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The Brand New Heavies

The Brand New Heavies is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Young Disciples, Main Source, Rodney P, Sade and Diamond Life. Those roots explain a lot about how The Brand New Heavies arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Young Disciples, Corduroy, Galliano, Freakpower and The James Taylor Quartet, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jay Kay, Sy Smith, Where Is the Feeling? and Carleen Anderson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around The Brand New Heavies, reaching back through Young Disciples and forward to Jay Kay. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Brand New Heavies are an English band formed in 1985, consisting of Simon Bartholomew, Andrew Levy, and Jan Kincaid. After the addition of N'Dea Davenport in 1990, the group experienced mainstream success and pioneered a new genre called acid jazz.

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The Brand New HeaviesYoung DisciplesMain SourceRodney PSadeDiamond LifeJames BrownStevie WonderTom MoultonJay KaySy SmithWhere Is the Feeling?Carleen AndersonYoung DisciplesCorduroyGallianoFreakpowerThe James Taylor Qua…Groove CollectiveBrooklyn Funk Essent…Mother Earth

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The Brand New Heavies connections

The Brand New Heavies grew out of Young Disciples, Main Source, Rodney P and Sade, shares an orbit with Young Disciples, Corduroy, Galliano and Freakpower, went on to shape Jay Kay, Sy Smith, Where Is the Feeling? and Carleen Anderson. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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