30 Nov -0001 // A review by Shade
With bouncing beats and happening vibes, this is a must-hear for anyone that likes to jump around to techno styled music.

And you thought that this couldn't happen from a little country like New Zealand? Well, you were wrong...

After being nominated for the Squeeze People Choice Awards, and making headlines in the UK, Evan Short and Matt Harvey produce a sound which is funky and perfect for the night club dance scene. It's a wonder we haven't heard more of their music on more radio stations around the country.

Straight from Kog Transmissions, who also bring the best DJs to NZ, come one of New Zealand's highest selling electronic artists. Concord Dawn have also been in the New Zealand University b-net radio charts top 10 longer than any other act in history. All this speaks for itself - this is an album worth buying.

Last year the boys picked up 'Best Electronic Release' and 'Best Independent Album' at the b-net music awards for Disturbance, and I'm sure we will be hearing more from them in the future.

This is one act that is not going to go away. The album is worth the catch, and will liven up any party - guaranteed!

Concord Dawn began life as Evan Short & Matt Harvey, bursting 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 but narrowly missed out to Salmonella Dub.

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