The Brand New Heavies

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Years Active
1985 – present (41 years)
Founded In
Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom
The Brand New Heavies began in 1985 as an instrumental acid jazz group called Brother International. The group came up with the Heavies name after signing their first record contract, borrowing from a liner note on a James Brown single declaring the artist "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk". As The Brand New Heavies they gained a cult following in the London club scene and soon signed to Cooltempo as acid jazz replaced rare groove in clubs. The band issued a debut recording for Eddie Piller's Acid Jazz label in 1990 with Jay Ella Ruth as lead singer. A single, "G… read more
The Brand New Heavies began in 1985 as an instrumental acid jazz group called Brother International. The group came up with the Heavies name after signing their first record contract, borrowing from a liner note on a James Brown single declaring the artist "Minister of New Super Heavy Fu… read more
The Brand New Heavies began in 1985 as an instrumental acid jazz group called Brother International. The group came up with the Heavies name after signing their first record contract, borrowing from a liner note on a James Brown single declaring the artist "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk". As The Brand New Heavies they gained a cult following in the L… read more

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Top Tracks

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1 Play track Shelter You Are The Universe
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 187 listeners
2 Play track Trunk Funk: The Best of the Brand New Heavies Midnight At The Oasis
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 155 listeners
3 Play track The Brand New Heavies Never Stop
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 138 listeners
4 Play track Brother Sister Have A Good Time
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 138 listeners
5 Play track Brother Sister Dream On Dreamer
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 116 listeners
6 Play track Brother Sister Spend Some Time
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 115 listeners
7 Play track The Brand New Heavies Dream Come True
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 99 listeners
8 Play track Shelter Sometimes
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 95 listeners
9 Play track The Brand New Heavies BNH
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 87 listeners
10 Play track The Brand New Heavies Stay This Way
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 79 listeners

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Albums

  1. 109,329 listeners

    1 Jan 1994 · 14 tracks

    Brother Sister
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  2. 101,435 listeners

    1 Jan 1994 · 13 tracks

    Shelter
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  3. 75,841 listeners

    1 Jun 1990 · 10 tracks

    The Brand New Heavies
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  4. 39,414 listeners

    19 May 2006 · 12 tracks

    Get Used To It
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