My absolute favourite New Zealand band.
They are quite something to behold live and Mr Carter is nothing short of brilliance in the song writting department. I cannot wait for the album to come out! Bring it on.
Long ago promised and finally online, Dimmer has a new site, at dimmer.co.nz! Check it out! They have a low res version of Evolution (better than nothing), some concert dates, no real juicy content yet, but it sounds like they will actually put out a full album soon! Yeah!, Rock on Mr. Carter!
Did anybody catch any of the Dimmer shows last week? What's the verdict? What can we expect from the new album - Anything reminiscent of the Fits, or more trip hop-y like "Evolution?"
Must say i wasn't a big fan of dimmer when i saw them with HDU in march.
But after their show with Carriage H and the one with King Kapisi!
i fucking LOVE THEM!
I have decided I am a complete dope, dimmer than a really dim thing! How could I not know about Crystalator or the other CD EP "I will not buy you out" or whatever its called??? I think I can get a copy of the CDEP, but has anyone seen Crystalator for sale? Have one you could bear to part with?
yeah theres a copy at slowboat in wgtn. pretty expensive tho. it only came out on vinyl 45, and the b-side is beautiful. perhaps one of mr carters finest (since randolph anyway).
I BELIVE YOU ARE A STAR is a great albumn by DIMMER and stand out track for me number is #10. UNDER THE LIGHT
the albumn gives of a great vibe, it's warm, it's dark, the music washes over you it almost takes you away, zones you out and leaves you feeling unchanged, yet at the same time not the same.The vocals are sung beautifuly with a touch of sophistication and flows with ease. A GRADE world class abulm to surrender to. This albumn has 11 great songs testiment to a great artist SHANE CARTER.
apparently he's teamed up with this German guy who makes electronica - he used to be a big fan of crout rock - bother him about new stuff on the Dimmer website, though I'm not sure if he'd appreciate it, got enough of that for the first album..
My website has some pages on Dimmer, and I contacted him recently to ask if he would be interested in doing an interview there, AND HE AGREED! so expect to see it on my site in a few days, Ive asked him some questions about the new album too, so keep an eye out!!!!
Festival Mushroom Records are delighted to officially announce that Shayne Carter has signed a new album deal for his Dimmer project to the label.
Recording of the second Dimmer album is currently under way with a new single due for release in early 2003.
Dimmer first album ‘Believe You Are A Star’ was one of 2001 most critically acclaimed local albums.
Prior to working under the Dimmer moniker, Shayne Carter fronted Straitjacket Fits, a group widely acknowledged as one of New Zealand greatest and most innovative rock acts of the nineties.
‘Believe You Are A Star’ saw Shayne move away from the Straitjackets anthemic rock and into a new musical territory of electronic soundscapes and subtle textures.
Shayne promises that Dimmer second album will continue the evolution in his sound, saying that the new album tracks are as strong a set of songs as he has ever written.
Dimmer will debut a number of these songs when the band new line-up makes its highly anticipated first live appearance at Auckland Kings Arms on Saturday 21 December.
Commenting on the new deal with FMR as he plunged a safety pin into his thumb and readied to sign the contract, Shayne said “Once again I have signed in blood to give my soul away to yet another music industry devil. On a lighter note, FMR is a company staffed by real music fans and they have made me feel very welcome in that leper-like way that all artists suffer at record companies.”
Sitting beside Shayne at the boardroom table and clasping a solid gold fountain pen between his bling-laden fingers, FMR Managing Director Mark Ashbridge said “Carter came in here with his arrogant rock star ways and an entourage of lawyers and floozies. The contract may well be signed in his blood but it was already drenched in the sweat of FMR staff as we battled to create an incomprehensible document that will shaft him from the moment we start selling his album. But such is the way of the biz. Everyone at FMR already loves the Dimmer shit and that bit is the truth. We can’t wait to start working with this band.”
With their respective marks scrawled all over the offending document, the two men embraced and headed for a game of pool and a celebratory beer in the luxurious setting of FMR warehouse, both crowing at the top of their voices that music was the winner on the day.
It's the few times like this that I wished I lived in Auckland. Damn, I want to be there. Hopefully Shayne and crew will trek down to Bodega soon to show off their brand spanking new line-up and songs. Hope Festival Mushroom look after Shayne better than Sony did.
Doesn't anyone else think it is disgusting shayne fookin carter has to jump labels as much as Chris Warner on shortland street jumps beds.
He is a national treasure. We NEED to treasure treasures. Sony can get fucked. If FMR dont treat him right, i will burn their offices down that is a threat. Mark my words.
well you seem to know more than us, Sony what? they didn't want the second album because the first one didn't 'sell' enough? thats all i can think of, regardless of how fuckin good it was i has'in to add
i might see you at that gig then - i'll have to slap u bitch
// Ian you wank on about pacifier playing music for 12 years and not making money off it.
do i?
// Imagine if that was 25 years and they had to jump labels all the time to even get records out.
if he really wanted money, i am sure he could fucking make stupid amounts of it. "star" was not an album that was going to make him shitloads of cash in NZ. Would you want him to make alot of money, cause then you probably wouldn't like him anymore..
They are all part of the Evil Murdoch conglomerate and I believe in the same offices in Auckland, but it appears that Shaynie is sharing a label with Carly Binding and not HDU...I just wondered why.
HDU were signned before flying nun was fmr..
Why do you think pan am, the d4 and betchadupa are on flying nun? Do you think they would have been on the old FN? Not a chance.
Flying nun is FMR right down to sharing the same desk space.
Shayne left flying nun. I dont think he would want us the public to think he went crawlling back with his tail between his legs. So thats why i think he made it look like he was under FMR not Flying nun.
Flying nun is just a name to look cool and indie when really nowadays it isn't either. Well to me anyway. I am glad they release clean and gordons albums though. Ka pie Flying nun if that is your real name.
p.s i might be wrong about anything above. I am just going by what i have been told.
Dont shoot the messenger.............well do put me out of my misery.
What will be really interesting to see will be when HDU's 5 album deal is finished after this next album..................Where would they go? Would FMR keep them on?
Andoru, while I'm pretty sure that the things you say regarding Flying Nun are factually correct, up until I was hanging about in NZ (2001), Flying Nun had separate management and a reasonable degree of autonomy - being run by a really committed bunch of musicophiles. Maybe this has changed with the departure of Paul McKessar...I dont know.
But, Flying Nun of the last ten years has had a two-prong approach of attempting to push potential popstars (Fiona McDonald, Garageland, Loves Ugly Children, Headless Chickens), trying to use the success of them to subsidise the less commercial stuff (Crude, Hasselhoff Experiment, HDU, Alec Bathgate, etc etc). Under this arrangement I can certainly see pan am, the d4 and betchadupa fitting into the pre-FOX Flying Nun.
Financially I think the plan of the 90's Flying Nun was probably mediocre, but musically it was fantastic. While, like you I think the 00's is not going to be golden for Flying Nun, if they follow a similar approach there is still some gems to come...and if they follow such an approach I'm sure that HDU will stay. I guess time will tell...
As one posessing the weird gene myself, I love this man Shane Carter, he is weird and admittedly flaunts it. I think his songs are true works of art, and I can't wait for the release of the second album. I hope upon hope Dimmer will visit Christchurch some time soon.
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My absolute favourite New Zealand ...
My absolute favourite New Zealand band.
They are quite something to behold live and Mr Carter is nothing short of brilliance in the song writting department. I cannot wait for the album to come out! Bring it on.
Long ago promised and finally online, ...
Long ago promised and finally online, Dimmer has a new site, at dimmer.co.nz! Check it out! They have a low res version of Evolution (better than nothing), some concert dates, no real juicy content yet, but it sounds like they will actually put out a full album soon! Yeah!, Rock on Mr. Carter!
Dimmer + HDU live = an evening packed ...
Dimmer + HDU live = an evening packed with sonic sounds and Black Mac..... any chance of a jaunt to Glasgow?
Did anybody catch any of the Dimmer ...
Did anybody catch any of the Dimmer shows last week? What's the verdict? What can we expect from the new album - Anything reminiscent of the Fits, or more trip hop-y like "Evolution?"
you guys need to get this vid - very ...
you guys need to get this vid - very cool
Hey - the Dimmer album is finally ...
Hey - the Dimmer album is finally out!!! How 'bout getting some Dimmer vids on the Site? I heard the one on the racetrack is quite something!
any more info about the gig in ...
any more info about the gig in wellington
all is have to say at this moment is ...
all is have to say at this moment is "Talking bout the seed!"!!! The album's friggin brilliant!
from out of the glaring light...
talkin bout the seed indeed!...
talkin bout the seed indeed!
i like the 7" the best. but they still ...
i like the 7" the best. but they still rock like nothing else.
mmm, crystalator...lou allison is a ...
mmm, crystalator...lou allison is a one-note goddess...
Must say i wasn't a big fan of dimmer ...
Must say i wasn't a big fan of dimmer when i saw them with HDU in march.
But after their show with Carriage H and the one with King Kapisi!
i fucking LOVE THEM!
shayne carter is a fucking legend!
shane carter is a legend...
shane carter is a legend
man those videos are insane....three ...
man those videos are insane....three topnotch shots in a row...
I have decided I am a complete dope, ...
I have decided I am a complete dope, dimmer than a really dim thing! How could I not know about Crystalator or the other CD EP "I will not buy you out" or whatever its called??? I think I can get a copy of the CDEP, but has anyone seen Crystalator for sale? Have one you could bear to part with?
ah - that's "Don'T make me Buy out ...
ah - that's "Don'T make me Buy out your silence"
yeah theres a copy at slowboat in wgtn. ...
yeah theres a copy at slowboat in wgtn. pretty expensive tho. it only came out on vinyl 45, and the b-side is beautiful. perhaps one of mr carters finest (since randolph anyway).
Mr Carter, I believe you are a ...
Mr Carter, I believe you are a star.....keep up the good work!
I BELIVE YOU ARE A STAR is a great ...
I BELIVE YOU ARE A STAR is a great albumn by DIMMER and stand out track for me number is #10. UNDER THE LIGHT
the albumn gives of a great vibe, it's warm, it's dark, the music washes over you it almost takes you away, zones you out and leaves you feeling unchanged, yet at the same time not the same.The vocals are sung beautifuly with a touch of sophistication and flows with ease. A GRADE world class abulm to surrender to. This albumn has 11 great songs testiment to a great artist SHANE CARTER.
Shane when do we get to hear the new ...
Shane when do we get to hear the new stuff bro....
apparently he's teamed up with this ...
apparently he's teamed up with this German guy who makes electronica - he used to be a big fan of crout rock - bother him about new stuff on the Dimmer website, though I'm not sure if he'd appreciate it, got enough of that for the first album..
Go ahead and bother him - nobody should ...
Go ahead and bother him - nobody should have to wait another seven years - his hair will be grey by then anyway
i'm ...
i'm waiting........................................................new album ASAP PLEASE!
My website has some pages on Dimmer, ...
My website has some pages on Dimmer, and I contacted him recently to ask if he would be interested in doing an interview there, AND HE AGREED! so expect to see it on my site in a few days, Ive asked him some questions about the new album too, so keep an eye out!!!!
[ http://downbeatmusic.tripod.com ]
so special. so great. heard a new ...
so special.
so great.
heard a new track from the new album amazing. So much hope in this boy in this man.
I'm having trouble viewing vid's on ...
I'm having trouble viewing vid's on this site, I've got quicktime but I keep getting the msg error 404......
[ http://nicholsfiona@hotmail.com ]
Festival Mushroom Records are delighted ...
Festival Mushroom Records are delighted to officially announce that Shayne Carter has signed a new album deal for his Dimmer project to the label.
Recording of the second Dimmer album is currently under way with a new single due for release in early 2003.
Dimmer first album ‘Believe You Are A Star’ was one of 2001 most critically acclaimed local albums.
Prior to working under the Dimmer moniker, Shayne Carter fronted Straitjacket Fits, a group widely acknowledged as one of New Zealand greatest and most innovative rock acts of the nineties.
‘Believe You Are A Star’ saw Shayne move away from the Straitjackets anthemic rock and into a new musical territory of electronic soundscapes and subtle textures.
Shayne promises that Dimmer second album will continue the evolution in his sound, saying that the new album tracks are as strong a set of songs as he has ever written.
Dimmer will debut a number of these songs when the band new line-up makes its highly anticipated first live appearance at Auckland Kings Arms on Saturday 21 December.
Commenting on the new deal with FMR as he plunged a safety pin into his thumb and readied to sign the contract, Shayne said “Once again I have signed in blood to give my soul away to yet another music industry devil. On a lighter note, FMR is a company staffed by real music fans and they have made me feel very welcome in that leper-like way that all artists suffer at record companies.”
Sitting beside Shayne at the boardroom table and clasping a solid gold fountain pen between his bling-laden fingers, FMR Managing Director Mark Ashbridge said “Carter came in here with his arrogant rock star ways and an entourage of lawyers and floozies. The contract may well be signed in his blood but it was already drenched in the sweat of FMR staff as we battled to create an incomprehensible document that will shaft him from the moment we start selling his album. But such is the way of the biz. Everyone at FMR already loves the Dimmer shit and that bit is the truth. We can’t wait to start working with this band.”
With their respective marks scrawled all over the offending document, the two men embraced and headed for a game of pool and a celebratory beer in the luxurious setting of FMR warehouse, both crowing at the top of their voices that music was the winner on the day.
It's the few times like this that I ...
It's the few times like this that I wished I lived in Auckland. Damn, I want to be there. Hopefully Shayne and crew will trek down to Bodega soon to show off their brand spanking new line-up and songs. Hope Festival Mushroom look after Shayne better than Sony did.
i'm not going to miss it for the ...
i'm not going to miss it for the world.
Got everything booked and all.
I dont know though FMR?????
Fuck i have to say it. Doesn't ...
Fuck i have to say it.
Doesn't anyone else think it is disgusting shayne fookin carter has to jump labels as much as Chris Warner on shortland street jumps beds.
He is a national treasure. We NEED to treasure treasures. Sony can get fucked. If FMR dont treat him right, i will burn their offices down that is a threat. Mark my words.
well you seem to know more than us, ...
well you seem to know more than us, Sony what? they didn't want the second album because the first one didn't 'sell' enough? thats all i can think of, regardless of how fuckin good it was i has'in to add
i might see you at that gig then - i'll have to slap u bitch
maybe if he sold a few more records he ...
maybe if he sold a few more records he wouldn't have to. quality doesn't pay the bills boys. dimmer are fucking terrible anyway.
Ahhh, the discontent from old ...
Ahhh, the discontent from old Straightjackets fans. Dont worry, when I invent the time machine I'll let you in on a one-way trip to the 90's.
...its your evolution...
i think almost gold is selling alot of ...
i think almost gold is selling alot of records.
almost gold, phew! that is refreshing ...
almost gold, phew! that is refreshing to know that there is almost 7500 people in this country with some taste in music.
give a star this christmas :)...
give a star this christmas :)
hey do you know that song Stan by ...
hey do you know that song Stan by Enimem. Maybe Shane should write one called "Andy."
..or get a restraining order.
burrrrrrrrrrrrrrn...
burrrrrrrrrrrrrrn
thank you ultra.......
thank you ultra....
Ian you wank on about pacifier playing ...
Ian you wank on about pacifier playing music for 12 years and not making money off it.
Imagine if that was 25 years and they had to jump labels all the time to even get records out.
It is not obbsessive to help see a fellow dunedinite looked after.
// Ian you wank on about pacifier ...
// Ian you wank on about pacifier playing music for 12 years and not making money off it.
do i?
// Imagine if that was 25 years and they had to jump labels all the time to even get records out.
if he really wanted money, i am sure he could fucking make stupid amounts of it. "star" was not an album that was going to make him shitloads of cash in NZ. Would you want him to make alot of money, cause then you probably wouldn't like him anymore..
I'm intrigued why Shaynie has signed ...
I'm intrigued why Shaynie has signed specifically with FMR and not their subsidiary (and his former home) Flying Nun.
Anybody know why?
dude they are the same thing now....
dude they are the same thing now.
They are all part of the Evil Murdoch ...
They are all part of the Evil Murdoch conglomerate and I believe in the same offices in Auckland, but it appears that Shaynie is sharing a label with Carly Binding and not HDU...I just wondered why.
yes it "appears" that way. HDU were ...
yes it "appears" that way.
HDU were signned before flying nun was fmr..
Why do you think pan am, the d4 and betchadupa are on flying nun? Do you think they would have been on the old FN? Not a chance.
Flying nun is FMR right down to sharing the same desk space.
Shayne left flying nun. I dont think he would want us the public to think he went crawlling back with his tail between his legs. So thats why i think he made it look like he was under FMR not Flying nun.
Flying nun is just a name to look cool and indie when really nowadays it isn't either. Well to me anyway. I am glad they release clean and gordons albums though. Ka pie Flying nun if that is your real name.
p.s i might be wrong about anything above. I am just going by what i have been told.
Dont shoot the messenger.............well do put me out of my misery.
What will be really interesting to see ...
What will be really interesting to see will be when HDU's 5 album deal is finished after this next album..................Where would they go? Would FMR keep them on?
I hope so.
Andoru, while I'm pretty sure that the ...
Andoru, while I'm pretty sure that the things you say regarding Flying Nun are factually correct, up until I was hanging about in NZ (2001), Flying Nun had separate management and a reasonable degree of autonomy - being run by a really committed bunch of musicophiles. Maybe this has changed with the departure of Paul McKessar...I dont know.
But, Flying Nun of the last ten years has had a two-prong approach of attempting to push potential popstars (Fiona McDonald, Garageland, Loves Ugly Children, Headless Chickens), trying to use the success of them to subsidise the less commercial stuff (Crude, Hasselhoff Experiment, HDU, Alec Bathgate, etc etc). Under this arrangement I can certainly see pan am, the d4 and betchadupa fitting into the pre-FOX Flying Nun.
Financially I think the plan of the 90's Flying Nun was probably mediocre, but musically it was fantastic. While, like you I think the 00's is not going to be golden for Flying Nun, if they follow a similar approach there is still some gems to come...and if they follow such an approach I'm sure that HDU will stay. I guess time will tell...
Wicked, Dimmer are playing at the KA ...
Wicked, Dimmer are playing at the KA next week!
Should be good . . . . Should be excellent . . .
Can't fuckin wait...
Can't fuckin wait
As one posessing the weird gene myself, ...
As one posessing the weird gene myself, I love this man Shane Carter, he is weird and admittedly flaunts it. I think his songs are true works of art, and I can't wait for the release of the second album. I hope upon hope Dimmer will visit Christchurch some time soon.