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Refimprove|date=May 2010Infobox musical artist | name = The Brand New Heavies| image =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Ealing , London, England| instrument =| genre = Acid jazz , funk , jazz rap | occupation =| years_active = 1985–present| label = Acid Jazz Records|Acid Jazz , Delicious Vinyl , FFRR Records|FFRR , Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis UK , Edel Music|EDEL | associated_acts = N'Dea Davenport | website = http://www.thebrandnewheavies.net/ TheBrandNewHeavies.net| current_members = Jan Kincaid Simon Bartholomew Andrew Levy N'Dea Davenport | past_members = Siedah Garrett Carleen Anderson Nicole Russo Sy Smith Jay Ella Ruth Ceri Evans| notable_instruments =The Brand New Heavies are an acid jazz and funk group formed in 1985 in Ealing , a suburb of London, England.
Biography
The Brand New Heavies began in the 1980s 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 (musician)|James Brown single declaring the artist "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk".Interview with Jon Scragg , 102.2 Jazz FM|Jazz FM 102.2 (London), 22 October 2004. 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.Cite web|url= http://www.soultalk.rhythmflow.net/shows_ndea_davenport.html|title=N'Dea Davenport Interview|publisher=SoulTalk
A single, "Got to Give", came out on Cooltempo before the Brand New Heavies signed to Acid Jazz Records and released Brand New Heavies (album)|Brand New Heavies to critical acclaim. The band signed to a division of Chrysalis Records in the UK,Cite web|url= http://www.nuvo.net/hammer/int/bnheavies.html|title=Interview: Simon Bartholomew|author=Hammer, Steve 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 Ocean|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 (rapper)|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 (rapper)|Guru of Gang Starr and The Pharcyde , among others, but lacked any female vocals.
While under management by Colin Lester 's and Ian McAndrew's Wildlife Entertainment, The Brand New Heavies released Brother Sister (1994) which was the last album for a while with N'Dea Davenport, who had left to complete her solo album (which she had put on hold to join the Heavies). The album spawned more singles, though one of them, a cover of Maria Muldaur 's " Midnight at the Oasis ", was popular only in the UK because it was not included in the US version of the album.
Siedah Garrett joined the group for their next album, Shelter (1997). It contained the minor hit, the Carole King -penned song "You've Got a Friend" that was originally made famous by James Taylor . Again, though, this song did not appear on the US version of the album. The album also contained the hit "Sometimes". The remix of "Sometimes" included the rap vocals of Q-Tip.
The Brand New Heavies then released their greatest hits album, Trunk Funk - The Best of The Brand New Heavies (2000) with Carleen Anderson on vocals for some newly recorded songs, followed by the Japan only album ''We Won't Stop (2003) featuring a variety of vocalists and Allaboutthefunk (2004) featuring British singer Nicole Russo on vocals.
In April 2006, the Brand New Heavies reunited with N'Dea Davenport and former label Delicious Vinyl. A new album, Get Used to It was released on 27 June 2006 via Starbucks and more traditional music retail outlets. The album was recorded in New York City|New York and London; and the lead single "I Don't Know Why (I Love You)" was issued in early May. The single was notable for being one of very few late releases to feature the trademarked Tom Moulton|A Tom Moulton Mix , as he had been asked to contribute remix es. Later that year, their song "Jump 'N' Move" was featured on the soundtrack for the 2006 computer animated feature film , Happy Feet , and the in-game soundtrack for 2004's NBA Live 2005 and 2009's NBA 2K#NBA2k10|NBA 2k10 . The band toured at the end of 2006.
The Brand New Heavies released a 2 CD live album in October 2009 - Live In London and worked with Lancome on an ad campaign, resulting in the 2009 single "C'est Magnifique". There was talk of a follow-up album to Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 , following the same concept of rap artists fronting the band, however nothing has materialized on that front to date.
The Heavies released a free download album called "Dunk Your Trunk" in November 2011, available through blog.pedigreecuts.com and Soundcloud. The album, recorded in only four days and described as 'funky library music' is directed at 'TV and Movie people to add to their programmes and films'. A CD was due for release on 23 April 2012, but so far only download files (mp3, wav) have appeared.
Cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher=Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | pages= 75–76
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http://www.thebrandnewheavies.net The Brand New Heavies official website
http://www.myspace.com/thebrandnewheavies The Brand New Heavies at MySpace
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