Dimmer (band)
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Dimmer is a musical group from New Zealand
. The driving force behind the band is Shayne Carter
, a prominent New Zealand musician and member of such bands as Straitjacket Fits
and Double Happys. The band have released four full length albums, "I Believe You Are A Star" , "You've Got To Hear The Music","There My Dear" and "Degrees of Existence". Dimmer released their third album, "There My Dear", on July 24, 2006. The album is a return to a more rock-based sound reminiscent of Straitjacket Fits' last album "Blow". Carter has been the only permanent member of the band since its inception, and regularly uses other prominent musicians in the studio. "You've Got To Hear The Music" included backing vocals from Anika Moa
and Bic Runga
.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The driving force behind the band is Shayne Carter
Shayne Carter
Shayne Carter is best-known for being the Straitjacket Fits' principal singer/songwriting/guitarist in the late 80s/early 90s, and later on a founding member of Dimmer.Carter comes from a musical family...
, a prominent New Zealand musician and member of such bands as Straitjacket Fits
Straitjacket Fits
Straitjacket Fits formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1986 and were a prominent band in the Flying Nun label's second wave of the Dunedin Sound.-Biography:...
and Double Happys. The band have released four full length albums, "I Believe You Are A Star" , "You've Got To Hear The Music","There My Dear" and "Degrees of Existence". Dimmer released their third album, "There My Dear", on July 24, 2006. The album is a return to a more rock-based sound reminiscent of Straitjacket Fits' last album "Blow". Carter has been the only permanent member of the band since its inception, and regularly uses other prominent musicians in the studio. "You've Got To Hear The Music" included backing vocals from Anika Moa
Anika Moa
Anika Rose Moa is a New Zealand pop recording artist. In 2001 she signed to Atlantic Records in the United States and released her debut album, Thinking Room, the album reached the top of the New Zealand Singles Chart and was a commercial success.Moa was raised in Christchurch, New Zealand...
and Bic Runga
Bic Runga
Briolette Kah Bic Runga MNZM is a New Zealand pop recording artist whose first solo album, Drive, debuted at number one on the New Zealand RIANZ charts. She has since become one of the highest-selling New Zealand artists in recent history...
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Discography
| Date of Release | Title | Label | Charted | Country | Catalog Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albums | ||||||
| 2001 2001 in music See also:* 2001 in music Record labels established in 2001-Events:*January 1**Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues**Hum disbands.*January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band.... |
I Believe You Are A Star | Sony Music | 19 | NZ | ||
| 2004 2004 in music See also:* 2004 in music Record labels established in 2004-January:*January 1**The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.**Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol.... |
You've Got To Hear the Music You've Got To Hear the Music You've Got to Hear the Music is the second album by New Zealand band Dimmer released in 2004. The album was released with a bonus disc which featured the same songs but in live and acoustic versions.-Disc one:# "Come Here"# "Backwards is Backwards"... |
Flying Nun Records Flying Nun Records Flying Nun Records is an independent record label formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1981 by music-store proprietor Roger Shepherd.-History:The label was formed in the flurry of new punk rock-inspired labels forming in the early 1980s... |
17 | NZ | 337892 | |
| 2006 2006 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band.... |
There My Dear | Flying Nun Records Flying Nun Records Flying Nun Records is an independent record label formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1981 by music-store proprietor Roger Shepherd.-History:The label was formed in the flurry of new punk rock-inspired labels forming in the early 1980s... |
7 | NZ | ||
| 2009 2009 in music The following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year... |
Degrees of Existence | Dimmer Ltd. | 18 | NZ | ||
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Singles
| Year | Single | Album | Charted | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "Crystalator" | - | ||
| 1996 | "Don't Make Me Buy Out Your Silence" | - | - | |
| 1999 | "Evolution" | - | ||
| 2003 | "Getting What You Give" | - | - | |