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Concord may refer to:

Agreement[link]

• Agreement of interests or feelings
• A pact or treaty, frequently between nations
• Harmony in music
• Agreement (linguistics), a form of cross-reference between different parts of a phrase

Places[link]

Antarctica[link]

• The Concord Mountains

Asia[link]

• Concord Peak, a mountain on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border

Australia[link]

• Concord, New South Wales
  • Concord Oval, a rugby stadium
• Concord Parish, Cumberland, New South Wales
• Concord West, New South Wales

Canada[link]

• Concord, Ontario

New Zealand[link]

• Concord, a suburb of Burnside, Otago

United Kingdom[link]

• Concord, Buckinghamshire
• Concord, Sunderland

United States[link]

• Concord, Alabama
• Concord, Arkansas
• Concord, California
  • Concord (BART station)
  • Concord Jazz Festival
  • Concord Naval Weapons Station
• Concord, California, former name of Orleans Flat, California
• Concord, Delaware
• Concord, Georgia
• Concord, Illinois
• Concord, Indiana, in DeKalb County
• Concord, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
• Concord, Kentucky
• Concord, Maine
• Concord (District Heights, Maryland), a historic building listed on the NRHP in Maryland
• Concord, Massachusetts
  • The Concord River
  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord in the American Revolution
  • Concord (MBTA station)
• Concord, Michigan
  • Concord Village Historic District (Concord, Michigan)
• Concord, Missouri
• Concord, Nebraska
• Concord, New Hampshire, the state capital
• Concord, New York, town in Erie County
• Concord, Staten Island, New York
• Concord, North Carolina
  • Concord Speedway
• Concord, Knox County, Tennessee
• Concord, Texas (disambiguation) (several)
• Concord, Vermont
• Concord, Virginia (disambiguation) (several)
• Concord, Wisconsin, a town
  • Concord (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Concord Township (disambiguation) (several)

Education[link]

• Concord Academy, Massachusetts, USA
• Concord Academy (Memphis), Tennessee, USA
• Concord College, UK, Shrewsbury, UK
• Concord Elementary School (disambiguation), several schools in the United States
• Concord High School (disambiguation), several in the United States and Australia
• Concord Law School of Kaplan University, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Concord Primary School, Choa Chu Kang, Singapore
• Concord University, Athens, West Virginia, USA; previously called Concord College

Business[link]

• Concord banking company, Brunswick, Georgia
• Concord (company) (Concord Camera Corporation), manufacturer of cameras and other digital products
• Concord EFS, Inc., a corporation that merged in 2004 with First Data
• Concord Music Group, record company formed by merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records
• Concord Publications, Hong Kong military book publisher
• Concord Records, U.S. record label
  • Concord Jazz, subsidiary of Concord Records
• Concord Supplies, U.S. printer supplies wholesaler and retailer
• Concord watch, watch company in Biel, Switzerland
• Concord Well Servicing, a Calgary, Alberta based company
• AMC Concord, a compact car built by American Motors Corporation
• Kia Concord, a car built by Kia Motors

Other[link]

• CONCORD, the European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development
• Book of Concord of the Lutheran Church
• Concord Building, Portland, Oregon
• Concord Coalition, a non-partisan American political group
• Concord Condor, a cartoon character
• Concord (grape), a variety of grape
• Concord Resort Hotel, a former hotel and resort in the Catskills, New York
• USS Concord, any of five U.S. Navy ships
• Concord, the original 1963 English spelling for the Anglo-French supersonic passenger plane Concorde
• Temple of Concord in ancient Rome, dedicated to the goddess Concordia

See also[link]

• Concordance (disambiguation)
• Concorde (disambiguation)
• Concordia (disambiguation)
• Concord Airport (disambiguation)
• Concord Hospital (disambiguation)
• Concordville, Pennsylvania
• New Concord, Ohio

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Concord Dawn, is a New Zealand drum and bass group, active since mid 1999. It consists of Matt Harvey (aka Matty C) and Evan Short (aka Kiljoy).^[1] They were courted by local electronic music label Kog Transmissions and released their first album, 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 three months, going on to eventually reach platinum sales in New Zealand.

Concord Dawn have become established internationally and their catalogue is distributed worldwide. They went off on a world tour, traveling through the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. At the 2003 BNet music awards "Morning Light" won "Best Song" and "Most Radio Play". At the 2004 bNet music awards Uprising received "Best Album" and "Best Electronic Release". Concord Dawn were nominated for "Best Electronic Act" at the 2004 New Zealand music awards.

Work on their long-awaited fourth 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 dass 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.^[2] Concord Dawn have two of the top 20 selling records of all time at www.chemical-records.co.uk, "Dont Tell Me" and "Morning Light", both released on Timeless Records.

Concord Dawns live sets are well regarded as encompassing the full spectrum of drum and bass music, and this has seen constant tours and performances in Europe, Russia, Australasia, Asia and North America since the turn of the century.

Concord Dawn now only features member Matt Harvey,^[3] Evan Short left the group for reasons unknown. He released the first Concord Dawn EP entitled "The Race To Zero EP" (also titled "The Race To Zero Volume 1" on 5 September 2011.^[4]

Discography[link]

Other songs[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Amplifier.co.nz - Concord Dawn
• Muzic.net.nz - Concord Dawn
• Concord Dawn's MySpace profile
• Concord Dawn's Biography
• Concord Dawn discography at Discogs
• Concord Dawn at rolldabeats

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Black Sun Empire is the a trio of Dutch disc jockeys and drum & bass music producers. The group consists of Rene Verdult and brothers Milan and Micha Heyboer.

Based out of Utrecht, Netherlands, they started making Drum & Bass in 1995 when they turned to the likes of artists such as Photek, LTJ Bukem, and Ed Rush. After having a few releases on smaller record labels, they managed to get the attention of bigger producers like DJ Trace, currently known for his DSCI4 record label. They have three labels of their own; Black Sun Empire Recordings, oBSEssions and Shadows of the Empire. The group's name comes from the Black Sun Crime Syndicate, which appeared in the Star Wars novel Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

One of their tracks ("Arrakis") was featured in the E³ 2006 trailer of the game EVE Online titled "No Other Destiny".

While the trio's music is usually defined as darkstep or neurofunk, Black Sun Empire have more recently incorporated dubstep into their productions.

Discography[link]

12" Vinyl Records[link]

• PIRUH001 – Skin Deep / Voltage(12") (01/01/2000)
• PIRUH003 - The Silent/Bombrun(12") (01/01/2001)
• DSCI4EP01 - Mutationz EP (EP) (01/09/2001)
• DSCI4LP001 - 23 degrees from vertical (LP) (01/10/2001)
• PEN007 - Telekinetic remix(12") (10/07/2002)
• DSCI4EP02 - Smoke EP(EP) (01/10/2002)
• NRV005 - Recharger remix(12") (04/10/2002)
• AND005 - Vessel/Fragment(12") (02/11/2002)
• BSE001 - The Rat/B'Negative(12") (28/11/2002)
• BSE002 - The Sun/Epilogue(12") (28/01/2003)
• BSE003 - Epilogue VIP/The Pursuit(12") (25/03/2003)
• BSE004 - Stone Faces/Ai(12") (14/05/2003)
• CITRUS009 - Unicorn MF remix/Skin Deep remix(12") (10/07/2003)
• TPT005 - Gunseller(12") (03/09/2003)
• BSE005 - Scorned/Ai VIP(12") (17/09/2003)
• BSESAM001 - The Sun VIP/Boris the Blade(12") (01/04/2004)
• BSELP001 - Driving Insane(LP) (01/05/2004)
• BSECD001 - Driving Insane + mix (CD) (01/05/2004)
• RL005 - Release Me(12") (25/06/2004)
• BSE006 - Insiders/Hydroflash(12") (13/09/2004)
• OBSE001 - Sahara/Cryogenic(bse remix)(12") (01/11/2004)
• ILL004 - B'Negative remix/Soulshaker remix(12") (10/11/2004)
• OBSE002 - Centerpod/Stranded(12") (01/01/2005)
• SOTE001 - Hyper Sun / Cold Crysis(12") (16/03/2009)
• SOTE002 - The Invasion / Dyneema(12") (01/05/2009)

LP / CD Releases[link]

• BSELP001 Driving Insane (2004)
• BSELP002 Cruel & Unusual (2005)
• BSELP003 Endangered Species (2007)
• BSELP005 Lights & Wires (2010)

External links[link]

• Official Site
• Black Sun Empire on Myspace
• EVE Online trailer (Windows Media Player) featuring Black Sun Empire
• Black Sun Empire discography at Discogs
• Black Sun Empire at rolldabeats

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Ken Block
Ken Block in 2008.
Nationality	American
Born	(1967-11-21) 21 November 1967 (age 44) Long Beach, California
2012 Rally America
Debut season	2005
Current team	Monster World Rally Team
Best finish	2nd Overall in Rally America in 2006 and 2008
Awards
2004[1] 2005[1] 2009	• One of the most influential people (#17) in Sports Business Journal • Ad Age's Marketing 50 • One of the Fast 50 in Fast Company Magazine • 40 Under 40 Awards, Sports Business Journal • Rally America's Rookie of the Year • Gymkhana 2 was 2009's #4 most viewed viral video

Ken Block (born November 21, 1967, in Long Beach, California)^[2] is a professional rally driver with the Monster World Rally Team. Block is also one of the co-founders and recently appointed Chief Brand Officer of DC Shoes.^[1] Block has also competed in many action sports events including skateboarding, snowboarding, and motocross.

Rallying[link]

2005[link]

In 2005, Ken Block began his national rallying career with the Vermont SportsCar team.^[3] Vermont SportsCar prepared a 2005 Subaru WRX STi for Block to compete. His first event of the rallying season was Sno*Drift, where he ended up finishing seventh overall and fifth in the Group N class.^[4] During the 2005 season, Block had five top five finishes and placed third overall in the Group N class and fourth overall in the Rally America National Championship.^[3] At the end of his first rallying year, Ken Block had won the Rally America Rookie of the Year award.^[5]

2006[link]

In 2006, Ken Block along with his DC rally teammate Travis Pastrana signed a new sponsorship deal with Subaru.^[3] Through this deal with Subaru, the teammates became known as "Subaru Rally Team USA."^[3] With the new rally season, Block also got a brand new Vermont SportsCar prepped 2006 Subaru WRX STi.^[3] He competed in the first ever X Games rally event at X Games XII.^[3] In the competition, Block ended up finishing third to take the bronze.^[3] He went on to compete in the 2006 Rally America National Championship, where he finished second overall.^[3]

2007[link]

In 2007, Ken Block competed in the X Games XIII rally event, where he placed second overall and won a silver medal.^[5] In the 2007 Rally America National Championship, Block finished third overall.^[5] During this season, Block also entered in a few rounds of the World Rally Championship; Rally Mexico and Rally New Zealand.^[4] In Rally New Zealand, Block recorded two top-five stage times in the Group N class.^[4] At the end of 2007, Block had achieved 19 podiums and 8 overall victories in rally events.^[1]

2008[link]

In 2008, Block was provided with a brand new rally prepped 2008 Subaru WRX STi to compete. Block decided to compete in the Rallye Baie-des Chaleurs of the Canadian Rally Championship to gain some experience with his new 2008 rally car and prepare for the World Rally Championships later this year.^[6] Block gained his first Canadian rally win at the event.^[6] This was only the second event for the new car.^[6] Block and his co-driver were unable to get any championship points at the event due to not having a Canadian competition license.^[6] Block competed in the Rally New York USA competition and finished in first place.^[7] In the X Games XIV rally competition, Block finished tied for third place with Dave Mirra.^[8] This occurrence was due to both competitors having issues with their car. Block, who made it to the semi-finals of the event, had a radiator problem after landing the car awkwardly on a jump. With both bronze place competitors in damaged cars unable to compete, the medals were awarded to both of them.^[8]

Block competed in the 2008 Rally America National championship, which concluded on October 17, 2008. In the event, he finished second overall with a strong victory in the last event. In the Lake Superior Performance Rally stage, Block finished over one minute ahead of his next closest competitor and secured the second overall position.^[9] Next up for Block this rally season is three World Rally Championship events.^[4]

2009[link]

Block appeared in a segment of motoring show Top Gear.^[10]

2010[link]

Ken Block testing Ford Fiesta for the 2010 Rally America season

Block driving a Ford Focus RS WRC at the 2010 Rallye de France

On January 6, 2010 the Monster World Rally Team announced Ken as their driver for selected rounds of the World Rally Championship, in which he will be campaigning the Monster/Ford Racing Focus RS WRC 08. His car will be prepared and run by the North of England based M-Sport, who also prepare the official Ford WRC cars. He will be simultaneously running in his sixth season of the Rally America Championship in an open class Ford Fiesta, as well as his fifth X-games. Ken will also be the first ever American driver to campaign for the World Rally Championship. On February 27, Block won the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood (Rally America) for the 5th consecutive time. This broke the record held by John Buffum.^[11] Ken is currently being trained by former Ford factory driver Markko Märtin. At the Spain rally, he won his first 2 points in World Rally Championship.

2011[link]

On March 23, Block and his co-driver Alex Gelsomino were taken to hospital, having rolled their Ford Fiesta RS WRC during the shakedown stage of the 2011 Rally de Portugal in Faro, Portugal.^[12] A representative of the Monster World Rally team later stated that both men were fine.^[13]

Complete Rally America results[link]

(key)

Complete WRC results[link]

* Season in progress.

PWRC results[link]

Other motorsport activities[link]

On October 15, 2009, it was reported that Block was close to a deal to join the World Rally Championship in a new Ford team. Long time co-driver Alex Gelsomino is also reportedly involved in the deal. Former Subaru WRC driver Chris Atkinson has been reported to be lined up as Block's team-mate in the all-new Monster Energy Drink Ford World Rally Team.^[14]

In 2005, Ken Block along with his DC Shoes associates participated in the Gumball 3000 Rally. For the event they sent out three modified 2004 Subaru WRX STi's sponsored by DC Shoes.^[15][16]

In 2006, Ken Block competed in the One Lap of America competition along with Brian Scotto. They were teamed up in a 2006 Subaru WRX STi and finished forty-fifth overall.^[17]

In 2006, for the Discovery Channel show Stunt Junkies, Ken Block jumped his Subaru WRX STi rally car 171 feet (52 m) and a max height of 25 feet (7.6 m).^[3] The whole episode was dedicated to Ken Block attempting this stunt.

In 2007, Ken Block joined the DC Shoes Snowboarding team at New Zealand's Snow Park.^[3] Block did massive jumps and assisted in snowboarding tricks while driving his rally car on the mountain alongside the snowboarders. The session made the cover of the December 2007 issue of Snowboarder Magazine and closed out the MTN.LAB 1.5 DVD.^[3]

In 2009, for the BBC show Top Gear, Ken took James May out for Gymkhana-style driving at Block's stunt course at Inyokern Airport, an operational California airport, also starring Ricky Carmichael, whom Ken describes as 'a good friend'.

In 2010, for the BBC show Top Gear, Ken took the feature car from the previous episode (a Reliant Robin) for a lap of the Top Gear test track. He rolled the car and was unable to complete a lap but was unhurt.

On January 6, 2010, the announcement is made as Ken joins up with Ford and begins his WRC career driving both a Ford Fiesta and Focus RS WRC.

On August 24, 2010, Block released the first of a three part Gymkhana 3 video release featuring his new Ford Fiesta.^[18]

Ken Block also holds the world record for the world's fastest snow cat, a modified Subaru STI called a Trax STI.^{[citation needed]}

On September 14, 2010, Block's third Gymkhana video, featuring a Ford Fiesta, was released on YouTube.^[19] The video got more than seven million views in its first week.

On August 16, 2011, the fourth Gymkhana video, The Hollywood Megamercial was released on YouTube, featuring Block driving around the Universal Studios backlot.^[20]

Involvement In Colin McRae: Dirt 2 and Dirt 3[link]

Ken Block is featured as a driver in Codemasters Colin McRae: Dirt 2, along with his Subaru Rally Team USA Impreza.
In Dirt 3 he is seen as a driver and Gymkhana teacher, his Monster World Rally Team vehicles are available in the game.

References[link]

External links[link]

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