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- ↑ "New Rochelle Resident Leon Dewan, Inventor of Electronic Instrument The Swarmatron, Shares His Five Favorite Music Albums". westchestermagazine.com. November 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Technical Knock-outs". artnet Magazine. 2006-01-24. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ↑ "Tarquin Records". www.tarquinrecords.com.
- ↑ "Hey, Hey, it's the Vegetable Man - The Happiest Guys in the World" – via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ "The arts online - Times Online". Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ↑ "pierogi leipzig @ pierogi". May 8, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-05-08.
- ↑ "ArtSlant - August 20th, 2007 - August 23rd, 2007, Another Year in LA, Brian Dewan, Leon Dewan". Archived from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2008-05-15.