺."
The result is an electronics-filled piece of work which, as well as providing the unique 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 crunch, has a subtlety of timbre through its meticulous focus on arrangement.
🎤 “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘣-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥,” confirms 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍. “𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘺 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨.
🔊 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐈𝐦 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🎶
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“𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳-𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 – 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵.”
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𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒐 continues the band’s interest in loops and effects, and the album’s opener, 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 is an example of that approach.
🎤 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱, 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘗𝘢𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵, 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘺.”
🔊 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐓𝐖 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🎶
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That urge to push at boundaries, says 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍, is both inherent and valuable.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮. 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵.”
📍𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 was born in 𝑮𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒈, 𝑺𝒘𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒏 in 1974. It wasn’t too long before music started to speak to him, he says,
🎤 “𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 12, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧: 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘐’𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.
“𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘬𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘓𝘦𝘥 𝘡𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘐𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘹.”
He says that he soon decided to change instruments because he didn’t want to be seated behind the drums and placed at the back of the stage: As he puts it, “𝘈 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢 𝘍𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.”
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𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏’s older brother was a guitarist, and as anyone with siblings can confirm, there’s always a blend of rivalry in play. 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 the younger decided to learn that instrument too, motivated by the opportunity to outstrip his bro’s chops. His first songwriting efforts followed soon afterwards.
🎤 “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦.
“𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇, 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓, 𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏, ‘𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔.’”
Enter 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐, who certainly was a guitarist. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, ‘𝘏𝘦𝘺...’”
History often pivots on such moments of serendipity, and in 1996 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 released their self-titled debut album. 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐’s experimental post-punk leanings and 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍’s multi-instrumental nature proved an excellent fit.
🎤 “𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 20-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴. 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦-𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.
“𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘴. 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.”
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𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏’s bass guitars in the early days were a 𝑭𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑱𝒂𝒛𝒛, which he used for the band’s first three LPs. Following that, he switched to a 𝑮𝒊𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅. For the new record, however, he’s turned back to a tried and trusted instrument.
🎤 “𝘐’𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗-𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 20 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 – 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘶𝘱 – 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛-𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦, ‘𝘖𝘩, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰, 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯’. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 20 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥.”
A few years have now passed, though, since the band’s exhausting, lengthy tours. 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍 still bears scars from those extended travels.
🎤 “𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰.
“𝘐’𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.
“𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥.”
Famously, 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆 became a 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 fan after hearing the huge hit 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈. At the time, the group were absolutely flying and were able, to an extent, to take it in their stride.
🎤 “𝘛𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘻𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 – 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
These days, of course, it is 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 who are the elder statesmen inspiring new generations – not that the bassist is comfortable with sitting on that particular throne.
“𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝟏𝟐-𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓-𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐’𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈.” 🎸✨
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