Dimmer

Born from the ashes of Straitjacket Suits, New Zealand rock-funk group Dimmer emerged in 2001 making use of their debut record, I REALLY BELIEVE You Certainly are a Celebrity. Business lead by Shayne Carter (previously from the DoubleHappys and Straitjacket Suits), Dimmer provided freedom from your chains of cooperation that ultimately choked from the improvement of Carter’s earlier musical efforts. Rounded out by Ned Ngatae (acoustic guitar), Mike Hall (bass), Andy Morton (keyboards), Willy Scott (drums), and Anika Moa (support vocals), Dimmer’s audio bore surprisingly small resemblance to Carter’s preceding tasks, favoring sparse and funky grooves over guitar-driven rock and roll noises. The debut record’s solitary, “Crystalator,” premiered by Sony’s Sub Pop label, and was practically overlooked by New Zealand DJs. Despite the fact that the singles that adopted also got hardly any airplay, I REALLY BELIEVE You Certainly are a Celebrity was fulfilled with amazing achievement, named THE BRAND NEW Zealand Herald’s Recording of the entire year. The band’s sophomore launch came out a lot more than three years later on. You need to Listen to the Music premiered in 2004, and in addition earned the music group some national honours. This is Dimmer’s 1st record with New Zealand-based indie label Soaring Nun Information, the music group having turned from worldwide heavyweight Sony. Carter got time off in 2005 to get a Straitjacket Matches reunion tour before time for the studio room for focus on Dimmer’s third creation. Released in 2006, There My Dear highlighted a go back to the guitar-centric noises Carter had left out with Straitjacket.