Brand New Heavies
The Brand New Heavies (BNH) is a British acid jazz / funk band. The band has had some internationally known hits such as Dream on Dreamer , Never Stop or Midnight at the Oasis since 1992 and is an important representative of the funk genre .
biography
Jan Kincaid and Simon Bartholomew have been friends since they were five, and they met Andrew Levy when they were 12. The three school friends founded in 1985 in London , the Brand New Heavies and finally made their mutual love of Soul , Funk and Disco of the 60s and 70s to their hobby. In the beginning they appeared as a pure instrumental combo, and played their first professional gigs at illegal parties in the mid-eighties. However, they quickly made a name for themselves in London in the 1980s , which was characterized by synth pop , and are considered pioneers of acid jazz .
In 1992, at the beginning of the acid jazz hype , the band released the outstanding album Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 . In 1994 the Brand New Heavies made their international breakthrough with the singles Midnight at the Oasis and Dream on Dreamer .
In April 2006, the Brand New Heavies collaborated again with N'Dea Davenport and their original label Delicious Vinyl . Her then album Get Used to It was released on June 27, 2006. The album was recorded in New York and London. The single Jump 'n' Move was part of the soundtrack of the computer animation film Happy Feet and used for the soundtrack in the computer game NBA Live 2005 .
On May 31, 2013, the new album Forward! released. N'Dea Davenport and the British newcomer Dawn Joseph take turns on the microphone. As on older albums, the drummer Jan Kincaid is also used as a singer. The album was released on CD, as a download and as a limited edition including a concert recording from 2008 from indigO₂ in London.
Band members
The core members of the band are:
Band member | instrument | Participation |
---|---|---|
Jan Kincaid (born May 17, 1966 in Ealing ) |
Drums , keyboards | 1985 to 2015 |
Simon Bartholomew (born October 16, 1965 in Ealing) |
guitar | 1985 until today |
Andrew Levy (born July 20, 1966 in Ealing) |
Bass , keyboards | 1985 until today |
Other members:
Band member | instrument | Participation |
---|---|---|
Jay Ella Ruth | singing | 1989 |
Linda Muriel | singing | 1989-1990 |
N'Dea Davenport (born in Atlanta , Georgia , USA ) |
singing | 1990–1995, 2005 to date |
Siedah Garrett | singing | 1997 |
Carleen Anderson | singing | 1999-2000 |
Nicole Russo | singing | 2004 |
Sy Smith | singing | 2003 |
Dawn Joseph | singing | 2013 |
Dennis Rollins | trombone | 1992-1995 |
Winston Rollins | trombone | ? |
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | CH | UK | US | |||
1990 | Brand New Heavies | - | - |
UK25th
silver
(16 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: June 1, 1990
Chart entry: March 1992 |
1992 | Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 | - | - |
UK38 (2 weeks) UK |
US139 (3 weeks) US |
First published: August 3, 1992
|
1994 | Brother sister |
DE86 (4 weeks) DE |
CH23 (5 weeks) CH |
UK4th
platinum
(53 weeks)UK |
US95 (9 weeks) US |
First published: March 22, 1994
|
1997 | Shelter |
DE55 (5 weeks) DE |
CH38 (6 weeks) CH |
UK5
platinum
(39 weeks)UK |
US118 (5 weeks) US |
First published: April 21, 1997
|
2004 | Allabouthefunk | - |
CH81 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: October 18, 2004
with Nicole Russo |
2019 | TBNH | - |
CH61 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: September 6, 2019
|
Compilations & EPs
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | CH | UK | US | |||
1992 | Ultimate Trunk Funk (EP) | - | - |
UK19 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 1992
|
1994 | Original flava | - | - |
UK64 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: October 1994
|
1999 | Trunk Funk - The Best of | - | - |
UK13
silver
(4 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: September 13, 1999
|
More albums
- 1995: Excursions: Remixes & Rare Grooves
- 1997: Shibuya 357
- 2003: We Won't Stop
- 2006: Get Used to It
- 2007: Elephantitis: The Funk + House Remixes
- 2008: Get Used to It: The Tom Moulton Mixes
- 2009: Elephantitis: The Funk + House Remixes 2
- 2009: Live in London
- 2011: Dunk Your Trunk
- 2011: The Best of 20 Years
- 2013: Forward
- 2014: Sweet Freaks
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | CH | UK | US | |||
1991 | Never Stop The Brand New Heavies |
- | - |
UK43 (3 weeks) UK |
US54 (8 weeks) US |
First published: August 1991
|
1992 | Dream Come True The Brand New Heavies |
- | - |
UK24 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 1992
|
Don't Let It Go to Your Head The Brand New Heavies |
- | - |
UK24 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 1992
|
|
Stay This Way The Brand New Heavies |
DE88 (5 weeks) DE |
- |
UK40 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 1992
|
|
1994 | Dream On Dreamer Brother Sister |
DE56 (16 weeks) DE |
- |
UK15 (5 weeks) UK |
US51 (11 weeks) US |
First published: March 1994
|
Back to Love Brother Sister |
- | - |
UK23 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 1994
|
|
Midnight at the Oasis Brother Sister |
DE68 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
UK13 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 1994
|
|
Spend Some Time Brother Sister |
DE82 (4 weeks) DE |
- |
UK26 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 1994
|
|
1995 | Close to You Prêt-à-Porter OST |
DE75 (10 weeks) DE |
- |
UK38 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 1995
|
1997 | Sometimes shelter |
- |
CH40 (3 weeks) CH |
UK11
silver
(5 weeks)UK |
US88 (5 weeks) US |
First published: April 1997
|
You Are the Universe Shelter |
DE73 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
UK21 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 1997
|
|
You've Got a Friend Shelter |
DE77 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
UK9 (8 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 1997
|
|
Shelter Shelter |
- | - |
UK31 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 1997
|
|
1999 | Saturday Nite Trunk Funk - The Best of |
- | - |
UK35 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 1999
|
Apparently Nothing Trunk Funk - The Best of |
- | - |
UK32 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 1999
|
|
2004 | Boogie allabouthefunk |
- | - |
UK66 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 2004
with Nicole Russo |
2005 | Whirring all-over radio |
- | - |
UK78 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: April 2005
with Nicole Russo |
More singles
- 1992: Bonafide Funk (with Main Source )
- 1992: People Get Ready (Remix)
- 1994: Higher Learning / Time for Change
- 1994: Brother Sister
- 1995: Mind Trips
- 1996: World Keeps Spinning
- 1997: I Like It
- 1997: You Can Do It
- 1998: More Love
- 2003: What Do You Take Me For?
- 2006: Jump n 'Move
- 2007: I Don't Know Why (I Love You)
- 2007: Let's Do It Again
- 2013: Sunlight
- 2014: Sweet Freeek