One Step Shift

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:

2004-2007: drums: Tim Sullivan bass/vocals: Andrew Litka guitar/vocals: Dylan Champagne

releases: Stunt Double

2001-2004: drums: Douglas Fulton bass/vocals: Andrew Litka guitar/vocals: Dylan Champagne

releases: The Bridge EP and Chemical Burn 7 inch

2000-2001: drums: Bing DeLeyos bass/vocals: Andrew Litka guitar/vocals: Dylan Champagne

releases: The Orbit EP

2004-2007: drums: Tim Sullivan bass/vocals: Andrew Litka guitar/vocals: Dylan Champagne

releases: Stunt Double

1999-2000: drums: Claire McKellar bass/vocals: Andrew Litka guitar/vocals: Dylan Champagne

releases: The Train EP