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The information below is taken from the official biography the band used on all press releases and on their former official website.
Band History
From the band's early beginnings to the present, Dualesc has come a long way. The band was formed in the fall of 1998 by Matt McMillan, Bryon Deisher and Adam Hubka. Their original drummer, Tim Steiner left in early 99' to join another band (he's now part of SYX). He was replaced by Marshall Tipton in the summer of 99.
The band went through a couple early band names (including "Harper" and "Synapse") before eventually settling on dualesc, a made-up word inspired by the idea of Cartesian Dualism. dualesc recorded their first CD "Oscillations" at Plazmodium Studios in June of 2000. The disc eventually got into the hands of Richard Patrick from the band Filter. Patrick personally invited them to fly out to Chicago to record at his Abyssinian Sons Studios. Produced by Richard Patrick & Rae Dileo, dualesc recorded an EP in late February of 2001 at said studio. Patrick liked the band so much that he even played guitar on the song "Belief"
Then in January of 2002, after many months of playing shows around the Northwest, dualesc was signed to Rise Records. They spent 4 days over Easter weekend of 2002 at Rainstorm Studios in Seattle recording 6 new songs. They re-mastered the EP recorded by Richard Patrick and Rae Dileo and included it with the 6 new songs for their debut full-length cd titled "Through the floods, not with them".
The band went on to record a self-released EP titled "Palisade Layer" in the summer of 2003 at Interlace Studios in Hillsboro Oregon. It included 6 new songs and a re-recording of an older song from "Oscillations" featuring a guest appearance from Chris Ruff of Kaddisfly. The EP was released in the summer of 2003 and was followed by a full US Tour in support of the release. Upon returning from the tour the band's original bassist Adam Hubka announced he was leaving the band to pursue graduate school on the east coast. Within a couple months Dualesc had secured a new bassist named Rob Hillis and they began working on new material for the follow-up to their 2003 EP. After over a month in the studio the band had crafted their opus titled "Lhasa the Birdcatched" which was released in the spring of 2005.
Inspired by bands such as Far, Glassjaw, Tool, Deftones, Filter, Sunny Day Real Estate & more, Dualesc sets out to create original sounding music that attempts to blur the edges between heavy and melodic.
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