One Step Shift
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One Step Shift was a 3 piece (bass, drums, and guitar) band based in Oakland, California, USA. During the 8 years that the band was together (from 1999 to 2007) it released 4 albums (on Brokeinoakland) and 1 seven inch (on Loderbrock), embarked on a US tour, several regional tours and a Pacific Northwest tour that included British Columbia. The band made several appearances on the radio program KALX Live and was known for their unique sound and energetic performances. Although largely unclassifiable, One Step Shift's music has been categorized by some as Mathcore:
"The band plays Mathcore if you want to label the music . . . " (Stakerized! , Voice of Reason)
or Math Rock:
"this math rock seems guided and purposeful." (Maximum Rock and Roll #242).
The band's musical stylings can be grouped into 4 distinct eras that correspond to the time during which different drummers were involved with the project and incidentally also to the band's musical releases:
1999-2000:
drums: Claire McKellar
bass/vocals: Andrew Litka
guitar/vocals: Dylan Champagne
releases: The Train EP
2000-2001:
drums: Bing DeLeyos
bass/vocals: Andrew Litka
guitar/vocals: Dylan Champagne
releases: The Orbit EP
2001-2004:
drums: Douglas Fulton
bass/vocals: Andrew Litka
guitar/vocals: Dylan Champagne
releases: The Bridge EP and Chemical Burn 7 inch
2004-2007:
drums: Tim Sullivan
bass/vocals: Andrew Litka
guitar/vocals: Dylan Champagne
releases: Stunt Double
