Part 1. N'dea Davenport by N'dea Davenport (1998) How can you tell an album is a timeless classic, transcending time, place and chart performance? Every time you listen to it feels like the first time. Fourteen years after the then-former Brand New Heavies frontwoman released her self-titled solo debut, every time my iPod stops on one of its songs (and it seems to happen at least once a day, thank God), I'm transported back to 1998. The reason for my near-daily time travel? It's certainly not that the album is [...]
For this month's Dilla Day track I have selected a track by The Brand New Heavies which J Dilla remixed under the Ummah name along with Q-Tip. It appeared on the double 123 single in
Brand New Heavies will celebrate their 20th Anniversary With Two December Shows at Under The Bridge in London Brand New Heavies , one of the most successful and enduring acts of the acid jazz scene, will celebrate their 20th Anniversary with two December shows at Under The Bridge in London on December 13th and 14th. The shows will coincide with the release of new compilation album, 'The Best Of 20 Years' , two CDs containing the best of the [...]
The awesome electric-soul duo Belle Boussole make another Boomboomchik appearance, this time presenting you all with the top 10 songs on their MP3 players right now. Click on the songs to download them on iTunes. Nicole: Said And Done – Mary J. Blige Right As Rain – ADELE Apologize – One Republic Me And Mrs. Jones – Michael Bublé Cosmic Girl – Jamiroquai [...]
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OK, part 2 of our 3-part ticket giveaway for the October 23 show by The Foreign Exchange at BB King's. Answer the following question: What nationality is Foreign Exchange producer and group member, Nicolay ? Send your answer (subject line: 'FOREIGN EXCHANGE Contest') by email. A winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by the deadline of Sunday October 18th, 11:59:59PM EST. The winner will be notified by email. Note: you MUST be able to make your own [...]
Click HERE for details. You got 4 hours to enter! For more info on the show or the group, click HERE .
Another day another contest, please believe that! And we got more coming too! (I won't completely give away what's coming, but its got something to do with Gods and Rulers!). OK, you know the deal: we got two pairs of tickets to give away for Monday's show by UK funksters, the Brand New Heavies at the Highline. Since time is tight though, I'm gonna give both pairs away together at random to whomever answers the following two-part question correctly: What UK label were the BNH originally signed [...]
Mad that the Kanye West/Lady Gaga Fame Kills tour was canceled ? Don't worry: The Kitchen is gonna hold you down!! Check in next week to learn how to win tickets for UK funk legends, Brand New Heavies NYC show. And don't forget we're gonna have tix for the NYC show for Phonte and Nicolay 's performance as Foreign Exchange as well as a pair of tickets to go see Amanda Blank and Devlin & Darko at the [...]
You have the wife to thank for this one. The CDS were priced as albums and I couldn't be bothered to argue with the shop - having had failed attempts in the past. But the wife is made of sterner stuff and made them see sense. Accordingly, you get a some Pop Will Eat Itself and some Masters At Work Remixes. Pop Will Eat Itself were Stourbridge's finest. They made an unholy racket but were happy to have their mid-90s stuff remixed, often to good effect. On remix duty here, [...]
Rounding out what's been a G.O.O.D. Music morning, Young Old Robbie-son from Unkut came knocking @ the e-door early with this nugget. Before Com was making shitty club music and movies, he was a 'rhyme animal'. Here we catch him blacking-out on Sam and Dave's The Kiss-FM Rap Show in the UK, joined by British MC legend Blak Twang over a live jam session courtesy of the mighty Brand New Heavies. "Last time I was in London, people seen me drunk…" We've obviously had [...]
Back in 1995, Hollywood Records put out a sampler of their stuff called ACID/BASE. On one disc, a dozen cuts from the UK label ACID JAZZ (which was distributed at the time by Hollywood). The Brand New Heavies opened the set, artists like the James Taylor Quartet , Snowboy , Gregory Isaacs and Vibraphonic got a nod. Being that it's owned by Disney, it's not surprising Hollywood's now the home of every pop merchandising project from Miley Cyrus to the Jonas Brothers . But at [...]
Following on from my first Geyster / Maneken post, i want to give you four of my favourite slower dancefloor tracks. What they lack in speed, they make up for in phatness. Geyster - Still In Love 'Still In love' is typically Geyster, but you cant knock his instrumentation and vocal harmonies, they're lush and spot on. Delicious Vinyl AllStars - Never Stop (Feat. the Brand New Heavies) (Pink Enemy Remix) The Pink Enemy remix was released on the same [...]
Download: MP3: Eugene Blacknell & The New Breed - The Trip MP3: Jay-Z + DJ Danger Mouse - 99 Problems MP3: Jurassic 5 - Jayou MP3: The Brand New Heavies - Bonafide Funk Bookmark It [...]
En 1992, le groupe anglais d' acid jazz Brand New Heavies publie son troisième album, Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 , sur lequel sont invités les principaux représentants du hip-hop de l'époque (Main Source, Black Sheep , Gang Starr ...). Une dizaine de titres qui annoncent l'arrivée du jazz rap (Jazzmatazz du rappeur Guru sort l'année suivante). L'ultime titre de ce disque avec les rappeurs californiens The Pharcyde se nomme "Soul Flower" et se trouve être l'original du "Soul Flower (remix)" bien [...]
Tracklist: 01. We've Got 02. I Don't Know Why 03. Get Used To IT 04. Sex God 05. Let's Do It Again 06. We Won't Stop 07. Right On 08. Music 09. I Just Realized It 10. Love Is 11. All Fired Up 12. I've Been Touched Genre: Funk/Soul/Remix Website: Myspace | Buy! Release Date: 2008-08-05 Label: Delicious Vinyl This album has some slower stuff than is [...]
Album: The Brand New Heavies (Delicious Vinyl; 1991) Songwriters: Brand New Heavies R&B Peak Position: #3 "Evergreen.../ Growin up but fadin' never/ This is what our love became..." Formed in London, England in the mid-80's, The Brand New Heavies (drummer/ keyboardist Jan Kincaid, guitarist Simon Bartholomew, and bassist/ keyboardist Andrew Levy) was originally constructed as an instrumental unit who exercised in an intoxicating soul and dance fusion known as "acid jazz". After years of earning rave reviews in their native UK, the band turned their attention to impacting [...]
:: The Airborne Toxic Event , The Airborne Toxic Event (Shout Factory) :: Apollo Sunshine , Shall Noise Upon (Headless Heroes) :: Architects , Ruin (Century Media) :: Joseph Arthur , All You Need Is Nothing (Lonely Astronaut) :: Lewis Black , Anticipation (Comedy Central) :: Black Light Burns , [...]
I've spent the past few days compiling a real treat for club music fans. Over the course of two posts, I'll be presenting my very own version of Hed Kandi 's famous Back To Love compilation series. For those who aren't familiar with the label or the albums, I'll fill you in a bit. Hed Kandi was started back in 1999 by DJ Mark Doyle as a refined dance music label for a discerning generation of club-inclined listeners. Its very first releases were Back To Love albums, documenting the classic club jams (circa [...]
THEME FOR GREAT CITIES
Super Superb Magazine
Band Weblogs
Boom Boom Chik
HEAR THE SOUNDS
Other Music from a... Different Kitchen
Acid Ted
The Smoking Section
Fusion 45
blouse.
Rollo & Grady
Le Mellotron
Ear It Now
Mixtape Maestro Presents: 90's R&B Junkie
BUZZGRINDER
Different Is Dangerous
The Corner Laughers “Poppy Seeds”
