Concord Dawn

Concord Dawn is a duo from New Zealand which produces drum and bass music, active since 1999. The two members are Matty C and Kiljoy. They 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 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 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 bass 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.

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External links[edit]

Concord Dawn official site
Concord Dawn profile at Rolldabeats
Concord Dawn profile at Myspace