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- Bio: Shayne Carter spent over a year working on the follow-up to Dimmer’s acclaimed third album There My Dear and the result is one of the most potent recordings of ... (more)
- Bio: Shayne Carter spent over a year working on the follow-up to Dimmer’s acclaimed third album There My Dear and the result is one of the most potent recordings of his remarkable career, Degrees of Existence, released at the end of July 2009.
Preceded by the snarling melodic brilliance of the singles “Degrees of Existence” and “Cold Water”, the latter currently searing across the airwaves, Degrees of Existence promised to meet the exacting standards of one of the finest New Zealand groups of recent times and has already delivered in the form of a strong of five star reviews.
“an album that swings neatly between tension-and-release throughout, and one that also feels like Carter's most fully realised yet…. that may well prove a career best” NZ HERALD
Inducted to the exclusive membership of the NZ Music Hall of Fame at last year’s Tui Awards with his other most famous act, Straitjacket Fits, Shayne Carter is a man whose incredible music has helped shape the story of NZ song since he emerged in the fertile Dunedin scene of the late 1970s.
A distinctive songwriter and compelling performer, Shayne Carter brings Dimmer back to the stage in 2009 promising audience a mix of Dimmer’s classic and new material.
Joining him in the Dimmer band are be James Duncan (Punches, SJD), Kelly Steven (Punches) and Gary Sullivan, the latter recently returned to the Dimmer fold having first occupied the band’s drumstool almost a decade ago on the band’s legendary first album, I Believe You Are A Star.
The former Jean Paul Sartre Experience sticksman brings his always tasteful and sinuous grooves to the ongoing Dimmer project, adding a fresh element to the sonic pop explorations of Carter and Duncan’s brilliant guitarwork.
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