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= Stereodeal (band) = Stereodeal is a Filipino modern rock band formed in 2008. Its original members were Adrian Arcega, Robby Mananquil, Dax Gonzaga, and Kiko Tuazon. The current lineup consists of Arcega, Gonzaga, with The Dawn guitarist Francis Reyes, Dax Balmeo, and Marie de Guzman. Their independently-released record, "Singularity" (2015), was hailed in as being "one of the finest dance-punk albums of the last three years" at the time of its release.

History
In 2008 former Purplechickens guitarist Adrian Arcega formed a band with Luna Cruz and Michael Gonzalez. Arcega met bassist Dax Gonzaga through the Filipino online musicians' community Philmusic.com and invited him to join the band, which they then called "Stereolalas." After four months and a few shows, the band got dissolved due to certain personal issues. Arcega decided to continue on with Gonzaga, and met up with guitarist Robby Mananquil (who incidentally was Arcega's batchmate at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts) also through Philmusic. The two guitarists had shared fascination with dance-punk and Bloc Party and, along with Gonzaga and The Roxymorrons drummer Kiko Tuazon, formed a new iteration of Stereolalas. When they realized it wouldn't work with their current lineup, Arcega decided to rename the band Stereodeal, after looking for options through an online band name generator.

Stereodeal had its first official gig in October 2008 at Club Dredd Eastwood. Mananquil eventually left the band in 2009, forcing the group to enter a short hiatus.