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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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Dream On Dreamer
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Never Stop
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Dream Come True
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Stay This Way
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Back To Love
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Have a Good Time
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Brother Sister
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Midnight At The Oasis
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BNH
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You Are The Universe
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Forever
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Sometimes
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Spend Some Time
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You've Got a Friend
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Ride In The Sky
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Shoutbox
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KingaWest wrote:
nicole russo > n'dea davenport.
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MissClarck wrote:
Hi, I would like to present you this afro-rock groove call Bantunani with their song BlackNinja...Awesome to listen They have launched this brand new music afrogroove with strong lyrics and touching tunes. http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Bantunani Regards,
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exquisiteO wrote:
now i can see what all the chatter is about.
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Funkadelicer wrote:
i like the Brother Sister album.
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pogopatterson wrote:
I don't know about the JK and BNH connection. Jay is moving in a different direction, doesn't really do conventional sweet jazzy love songs like BNH. Also his love of weed is so evident in most of his stuff, Space Cowboy, Cosmic Girl. Also I suspect J is not good at sharing the mike. Musically they were clearly in the Acid Jazz genre, but that's about it.
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Kowaqqatzi wrote:
"I wonder, what would be of funk, if Jay Kay would have been admitted to BNH?" It would have been balls-out the best band ever
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Sunzy wrote:
I found out about them via Peep Show, when Toni mentions them. I really like them.
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tequierocargar wrote:
I wonder, what would be of funk, if Jay Kay would have been admitted to BNH?
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gavvyb wrote:
celebrate 90's UK soul with my Spotify playlist, found at http://realmsword.blogspot.com/2009/09/90s-british-soul.html
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xSoulExperience wrote:
Can't beat BNH with N'Dea. Sorry. :x
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Topographic23 wrote:
When will Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 2 come out?? Vol. 1 is killer. When hip hop was really hip hop.
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GudrunGreat wrote:
I definitely prefer BNH with N’Dea Davenport ! Saw them finally last year and it was just awesome. Put the funk back in it!
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MiloDC wrote:
"underated soul, the should have sold millions. what's up with the world?" LOL! Just look at their Last.fm Top Tracks list for starters; the vanilla "Dream On Dreamer" and "Dream Come True" are in the top spots, with the far superior and more creative "Put the Punk Back In It" and "Music" down in the 20s. BNH listeners themselves are clueless about the band's best work. "... what's up with the world?" Not enough bland fare like "Dream On Dreamer," I guess!
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condra wrote:
Some of you cats might like the "NU-DISCO" group here at lastfm. http://www.last.fm/group/nu-disco *cheers.
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Ferdy_aka_4Dee wrote:
Great band, great grooves, great funk! Live they are fantastic! Guess whose is "my" hand.... ;-)
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heavylightness wrote:
I definitely prefer Nicole Russo than N’Dea Davenport
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knell_akigor057 wrote:
i love this band
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danubeman wrote:
underated soul, the should have sold millions. what's up with the world?
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novogodnyaya wrote:
кул!
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morgan_free wrote:
Quintessence of acid jazz !
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