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Concord Dawn
Metalheadz // Ram // Hospital ~ NZ

Concord Dawn (aka Evan Short & Matt Harvey) burst onto the New Zealand
music scene back in mid 1999 with their unique high octane Drum and Bass
sound. They were the darlings of the local bNet / Student Radio stations
up and down New Zealand, getting hefty primetime airplay, featuring at the
top of the weekly Top Ten’s and breaking chart records across the bNet.
After a year or so of underground success they were courted by local
electronic music label Kog Transmissions and released their first album
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. Both Concord
Dawn and Disturbance sold far better than expected and the boys received
strong reviews in all forms of media not only for their releases but also
for their energetic live performances. For the next year they went into
hiatus to refine the Concord Dawn sound further with Evan heading to
London for 5 months to immerse himself in the culture of the Drum and Bass
homeland. Upon his return to New Zealand work was started on their 3rd
album Uprising with tracks like “Morning Light” and “Don’t Tell Me”
finding international acclaim well before the album’s release. Uprising
was released in New Zealand in September 2003 and reached gold sales
status in an amazing 3 months.

With Concord Dawn now well established internationally and their catalogue
now being distributed worldwide Evan and Matt embarked on a seemingly
never ending world tour, travelling all over 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 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 of the biggest and most respected Drum
and Bass labels worldwide such as Metalheadz, Ram Records and Hospital
Recordings. Chaos By Design also won “Best Electronic Album” at the 2006
New Zealand Music Awards.