Concord Dawn

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Concord Dawn
Origin Auckland, New Zealand
Genres Drum and bass
Years active1998–present
Labels Uprising
MembersMatt Harvey (1998–present)
Past membersEvan Short (1998–2010)

Concord Dawn is a New Zealand drum and bass group, active since mid-1999, consisting of Matt Harvey (aka Matty C). Until 2010, Evan Short was one half of the group. They were courted by local electronic music label Kog Transmissions and released their first album, Concord Dawn, in July 2000.

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History

After touring their first 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 third 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 three months, going on to eventually reach platinum sales in New Zealand.

Concord Dawn have become established internationally and their catalogue is 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, the song "Morning Light" won "Best Song" and "Most Radio Play". At the 2004 bNet music awards, Uprising received "Best Album" and "Best Electronic Release". Concord Dawn were nominated for "Best Electronic Act" at the 2004 New Zealand music awards.

Work on their long-awaited fourth 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 bass labels such as Metalheadz, Ram Records and Hospital Records.

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. [1] 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", which were released on Timeless Records.

Concord Dawn's 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.

Concord Dawn now only features member Matt Harvey, [2] Evan Short left the group for reasons unknown. Following after his departure was The Enemy Within LP in 2010. [3] The first solo Concord Dawn EP entitled The Race to Zero EP was released in 2011 (also titled The Race To Zero Volume 1 on 5 September 2011). [4] The Wipeout EP featuring New Zealand's TREi was released in early 2012 [5]

2012's Air Chrysalis LP, released for free via the artists Facebook and SoundCloud pages, won "Best Electronica LP' at the 2012 RIANZ New Zealand Music Awards. [6]

Concord Dawn released the single "Moonlighting" with Tali on 25 June 2014. [7]

Discography

Albums

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart
positions		Certifications
NZ [8]
2000 Concord Dawn
  • Label: Kog Transmissions, Low Profile
  • Catalogue: KOG1015, LOW001
—
2001Disturbance
  • Label: Kog Transmissions, Low Profile
  • Catalogue: KOG1021, LOW006
—
2003 Uprising 8
  • NZ: Platinum [9]
2006 Chaos by Design 7
2010The Enemy Within13
2012Air Chrysalis
  • Released: 16 July 2012
  • Self-Released
—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

EPs

YearTitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
NZ
2003Uprising 33—
2011The Race to Zero
  • Released: 5 September 2011
  • Label: Uprising Records
—
2012Wipeout
  • Released: 17 February 2012
  • Label: Uprising Records
—
2013Numbers Will Kill Us All
  • Released: 24 June 2013
  • Self-Released
—
2014The Fuzz
  • Released: 8 December 2014
  • Label: Uprising Records
—
2015Gumshoe
  • Released: 20 April 2015
  • Label: Uprising Records
—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Non-album tracks

DateAlbumTitleLabelArtistCatalog number
2002In2Deep"Bad Bones"Deep Needs Audio (DNA)VariousDNACD02
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
2016Monument EP"Curtians (featuring Concord Dawn)"Horizons MusicNeed for mirrorsHZN088

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References

  1. ↑ Concord Dawn Biography. Concord Dawn Biography - The IMO Records Blog, IMO Records , Retrieved on 2 Dec 2011.
  2. ↑ Fast Forward and Rewind Concord Dawn - Race To Zero (EP)
  3. ↑ Concord Dawn - The Enemy Within, Album and Tour | Amplifier NZ Music Archived 27 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ iTunes - Music - The Race to Zero - EP by Concord Dawn
  5. ↑ Wipeout EP [Uprising Records] :: Beatport
  6. ↑ VNZMA Winners 2012 « Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards Archived 19 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "Concord Dawn – Moonlighting (Ft. Tali) (Official Video)". UKF . Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "DISCOGRAPHY CONCORD DAWN". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Gold and platinum New Zealand albums to 2013". Te Ara. Encyclopedia of NZ. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
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