Instruments Vocalspercussion Associated acts The Brand New Heavies | Years active 1993–present Website www.sulenefleming.com | |
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Born January 25, 1978 (age 39) ( 1978-01-25 ) Occupation(s) SingerSongwriterProducer Similar Ian Dury, Mel Croucher, Ted Pearce | ||
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Sulene Fleming, (born January 25, 1978) is a British singer, recording artist and songwriter, best known as lead vocalist for the UK acid jazz/funk band the Brand New Heavies. She is known for her soulful vocals.
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Biography
Sulene Fleming started singing at an early age, discovering diverse music styles (reggae, Ska, Jazz, soul and funk) in the record collection from her mother. Her main influence at an early age was the vocal style of George Benson. From age 15 she started performing with several local bands in Bradford/Yorkshire, singing lead and background vocals. Later She was making regular appearances with several international bands and solo artists touring in the UK like Bernard Purdie, Reuben Wilson, Larry Graham, Kelly Rowland and Gilles Peterson.
These live gigs led to studio work working with Stargate Productionsin 1998. She sessioned with this production firm for 2 years recording in Trondheim Norway. She also did vocal sessions on compilations and albums for Soulheat Records, Cooker Records, and Lounge Records. Sulene Fleming also contributed vocal work for the acid jazz band incognito.
Her songwriting work can be found on projects like Craig charles, The New Mastersounds and Vangelder/Fleming.
In 2016 she performed live, toured and worked in the studio with funkbands The Fantastics and the Newmastersounds.
Fleming has been touring with the Brand New Heavies in 2016. The band toured with N'Dea Davenport in the states, and for the European leg of the tour they worked with Sulene Fleming as their lead singer. They toured in the UK, Spain, Holland, Sweden, Germany, Serbia and Japan.