Concord Dawn
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Concord Dawn, is a New Zealand drum and bass group, active since mid 1999. It consists of Matt Harvey (aka Matty C) and Evan Short (aka Kiljoy). They were courted by local electronic music label Kog Transmissions and released their first album named Concord Dawn in July 2000.
After touring the album throughout New Zealand they released their second album Disturbance in April 2001 and received "Best Electronic Album" and "Best Independent Release" at the 2001 bNet Music Awards. Following this they started working on their 3rd album: Uprising. Tracks like "Morning Light" and "Don’t Tell Me" found very high international acclaim well before the album’s release. Uprising was released in New Zealand in September 2003 and reached gold sales status in 3 months, going on to eventually reach platinum sales in New Zealand.
Concord Dawn have become established internationally and their catalogue is now being distributed worldwide. They went off on a world tour, travelling through the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. At the 2003 BNet music awards "Morning Light" won "Best Song" and "Most Radio Play" and at the 2004 bNet music awards Uprising received "Best Album" and "Best Electronic Release". Concord Dawn were also nominated for "Best Electronic Act" at the 2004 New Zealand music awards. Work on their long awaited 4th album was completed in early 2005 and was titled Chaos By Design by the two to express the album’s musically eclectic nature. The album and singles won critical acclaim worldwide with various tracks off the albums being signed to some big and respected drum and dass labels such as Metalheadz, Ram Records and Hospital Recordings. Concord Dawn were nominated for "Best Tech DJ" , "Best International Act" and "Best Producer" at the 2009 UK Drum and Bass Awards. Chaos by Design achieved Gold sales status in New Zealand. Concord Dawn have two of the top 20 selling records of all time at www.chemical-records.co.uk, "Dont Tell Me" and "Morning Light", both released on Timeless Records.
Concord Dawns live sets are well regarded as encompassing the full spectrum of drum and bass music, and this has seen constant tours and performances in Europe, Russia, Australasia, Asia and North America since the turn of the century.
Discography
| Date | Title | Label | Charted | Country | Catalog Number |
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| 2000 | Concord Dawn | Kog Transmissions , Low Profile | - | - | - KOG1015, LOW001 |
| 2001 | Disturbance | - | - | - KOG1021, LOW006 | |
| 2003 | Uprising | Uprising Records | 8 | - | - RISE 001 |
| 2006 | Chaos By Design | 7 | - | - RISE 009 |
Other songs
| Date | Album | Title | Label | Artist | Catalog Number |
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| 2002 | In2Deep | Bad Bones | Deep Needs Audio (DNA) | Various | DNACD02 |
| 2004 | ...What Price Will You Pay? Vol.1 | Take Me Away (Original Mix) | Commercial Suicide | Klute | SUICIDE CD002 |
| The Dungeonmaster's Guide | Take Me Away (Ill Skillz Remix) | Human Imprint Recordings | Dieselboy | HUMA8012 |