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- ↑ "Despotz Records Artist Page". Despotz Records. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ "IMPALA Young Label Spotlight". IMPALA Website. 27 July 2020.
- ↑ "FIVEUNDERFIFTEEN: Despotz Records (Sweden)". The Independent Echo.
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