Facts: - instrument: bass and acoustic guitar - years active: 1985 -- present - birth name: carlos balcells - origin: manila , philippines - genre: alternative rock - alias: caloy - notable instruments: fender 4001 jazz bass guitar steinberger bass guitar rickenbacker bass - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - website: -lsb- http://www.thedawn.ph/ www.thedawn.ph -rsb- - associated acts: the azul dawn cicada cappuccino state of the art stabb - occupation: industrial engineer/musician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of carlos balcells .
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carlos balcells , a filipino bass guitar player , most notable for his work as the bass guitarist of a filipino '' pinoy rock '' rock band the dawn .he joined the band in 1985 after bassist clay luna left for the united states .he has performed on live rock concerts and he has been a part of seven studio albums , one live album and 2 compilation albums released by the dawn within the 18 years that he was the bassist .the album releases include hit songs like enveloped ideas , salamat , and iisang bangka tayo .however , in 2003 , he had to quit the band since he had to go back to his province to work in their family business .he was replaced by mon legaspi , bass player for wolfgang .currently , the bassist of the the dawn is buddy zabala of the eraserheads .