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The Brand New Heavies review – acid jazzers are as slick and funky as ever
While their hits from their 90s hip heyday are now more likely to be heard on Magic FM’s drive-time slot the band’s punchy melodies can still get the party started
The quartet’s blend of funk grooves, soulful vocals and thunderous basslines were on regular rotation from Hoxton’s Blue Note to Camden’s Dingwalls courtesy of DJs such as Gilles Peterson and Eddie Piller. Today, their hits Dream on Dreamer and Midnight at the Oasis are more likely to be regular picks for Magic FM’s drive-time slot, while their 11 albums have been released to lessening levels of fanfare, mostly leaving the group to be defined as pioneers of a bygone genre: acid jazz. Backed by the colossal London Concert Orchestra, original members guitarist Simon Bartholomew (adorned in a feather boa) and bassist Andrew Levy (sporting tight sequined trousers) and new vocalist Angela Ricci launch into a lively two-hour set.
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