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- ↑ Afshan Ahmed (1 February 2014). "Titanic band I Salonisti offer classic sounds from all kinds of genres". The National. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ↑ "I Salonisti Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
