Sulene Fleming

Sulene Fleming
Sulene Fleming
Background information
Born	(1978-01-25) January 25, 1978
Origin	Bradford, United Kingdom
Genres	Acid jazz funk soul hip hop dance
Occupation(s)	Singer Songwriter Producer
Instruments	Vocals percussion
Years active	1993–present
Associated acts	The Brand New Heavies
Website	www.sulenefleming.com

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.

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.^[1] 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.^[2] Sulene Fleming also contributed vocal work for the acid jazz band incognito.^[3]

Her songwriting work can be found on projects like Craig charles,^[4] The New Mastersounds^[5] and Vangelder/Fleming.^[6]

In 2016 she performed live, toured and worked in the studio with funkbands The Fantastics^[7] and the Newmastersounds.^[8]

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.^[9] They toured in the UK, Spain, Holland, Sweden, Germany and Serbia.

Discography

Van Gelder-Fleming – "Loveland (Remixes) - EP" (2015)
Van Gelder-Fleming – "You Gotta Get On Up (Remixes) - EP" (2015)
Soul Funk Secret – " City Live - EP" (2015)
Soul Funk Secret – " Bright Sunshine - Single" (2014)
Real Side Records present: – "Album: Soul On The Real Side Vol.3 " (2013)
Craig Charles – "Album : The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club" (2012)
T-Roy – A new love - Single" (2012)
The Fantastics feat; Sulene Fleming – " All the people - Album" (2011)
The Fantastics feat; Sulene Fleming – " Cold Case - Single" (2011)
The Fantastics feat; Sulene Fleming – " Somewhere Finally - Single" (2011)
Newmastersounds – "Getback,Can't Hold me down" (2003)

References

↑ Empire radio magazine. "interview with Sulene Fleming". Youtube interview. Empire Radio magazine on youtube. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
↑ Soudcloud. "Sulene Fleming". Soundcloud. Soundcloud. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
↑ Incognito. "In search of better days". Discogs. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
↑ Craig Charles. "Craig Charles". Band on the wall. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
↑ The new masttersounds. "new mastersounds". The new mastersounds. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
↑ Soulbrother. "Van Gelder/Fleming". Soulbrother website. soulbrother. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
↑ freestyle records. "The fantastics fet Sulene Fleming". freestyle records. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
↑ Youtube Performance Mastersounds with Sulene Fleming. "youtube". youtube. youtube. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
↑ live Performance. "Sulene Fleming With BNH". Youtube. Youtube. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

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