{{short description|British ska musical group}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use British English|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = The Dualers | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = South London | genre = Ska, reggae | years_active = 1999–present | label = Shell, Galley Music, Sunbeat Records | associated_acts = | website ={{official website|thedualers.com}} | current_members = }}

'''The Dualers''' are an eight-piece<ref name="M">{{cite news | last = | first = | title = M Meets... The Dualers | website = M-Magazine | date = 27 April 2012 | url = https://www.m-magazine.co.uk/watchlisten/watch/m-meets-the-dualers/ | accessdate = 23 November 2017 | location=London}}</ref> (or nine-piece)<ref name="Skiddle">{{cite news | last = Lewis | first = Henry | title = The Dualers interview: Ska's in their eyes | publisher = Skiddle.com | date = 31 October 2017 | url = https://www.skiddle.com/news/all/The-Dualers-interview--Skas-in-their-eyes/32457/| accessdate = 23 November 2017 | location=London}}</ref> ska and reggae band from South East London.<ref name="Romford">{{cite news | last = Richards | first = Lee Ann | title = Last curtain call as duo face the end of an era| publisher = Romford Recorder | date = 25 November 2010 | url = http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/entertainment/music/last-curtain-call-as-duo-face-the-end-of-an-era-1-737547 | accessdate = 23 November 2017 | location=Romford}}</ref> Initially comprising brothers Si and Tyber Cranstoun,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news | last = | first = | title = Culture shock | work = The Guardian | date = 10 June 2006 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/jun/10/family.family6 | accessdate = 23 November 2017 | location=London}}</ref> and now led by Tyber following Si's departure in 2010 for a solo career, they first developed a profile when the single "Kiss on the Lips" entered the UK top 30, peaking at 21, in October 2004 despite no industry backing.<ref name="Bromley">{{cite news | last = Earnshaw | first = Jessica | title = The Dualers are rocksteady for their reggae return to Bromley | publisher = Bromley Times | date = 26 April 2013 | url = http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/entertainment/the-dualers-are-rocksteady-for-their-reggae-return-to-bromley-1-2169607 | accessdate = 23 November 2017 | location=London}}</ref>

The Dualers have supported Madness at their large outdoor concerts and played headline gigs at Indigo O2, Fairfield Halls in Croydon and the Churchill Theatre in Bromley.<ref name="M"/>

==History== The Dualers started out in 1999 as a busking duo of Si Christone and Tyber O'Neil<ref name="Buskers storm the charts">{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2004/oct/21/1 | title=Buskers storm the charts | website=TheGuardian.com | date=21 October 2004 }}</ref> (brothers Simon David Cranstoun and Jonathan Lloyd Cranstoun) who could be found on the streets of Bromley, Canterbury, Croydon, Kingston and Romford playing a mix of doo-wop, pop and ska.

By 2004, an old school friend called David Ellis<ref name="Buskers storm the charts"/> reckoned that the brothers must have played to thousands of people on the streets of these towns, so much so, that they would have a big enough fanbase to release a single. Ellis set up a record label with the brothers called Galley Music and persuaded local Virgin and HMV shops stock a record by the pair called "Kiss on the Lips". 6,000 singles were pressed up by Galley Music, with enough being sold in the local area for the record to chart in the Top 40 of the Official Charts Company's Singles Chart,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/kiss-on-the-lips/ | title=Kiss on the lips &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company | website=Official Charts }}</ref> on a week where they could be still be seen busking outside the Liberty Music Shop in Romford.

In 2005, the duo signed to Guy Holmes' Gut Records label and scored another Top 40 hit with "Truly Madly Deeply".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/truly-madly-deeply/ | title=Truly madly deeply &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company | website=Official Charts }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16284/dualers/ | title=DUALERS &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company | website=Official Charts }}</ref>

In 2010 Si Cranstoun decided to embark on a solo career,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.themusicman.uk/the-dualers/ | title=The Dualers a Brilliant Ska Band Started by Two Brothers | date=January 2022 }}</ref> with The Dualers expanding to become a nine-piece ska band.

In 2019, The Dualers scored their first OCC Album Chart hit after selling 4,229 copies of their ''Palm Trees And 80 Degrees'' album to reach No.11. In 2022, ''Voices from the Sun'' became their second hit album, with a weekly sale of 2,789 album getting them a number 26 chart debut.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-kasabian-score-sixth-no-1-album/086410 | title=Charts analysis: Kasabian score sixth No.1 album &#124; Analysis &#124; Music Week }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/ | title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 &#124; Official Charts Company | website=Official Charts }}</ref>

==Discography== {{Unreferenced section|date= May 2022}}

===Albums=== *''On An English Street - Dual'' – Not on a label *''Vintage Versions Volume I'' – Sandcamel Records *''Vintage Versions Volume II'' – Galley Music *''Rhymes & Rhythms'' – Galley Music *''The Melting Pot'' – Galley Music *''Get Festive Volume 1'' – Galley Music *''Upbeat Sounds'' – Galley Music *''The Very Best of Vintage Versions'' – Galley Music *''The Cooking Pot'' – Galley Music *''The Summer of Ska – Live at the Indigo July 22nd 2010'' *''With Respect'' *''Prince Buster Shakedown'' – Phoenix City a division of Cherry Red Records Ltd *''Rewind'' *''Back to Paradise'' – Sunbeat Records *''Reggae Street'' *''Live at Indigo 2nd December 2015'' *''Reggae Street 2'' *''Palm Trees and 80 Degrees'' (2019, Sunbeat Records) – No. 11 UK<ref name="OCC"/> *''Reggae Street III'' (2020 Sunbeat Records *''Voices from the Sun'' (2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://earmilk.com/2022/08/12/the-dualers-leave-us-feeling-happy-with-new-album-voices-from-the-sun/|title=The Dualers leave us feeling happy with new album 'Voices From the Sun'|website=Earmilk|last=Padin|first=Malvika|date=12 August 2022|access-date=17 August 2022}}</ref> *''Reggae Street 4'' (22 November 2024 Sunbeat Records) *''Beach Life'' (21 November 2025 Sunbeat Records)

===DVD=== *''The Dualers'' – Documentary DVD 2006 *''The Dualers'' – Documentary Reissued DVD 2010 *''The Summer of Ska'' – Live at the Indigo2 22 July 2010

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col" rowspan="2"|Title !scope="col" rowspan="2"|Year !scope="col"|Peak chart positions |- !scope="col" style="font-size:85%"|UK<br /><ref name="OCC">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16284/dualers/|title=Dualers {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=17 August 2022}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|"Kiss on the Lips" |2004 |21 |- !scope="row"|"Truly Madly Deeply" |2005 |23 |- !scope="row"|"Don't Go" |2006 |61 |- !scope="row"|"Stole The Show" |2006 |- |- !scope="row"|"In Harmony" |2008 |- |- !scope="row"|"Wonder Girl" |2008 |- |- !scope="row"|"A Message To You Rudy" |2008 |- |- !scope="row"|"Running Around With Your Head in The Clouds" |2013 |- !scope="row"|"Dancin Till The Sun Comes Up" |2019 |- |- !scope="row"|"Red Light" |2022 |- |- |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.thedualers.com Official Dualers Website]

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