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You Are The Universe (DJ Hasebe Remix)
"You Are the Universe" is a song by British acid jazz and funk group Brand New Heavies, the Brand New Heavies, released in June 1997. The composition was issued as the third single taken from their fourth album, ''Shelter (Brand New Heavies album), Shelter'' (1997), which remains the only Brand New Heavies album recorded with American singer Siedah Garrett, who afterwards left the group to concentrate on her own songwriting. The song charted at number twenty-one in UK, and at number eleven within the British Chart-Track. Critical reception British magazine ''Music Week'' rated the song four out of five, writing, "Their sound is as retro as ever, but this funky Soul music, soul tune is hugely uplifting and deserves to be a big pop, as well as club, hit." Daisy & Havoc from the ''Record Mirror, RM'' Dance Update gave it five out of five. They added, "If 'Sometimes (Brand New Heavies song), Sometimes' is starting to drive you crazy then this next single (surely the best song on the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brand New Heavies
The Brand New Heavies is an acid jazz and funk group formed in 1985 in Ealing in west London. Centered around songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Simon Bartholomew and Andrew Levy, the core members of the group since its founding, Brand New Heavies are best known for a string of successful singles in the early 1990s featuring N'Dea Davenport as lead vocalist. Biography 1980s–1990s The Brand New Heavies began in the 1980s as an instrumental acid jazz group called Brothers International. The group came up with the Heavies name after signing their first record contract, borrowing from a liner note on a James Brown single declaring the artist "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk". 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. A single, "Got to Give", came out o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
