Kai Harris (vocals)
J Needham (guitars)
Philip Harrison (guitars)
Dave Corney (Bass, synths, gramophone scratching)
Darran Gregory (Drums 1997-2003)
Tom Clark (Drums 2003-2004)
Influences
Between all the members of the band literally everything from old-school metal, post-rock, Jazz, trip-hop, Alt. rock, Grunge, hip-hop, leftfield, drum n' bass, nu-metal, prog., literally EVERYTHING. I guess if you wanna know what we sound like somewhere between Tool, Soundgarden, and Massive Attack I guess. (Those odd time signatures are more inspired by Dave Brubeck than Tool mind you!)
Sounds Like
I guess somewhere between Tool, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Massive Attack, NIN, Vex Red, Depeche Mode, Korn, Deftones, Alice in Chains, Linkin Park, Pearl Jam, Machine Head, Earthtone9, Oceansize. Download the stuff over there and listen for yourself... -->
Dilutral formed in Southampton, UK, back in about '97 with Paul Haines on guitar and Darran Gregory on drums. They were soon joined by Dave Corney on bass. The line up was completed by Kai Harris on vocals and Jason Needham on guitar.
The band became well known locally, playing numerous gigs around the south. Sadly, however Paul Haines left in '99. He was shortly thereafter replaced by Philip Harrison, an old friend of the band.
At this point the band was changing direction, moving from a hardcore/nu-metal sound to one which included more dynamics. After playing further local gigs with a near new set-list, the new incarnation of Dilutral then recorded their debut E.P in 2000, a self release entitled "Everything; Nothing". The release was very well received by magazines and fanzines. As a result, Dilutral grew in popularity, supporting national touring acts such as the Lost Prophets.
Their second self released EP, “Phi” (2002) saw Dilutral refine their sound further, making greater use of time and tempo changes and featuring rich, layered, textures. This was followed by a series of live shows which included new songs written in 2003, and a support gig at Southampton Guildhall for the sold-out "Steve-o" (of MTV's Jackass fame) tour.
Original drummer Darran Gregory then left the band and was replaced by Tom Clark, a friend of Dave Corney's. The new line up wrote a couple more songs and toured England in mid 2004. Shortly afterwards, Dave Corney left the band to move to Bristol and study music. Due to the difficulty of finding another suitable bass player, and due to musical differences between the remaining members, Dilutral decided to call it a day in late 2004 and pursue different musical paths.
Parts of later recordings done the weekend before the final amicable split still remain incomplete, and might still see the light of day. To this day, Dave still remains in Bristol and I believe DJs somewhere, Jason is at Solent University studying Music Technology, Kai Harris is the promoter for the Joiner’s in Southampton ("The south's best music venue by a mile" - NME), and has also since fronted Southampton's mental metallers Rather* (www.rather.co.uk), and the more dynamic Industrial-rock Amoki (www.amoki.com). Phil also remained in Southampton and currently plays with female-fronted alternative electro-rock band Trauma Pet signed to Line Out Records(www.trauma-pet.com, www.myspace.com/traumapet) & is still working at portishead speed on material for his ever elusive side project thing. Darran still plays drums but is currently not in a band. Tom's doing London things somewhere in London and can be found at www.myspace.com/grammilla.
