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Music has been an integral part of the South by Southwest experience dating back to 1987 when the festival debuted. Legendary names from Johnny Cash to Willie Nelson and The B-52’s have taken the stage at the Austin, Texas, festival over the years, and this year will be no different (SXSW Music officially kicked off Monday). But this year, the festival also featured a new kind of performance.

Only 150 or so SXSW attendees got to experience the full performance of British-German composer Max

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