The brand new heavies official home page released (Oct-04)
Finally the official home page is released.
www.thebrandnewheavies.net

BNH live concert on Swedish radio (Nov 23-99)
On Sunday (November 28) you can listen to a one hour live recording from the brand new heavies show at Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, recorded November 15. There is only one problem...you have to live in Stockholm to hear the radiostation. Tune in to P5 Radio Stockholm at 103,3 on Sunday at 15.00.

BNH interview and two songs (Nov 18-99)
Now you can watch an interview with Andrew and Simon on a new Swedish music site lumumba.com. The interview is 8 minutes long and contains a live recording of "Dream on dreamer" and "Sometimes" from Munchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden. You need Real Player (G2) to watch the interview. Here it is.

Photos from the Copenhagen concert (Nov 16-99)
Check out photos from the Heavies concert in Copenhagen (November 12). Click here for photos

Ask the Heavies YOUR question (Nov 8-99)
Have you got any question you always wanted ask the brand new heavies about. Now you can ask them YOUR question (until November 12).

One hour bnh on Scottish TV (Oct 4-99)
If you live in Scotland, you can catch an hour long live-studio performance by the Heavies, recorded in August this year. The program, Boxed Set (one in a series of six) will be broadcast on Tuesday 19 October at 11.30pm on Scottish and Grampian Television. The performance is intercut with interview with the guys about the band, and on Carleen joining the band.

The competition closed (Sep 28-99)
Thank you for all your answers to the competition. In 24 days I received around 160 answers. Here are all the winners!

Releasedates (Sep 9-99)
Saturday Nite was released August 31st in the UK. The new album 'Trunk funk...best of the brand new heavies' will come out on September 13th. The greatest hits album will contain their best tracks including the new single 'Saturday nite' and 'try my love' and also the next single 'Apparently nothin' a cover of Carleen Anderson's old band Young disciples.

Download the new video 'Saturday nite' (Sep 9-99)
Now you can download the new video from London Records home page. Here is a link directly to the file. Saturday nite in QuickTime

Competition!!! (Sep 2-99)
I In this competition you can win one of 20(!) exclusive brand new heavies Levi's shirts (not available in stores). If you win a shirt you will also get a signed recent taken photo of the band, with their new singer Carleen Anderson.

The BNH on TV (Sep 2-99)
The band will be performing their new single on UK TV this weekend, the show is SMTV/CD;UK and it's a Saturday morning music show.

No report from Stockholm (Aug 15-99)
I was going the meet the band when they came to play in Stockholm at the waterfestival this weekend. This would result in some pictures for you and perhaps also a small interview. But a couple of hours before the meeting their Swedish recordcompany told me that my meeting with the band had lower priority than other press. Therefor you will have to look for a report from the concert in the swedish newspapers (if you can find anything there?!).

New single (July 20-99)
Rumors say that the new single "Saturday Nite" will be released August the 16th.

Carleen Anderson - new singer (July 5-99)
The band have signed Carleen Anderson as their new singer, who has been mates with the band for years. And she is James Brown's goddaughter, too.

New tourdates (July 5-99)
I have just heard that the heavies will be performing a few shows in Europe this Summer. 31st July in Finland, 14th August in Stockholm, Sweden and 15th August in Marktrock, Belgium.

New album in early 2000 (July 5-98)
The Heavies are indeed in the studio, working on a whole new album, probably due for release after Christmas, preceded by a "greatest hits" selection with some new material as an appetizer. The buzz is, the new album will be less polished than "Shelter" and a return to a more vibey sound, like "Brother Sister."

Andrew and Jan were innocent (July 5-98)
Jan and Andrew were totally acquited on the charge of violent conduct last autumn in Copenhagen. They were basically set upon by a Danish nutter in a bar, who started lashing out for no reason, and then they were detained because of a law in Denmark, that is supposed to prevent "offenders" leaving the country. The police and doormen at the club had confused them with Manchester United hooligans (they had been to the match) and had absolutely nocase against them, due to alarmingly conflicting statements from "witnesses". Actually, there weren't any witnesses. According to Jan, the attacker was dead drunk, and his injuries inflicted by a fall back onto a table with glasses on.

Andrew and Jan arrested (November 4-98)
Andrew Levy and Jan Kincaid were arrested in Copenhagen last Saturday when they celebrated that their favourite team Manchester United had beaten the Danish team Bff Indby. The both attacked a Danish man. The are now taken into custody waiting for trial. Reported by Aftonbladet in Sweden

BNH on tour in march (october 20-98)
Rumours say that the bnh will be start touring again in march-99. This rumour is not yet confirmed.

New album 2! (october 20-98)
Rumours say that the bnh are in studion now, recording new songs for a new album. This rumour is not yet confirmed.

New album! (august 17-98)
Later this year there will be a new heavies album out. Rumours say that it will be a "best of" album, probably with some new songs.

Siedah has left the band (august 17-98)
Siedah Garret has left the Brand New Heavies. Rumours say that she only want´s to write songs, not perform them.

The Brit Awards (January 22-97)
The Brand New Heavies have been nominated in the category of Best British Dance Act for the upcoming Brit awards. The site address is http://www.brits.co.uk. They will be up against such groups as Jamiroquai, Prodigy and a few others.

The BNH together with N´Dea (November 22-97)
The Brand New Heavies are doing are doing the Battersea Midland Show in London on december 16. The heavies have invited N´dea Davenport for a special reunion show and she has agreed to do it. Look forward to the best show ever by the BNH.

You´ve Got A Friend at no. 11 (October 22-97)
The third single from the Shelter-album "You´ve Got A friend is now at number 11 on the UK Chart.

The new single from Shelter (September 14-97)
The third single from their current album is a cover of
Carole King's evergreen You've Got A Friend. The right poignancy of
the original is replaced with an initially jarring but ultimately
appealing dance treatment, tastefully mixed by Todd Terry, which turns
the song into a joyous celebration.

Review of the Toronto show (September 13-97)
The date in Toronto on August 16th was at a club called the Guvernment. This place was previously called the RPM club. It is attached to another slightly larger venue called the Warehouse where the members of INXS played a coulple of nights later. Slightly larger was the operative word. I had never been to this particular club before because I came to Toronto from London (Ontario) to see the show. I had expected that the place would be much bigger. This was the first pleasant surprise of the night.
I have been a fan of the Heavies for some time and because I have such a hard time getting Heavies music or any information about them I figured that I would never get to see them live. I found out about this show by accident and I bought a ticket the next day. I had only managed to procure the latest CD SHELTER about a month before the show and I had no idea about the arrival of Siedah on the scene until then. Like everyone, I had doubts about how she would compare and these doubts had changed only a little after a preliminary listen to the new CD. I really liked N'Dea but at the same time I had always thought that she was a little too poppy.
Siedah was a more emotional and risky singer, but she seemed to lack that relentless steadiness I had come to respect in N'Dea. These opinions were to be changed before the night had run its course.
The band played a good mix of new and old (much like playlist from the show in London U.K.). This time however it was Jan who forgot the lyrics in BACK TO LOVE from BROTHER SISTER and Siedah who picked up the slack. Typically in funky bands there is a tendancy for the guitar to be more of a low key instrument. I had a good deal of respect for Simon before the show, but after he played two extended solos in the set I was ready to compare him to almost any of the greatest guitarists. This was the second nice surprise. Andrew played the bass at the beginning of ONCE IS TWICE ENOUGH a little too fast and the rest of the band made him pay by playing the whole song at the faster speed. This added a little humor to the night.
Jan was clever on the skins, showing-off in only the right places. The rest of the back-up band were also very good. The third nice surprise came in the performance of Siedah. She showed that she was just as capable as N'Dea at holding steady notes, but then took her own singing style to new levels. Her vioce was almost prefect and only cracked is the right places. Even this seemed to be controled. In short she was incredible!!
Somewhere in the middle of the show, Siedah introduced PUT THE FUNK BACK IN IT by saying that she hadn't heard nearly enough Funk on the radio here in Canada. I must agree with that. Indeed my own desire for Funk is seldom quenched, but for one night it was. The show lasted a little less than two hours including an encore and before I knew it, I was in the car on the way home. I can't wait for the next opportunity to get down with the Heavies. I hope they visit again soon.
Moonman
howruden@execulink.com

Finally lots of soundfiles on this site (July 24-97)
Finally I have received permission to bring you soundfiles from the bnh. There are not yet any soundfiles from the heavy rhyme experience. You are welcome to choose from the album. Just send me a mail!
Choose soundfiles and enjoy!!!

The BNH have cancelled the European Tour (June 20-97)
The Brand New Heavies have cancelled their European tour!
This includes the Kristianstad Jazz Festival, North
Sea Jazz Festival at den Haag, The Montreux Jazz Festival
and Pori Jazz in Finland. Right now I have no idea why the tour has been cancelled, but I'm working on finding out the reason.

The BNH will not come to Stockholm (June 8-97)
The Heavies are not coming to the Stockholm Water Festival. They are (what I have heard) going into the studio, to record an album (Heavy Rhyme Experience II ?).

N`deas solo album (June 5-97)
N'Dea will release her solo album towards the end of this year.

The BNH on IRC (June 4-97)
Now it is possible to discuss LIVE with other fans on the Internet. Andre Harry have made us a channel on IRC, #AcidJazz.
This is how you use IRC.
1. If you're using Microsoft Windows, you can download the IRC program
at http://www.mirc.co.uk/

2. And after you have downloaded the program you can join the channel.
before that, use must choose the server first. You can't join the
channel if you're not using the DALnet server (there is an option of
the server, you can pick one of the DALnet server, there are a lot of
DALnet servers such as DALnet NY, DALnet Santa Monica, DAlnet
Phoenix, etc. You can choose one of those, as long as DALNET).

3. And if you're using Apple mac, you can download the program by :
a. go to the http://www.infoseek.com
b. search for IRCel (then you can download the program from here)

IRC servers beside DALnet are :
- EFnet
- Undernet
- etc.
But you can't joint the channel if you're using those servers.

Shelter goes Gold (June 3-97)
The Heavies played live on a UK TV show called "TFI Friday" June 1. They sung "You Are The Universe". They also announcement that "Shelter" had been given a Gold award for selling over 100,000 copies.

Report from the Copenhagen Concert (May 12 -97)
Andrew - You put the funk back in it!
Simon - The guitar solo with your teeth was brilliant!
Jan - Continue the groovy beat!
Siedah - You gave 100 %, especially in "You are the universe" and "Dream come true". You are a real heavy! Ohh ohh, yeah yeah!

The Album no 5 in UK(May 7 -97)
For the second week in a row the album is no 5 in the UK album chart.

The UK tour (April 29 -97)
The Brand new heavies UK Tour starts June 2 at the Royal Court in Liverpool. The tour contains at last 12 gigs.

Sometimes dropped (April 29 -97)
"Sometimes" dropped down in the UK chart 27 April from number 28 to number 34.

Releasedate for Shelter in US (April 29 -97)
The album will be out May 13 in the US. If you cant wait for the album you can always buy it over the Internet.

Sometimes dropped (April 25 -97)
"Sometimes" dropped down in the UK chart 22 April from number 18 to number 28.

Sometimes dropped (April 15 -97)
"Sometimes" dropped down in the UK chart 15 April from number 11 to number 18.

Review of London gig (April 12 -97)
On Monday 7th April, off we set into central london to see the Brand New Heavies. As this was their first live performance for over 2 years, we were kind of excited and really pleased that we had the tickets. The gig was at the Hanover Grand and having never been there before, we did not know what to expect. That was the first shock...the place was so small!! Only about 300 people there and we were at the front!

The band came on stage at around 10pm, to a rousing reception. Andrew was wearing a funky pale green flares suit with a white lace shirt and Simon was sporting a rather bright red flares suit with a particularly nasty Hawaiian shirt...you know, the usual! Siedah came on then, wearing not a lot which went down well with all the guys...boy, is she thin!

- The playlist was as follows:
- I Like It
- Dream On Dreamer
- Brother Sister
- Brand New Heavies (inst)
- Last To Know
- Stay This Way
- Stay Gone
- Once Is Twice Enough (inst)
- You Are The Universe
- Midnight At The Oasis
- Sometimes
- Never Stop
- Dream Come True

It was nice to see a good mix of old and new stuff. I had to say that I went to the concert not really knowing what to think of Siedah, as I think that N'Dea was really great with the band. But having seen the Heavies with both singers, it has to be said that Siedah comes across really well live. She has a seriously powerful voice and has great stage charisma. The only problem she had was when she forgot the words a couple of times and Simon had to help her out, but at least it makes her human!

There was a technical problem after Sometimes, when the guys had kind of blown some of the power circuits so Siedah got the whole crowd singing the song with Jan playing the drums. The band seemed really pleased that all the crowd knew the words and, for me, it was one of the highlights of the evening as there was a great atmosphere created.
All too soon it was over, but at least they finished off with two of my favourite songs. All in all, an excellent evening and personally I can't wait for the album to be released later this month. Bring forth Shelter...
(Thank you Sharon Fox and David Rowe who sent us this review)

Next single release (April 9 -97)
A bird whispered in my ear today that the next single from the "Shelter" album will be "You Are The Universe".

All soundfiles removed (April 8 -97)
Because of the copyright rules today I had to remove all soundfiles from this site. (I apologise to David H. if I made something wrong). Hopefully I can put the soundfiles back soon. We will have to wait and see. But you can still listen to track no 1 from the new "Shelter" album . Chose soundfiles.

"Sometimes" has entered the UK-chart (April 8 -97)
The first single from the "shelter" album has now entered the UK-chart. The single went directly to number 11.

The "Sometimes" video (April 2 -97)
The video is based on the 60´s late night show called "Playboy after dark" hosted by Playboys Hugh Hefner, who also appears in the video. The video take place at a party. The year is 1968 and the heavies are on stage. The video is recorded in Los Angeles and director is Bill Fishman.

"Shelter" is out in Japan (march 27 -97)
The new album "Shelter" was released march 26 in Japan. The Japanese version contains 14 songs, 2 songs only included in Japanese version marked with (*).

1.I like it (You can download the au-file here)
2.Something
3.Shelter
4.You are the universe
5.Crying water
6.Day by day
7.Feels like right
8.Highest high
9.Stay gone
10.Once is twice enough
11.After flower
12.Last to know
13.Never gonna let you down (*)
14.Movin' on (*)

BNH song on soundtrack (march 25 -97)
The movie Love Jones with Larenz
Tate and Nia Long contains a track from brand new heavies called "I like". This song is also included on the album, the first track. You will find it here: http://www.lovejones.com/sounds/trk11.au

New single: Sometimes
Their first single from the new album (Shelter) was released in march 31. The single is called "sometimes" and is a slow groovy thing. You will not be disappointed!!! Hopefully you will soon find a soundfile here.

Release date for new album
The new album will be out in april 21 (one month earlier in Japan). The Album is called "Shelter"

New Singer
Billboard announced (10 Aug) that Delicious Vinyl signed Sideah Garrett to record with The Brand New Heavies. She has replaced N'Dea as the new singer on the new album. In case you didn't already know, N'Dea Davenport is putting in work on her own solo album, for Delicious Vinyl.