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- 1 2 3 Brendan Maher. "review of album Shock-No-Par". popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-19.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- 1 2 Erin Hucke. "review of album Car Alarms and Crickets". popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-19.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Octant ~ Group". musicbrainz.org.
- ↑ "Up Records artist page". Up Records. Archived from the original on 2005-04-29.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Musical Robots are Ready for the Next OCTANT Release on Vinyl". kickstarter.com.
- ↑ "Octant – Octant". discogs.com.
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