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(1985 – present)
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, “Got To Give”, came out on Cooltempo before the Brand New Heavies signed to Acid Jazz Records and released Brand New Heavies to critical acclaim. The band signed to a division of Chrysalis Records in the UK, and American distribution was picked up by influential label Delicious Vinyl, and N’Dea Davenport (who had signed an artist development deal with Delicious Vinyl) joined the group. A revamped version of the first album with vocals by N’Dea Davenport was then released, and the singles “Dream Come True”, “Never Stop” and “Stay This Way”, all with Davenport on lead vocals, became hits on both sides of the Atlantic, with the latter becoming a music video directed by Douglas Gayeton that saw heavy rotation on MTV.
The group’s appearance with MC Serch (formerly of 3rd Bass) and Q-Tip (of A Tribe Called Quest) at a performance in New York City, inspired the group to incorporate elements of hip hop music. Their next album was the critically acclaimed Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1, which included collaborations with Guru of Gang Starr and The Pharcyde, among others, but lacked any female vocals.
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, “Got To Give”, came out on Cooltempo before the Brand New Heavies signed to Acid Jazz Records and released Brand New Heavies to critical acclaim. The band signed to a division of Chrysalis Records in the UK, and American distribution was picked up by influential label Delicious Vinyl, and N’Dea Davenport (who had signed an artist development deal with Delicious Vinyl) joined the group. A revamped version of the first album with vocals by N’Dea Davenport was then released, and the singles “
Dream Come True”, “Never Stop” and “Stay This Way”, all with Davenport on lead vocals, became hits on both sides of the Atlantic, with the latter becoming a music video directed by Douglas Gayeton that saw heavy rotation on MTV.The group’s appearance with MC Serch (formerly of 3rd Bass) and Q-Tip (of A Tribe Called Quest) at a performance in New York City, inspired the group to incorporate elements of hip hop music. Their next album was the critically acclaimed Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1, which included collaborations with Guru of Gang Starr and The Pharcyde, among others, but lacked any female vocals.
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Abello966 wrote:
quick question, are they instrumental?
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SirPsychoFlea wrote:
http://blog.pedigreecuts.com/?p=1740 free download of 13 new instrumental tracks by the brand new heavies
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MusicProducer70 wrote:
Hi Friends! See now the video of Tina Still: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7y5RSh3qj0 Tks! Thiago
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dee_jay_boo wrote:
Please join my group :) http://www.last.fm/group/Funky+Funk ... Cheers :D
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Dearty wrote:
Alguien del concierto de la Sala Apolo? Ha sido increíble! Lástima que la voz de N'Dea no se escuchara apenas! El técnico de sonido la ha cagado vilmente. Un directo impresionante. A ver cuándo vuelven ^^
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rizky89_bassist wrote:
yeah! they come to Indonesia at 5 June 2011!! i should be there!!!
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destriaaryani wrote:
"You Are The Universe" is really good! come on to Indonesia sometimes please! :D
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podgethebastard wrote:
fckn good shit
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RamonBernabeu wrote:
The Brand New Heavies es una banda que a mi particularmente me gusta. Os la recomiendo
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Corso6 wrote:
Hello, I need "I Feel Right" lyrics. Help please )
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crey_91 wrote:
"Get used to it" is amazing
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babyluigi_n-o wrote:
Man, I just listened to "Allaboutthefunk" for the first time and the ending at "How We Do This" really disturbs me o_o"
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paulonleao wrote:
hello from Brazil, Amazon, Manaus. are they good? Yes!
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selinaisfit wrote:
why jk v the heavies? its annoys me that jamiroquai are refered to as "jk" when collectively they were (with the heavies)the finest acid jazz musicians in london.i mean stuart zenden was the man and them baselines make that funky sound! i think since david morales remixed space cowboy jamiroquai's acid jazz days were over!! jam v bhn? who cares just enjoy the music.peace and love to all
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BTown787 wrote:
heavy rhyme experience
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UsPeaches wrote:
Long time fan. Great music!
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lentinva wrote:
they are good !!!
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jdotperiod wrote:
BNH had some decent grooves but they could never touch Jamiroquai. Something about the BNH groove always sounded studied while JK's funk was organic. I will say that BNH have the best remixes though! See David Morales' take on Stay This Way, Kenny Dope's version of I Don't Know Why I Love You, MAW's mix of Close To You and Dilla + MAW's mix of Sometimes. Pure heat that demolish the decidely tepid original versions!
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Ronit123 wrote:
are they good?
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Events
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Apr
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The Brand New Heavies
Космонавт, Санкт-Петербург, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Apr
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The Brand New Heavies
Rock Café, Tallinn, Estonia
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