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{{Short description|Northern Irish Christian rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Split Level
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| background = group_or_band
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| origin = [[Northern Ireland]]
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| genre = [[Christian rock]]
| occupation =
| years_active = 1986–2000
| label = [[Word Records]], [[Organic Records]]
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| current_members =
| past_members = * Adrian Thompson
* Shane Jackson
* Rob Craner
* Gary Preston
* Barry Kennedy
* Derek Currie
* Chuck Cummings
* Jaz Greer
}}

'''Split Level''' were a [[Christian rock]] band from [[Northern Ireland]], active from 1986 to 2000.

==History==
Split Level first began their career in the mid-1980s, playing local Christian gatherings and festivals in Northern Ireland. A song of theirs appeared on a 1985 [[Word Records]] compilation called ''The Buzz on the Streets''. Their debut recording appeared in 1986 on Big Feet Records, followed by the 1987 release ''Sons of Liberty'' on [[Word Records]].

They began playing events in England soon after, and eventually relocated to England permanently.<ref name="tollbooth">[http://www.tollbooth.org/features/slevel.html Split Level], ''The Phantom Tollbooth'', 1997.</ref> In 1991 they released ''View of a World'', their first record to be pressed on CD, on [[Germany|German]] label Pila Records.<ref>[http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Split_Level/View_Of_A_World/8100/ Review of ''View of a World'']. ''[[Cross Rhythms]]'' No. 6, June 1991</ref> Working with producer Andy Piercy, the full-length ''Boomerang'' followed in 1992 to critical acclaim in the Christian music press.<ref>[http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Split_Level/Boomerang/3631/ Review of ''Boomerang'']. ''[[Cross Rhythms]]'' No. 14, April 1993.</ref> The ''[[Christian Marketplace|European Christian Booksellers' Journal]]'' named ''Boomerang'' its Album of the Year in 1993.<ref name="jfh">[http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/CDreviews/SplitLevel.asp Review of ''glo.bal'']. Jesus Freak Hideout.</ref><ref name="encyclopedia">Mark Allan Powell, ''The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music''. Hendrickson, 2002, pp. 854–55.</ref> Their 1994 EP, ''Call Me White Call Me Black,'' was first recorded with the intent of selling during their Artists Against Racism tour in Germany, but was later tapped for general release.<ref>[http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Split_Level/Call_Me_White_Call_Me_Black/3630/ Review of ''Call Me White Call Me Black'']. ''[[Cross Rhythms]]'' No. 22, August 1994.</ref> In 1995, the ''European Christian Booksellers' Journal'' gave Split Level its award for Best Christian Rock Band.<ref name="jfh" /><ref name="encyclopedia" /> Their next full-length, ''glo.bal'', was released in both the UK and the U.S. in 1997 on [[Pamplin Music]].<ref>[http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Split_Level/global/6236/ Review of ''glo.bal'']. ''[[Cross Rhythms]]'' No. 38, April 1997.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Split_Level_Going_Global/40720/p1/|title=Split Level: Going Global – Split Level|website=crossrhythms.co.uk|access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref> Their 2000 live release was recorded in [[Ennepetal]], [[Germany]] at the [[Christmas Rock Night]] festival 1998.<ref>[http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/news/Split_Levels_Christmas/33372/p1/ Split Level's Christmas]. ''[[Cross Rhythms]]'' No. 56, April 2000.</ref>

==Members==
{{incomplete list|date=February 2011}}

===Final Lineup===
*Adrian Thompson – vocals, guitar
*Rob Craner – drums, backing vocals
*Gary Preston – bass, backing vocals

===Other past members===
*Chuck Cummings – drums
*Derek (Del) Currie – bass, backing vocals
*Barry Kennedy – drums, backing vocals
*Jaz Greer – drums
*Shane Jackson – keyboards
*Fionn Brannigan – Guitar
*David Dunlop – Guitar, Vocals
*William Rea – synths, keyboards
*Mervyn Dunlop
*Richard Morrison

==Discography==
*''Break the Chains'' (1986)
*''Sons of Liberty'' (1987)
*''Bootleg Demos'' (1989)
*''View of a World'' (1991)
*''Boomerang'' (1992)
*''Call Me White Call Me Black'' EP (1994)
*''glo.bal'' (1997)
*''Live'' (2000)
"Live" (Remixed) (2023)

==References==
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[[Category:Rock music groups from Northern Ireland]]
[[Category:British Christian rock groups]]

Split Level - Revision history

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