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.
