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Delta Heavy

{{short description|British electronic music duo}}

{{About|the musical duo|the rocket booster|Delta IV Heavy|the tour of the same name|Sasha & John Digweed present Delta Heavy}}

{{self-published|date=March 2019}}

{{EngvarB|date=October 2017}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Delta Heavy

| image = Delta Heavy, Beats for Love 2019 01.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Simon James from Delta Heavy performing at electronic music festival Beats for Love in 2019 (Ostrava, Czechia)

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| origin = London, England, UK

| genre = {{flat list|

| years_active = 2009–present

| label = {{flat list|

| website = {{Url|www.deltaheavy.co.uk/}}

| current_members = Ben Hall
Simon James

}}

Delta Heavy (often stylised as DELTΔ HEΔVY) are an English drum and bass production duo consisting of Ben Hall and Simon James. They found fame with their 2012 single "Get By", which entered the UK Indie Chart at number 30. The duo's debut album, Paradise Lost, was released on 18 March 2016 through RAM Records.

Career history

=2010–2014: Early beginnings and commercial breakthrough=

Delta Heavy first signed to Viper Recordings in 2009, and provided the songs "Galaxy" and "Abort" for two of the label's compilations. They were picked up by the prestigious drum and bass label RAM Records in 2010, and released their first two singles, "Space Time" and "Overkill" with them. Their debut extended play, Down the Rabbit Hole, was released in May 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.beatport.com/release/down-the-rabbit-hole/912897|title=Down the Rabbit Hole (RAM Records) :: Beatport|publisher=Beatport|date=27 May 2012}} It entered the UK Dance Chart at number 37.

=2014–present: ''Paradise Lost'' and ''Only in Dreams''=

On 2 November 2014, the group released the first single from their debut album, "Reborn". This was followed by "Ghost", released 17 July 2015. The song gained popularity due to its music video, which features an animated Clippit. The album's third single, "Punish My Love", features vocals from British singer Tanika, and was released 4 December 2015. The album's title and release date were announced on 14 January 2016; Paradise Lost was released on 18 March 2016. On 22 January, "City of Dreams" was released as an instant grat single for those who pre-ordered the album on iTunes.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} The album's fourth official single, "Oscillator", was released on 4 March, backed with "Fun House".{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} "White Flag VIP", a variation in production of album track "White Flag", was released on 26 May 2016, backed with "Arcadia".{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

In March 2019, Delta Heavy released their sophomore album, Only in Dreams, which includes collaborations with artists such as Zeds Dead, Modestep, Muzzy, and Kuuro.{{Cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/New-Album-From-Delta-Heavy-ONLY-IN-DREAMS-Out-Now-20190322 |title=New Album From Delta Heavy ONLY IN DREAMS Out Now |author=BWW News Desk |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en |access-date=2019-09-29}}

Discography

=Studio albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK Dance

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK Indie Breakers

scope="row"| Paradise Lost

|

  • Released: 18 March 2016
  • Label: RAM
  • Format: Digital download, CD{{cite web|url=https://ramrecords.com/shop/cd/rammlp26cd|title=RAMMLP26CD – Delta Heavy – Paradise Lost|work=RAM Records|date=18 March 2016}}{{sps|date=March 2019}} vinyl

| 15 || 13

scope="row"| Only in Dreams{{Cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/New-Album-From-Delta-Heavy-ONLY-IN-DREAMS-Out-Now-20190322 |title=New Album From Delta Heavy ONLY IN DREAMS Out Now |author=BWW News Desk |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en |access-date=2019-03-25}}

|

  • Released: 22 March 2019
  • Label: RAM
  • Format: Digital download

| 20 || —

scope="row"| Midnight Forever

|

  • Released: 23 August 2024{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/midnight-forever/1758795738 |title=Midnight Forever - Album by Delta Heavy |website=Apple Music |access-date=August 23, 2024}}
  • Label: RAM
  • Format: Digital download

| 3 || —

colspan="5" style="font-size:90%;"| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

=EPs=

class="wikitable"
YearExtended playLabel
2012Down the Rabbit Hole{{cite web|url=http://www.beatport.com/artist/delta-heavy/120466/tracks|title=Delta Heavy :: Tracks :: Beatport|publisher=Beatport|accessdate=1 November 2013}}RAM Records
2014Apollo{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}RAM Records
2023No Gravity{{cite web|url=https://www.deezer.com/en/album/400465747|title=No Gravity :: Tracks :: Deezer|publisher=Deezer|accessdate=11 July 2023}}Delta Heavy

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Single

! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
Dance
Peak positions for the Dance singles in the UK:

  • For "Get By": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/20120603/104/|title=Chart Archive > 9 June 2012|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=9 June 2012}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
Indie
Peak positions for the Indie singles in the UK:

  • For "Get By": {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20120603/130/|title=Chart Archive > 9 June 2012|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=9 June 2012}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
Indie
Breakers
Peak positions for the Indie Breakers singles in the UK:

  • For "Get By": {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-breakers-chart/20120603/254/|title=Chart Archive > 9 June 2012|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=9 June 2012}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NZ
Hot
{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2021-06-25|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=28 June 2021|access-date=26 June 2021}}

  • "Get Down Tonight": {{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2023-11-24|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=27 November 2023|access-date=25 November 2023}}
  • "Delta Heavy": {{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2024-01-19|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=22 January 2024|access-date=19 January 2024}}
  • "Punching Holes": {{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2024-03-15|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=18 March 2024|access-date=15 March 2024}}
  • "Bad Decisions": {{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2024-05-03|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=6 May 2024|access-date=3 May 2024}}
2010

! scope="row"| "Space Time" / "Take the Stairs"

| —

———

| rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}}

2011

! scope="row"| "Overkill" / "Hold Me"

| —

———
2012

! scope="row"| "Get By"

| 37

30102

| Down the Rabbit Hole EP

2013

! scope="row"| "Empire"

| —

———

| {{Non-album single}}

2014

! scope="row"| "Reborn"

| —

———

| rowspan="5"| Paradise Lost

rowspan="2"| 2015

! scope="row"| "Ghost" / "Tremors"

| —

———
scope="row"| "Punish My Love"

| — || — || — || —

rowspan="3"| 2016

! scope="row"| "Oscillator" / "Fun House"

| —

———
scope="row"| "White Flag"

| — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Kill Room" / "Bar Fight"

| — || — || — || —

| rowspan="7" {{Non-album singles}}

rowspan="4"| 2017

! scope="row"| "Kaleidoscope"

| —

———
scope="row"| "Gargantua"

| — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Stay"
{{small|(with Dirty Audio featuring HOLLY)}}

| — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Nobody But You"
{{small|(featuring Jem Cooke)}}

| — || — || — || —

rowspan="4"| 2018

! scope="row"| "I Need You"

| —

———
scope="row"| "Gravity"

| — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Exodus"

| — || — || — || —

| rowspan="5"| Only in Dreams

scope="row"| "Anarchy"
{{small|(with Everyone You Know)}}

| — || — || — || —

rowspan="3"| 2019

! scope="row"| "Lift You Up"
{{small|(with Zeds Dead)}}

| —

———
scope="row"| "Take Me Home"
{{small|(featuring Jem Cooke)}}

| — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Here with Me"
{{small|(featuring Modestep)}}

| — || — || — || —

rowspan="2"| 2020

! scope="row"| "Higher Ground"
{{small|(with Muzz featuring Cammie Robinson)}}

| —

———

| rowspan="5" {{Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Tormenta"
{{small|(with Kayzo)}}

| — || — || — || —

rowspan="2"| 2021

! scope="row"| "Feel"
{{small|(with Koven)}}

| —

——33
scope="row"| "Work It"

| — || — || — || —

rowspan="3"| 2022

! scope="row"| "Heartbeat"
{{small|(featuring DJ Rae)}}

| —

———
scope="row"| "Hydra"

| — || — || — || —

| rowspan="2"| No Gravity EP

scope="row"| "Ascend"

| — || — || — || —

2023

! scope="row"| "Get Down Tonight"
{{small|(with Hayley May)}}

| —

——21

| rowspan="4"| Midnight Forever

rowspan="3"| 2024

! scope="row"| "Ecstasy"

| —

——29
scope="row"| "Punching Holes"

| — || — || — || 24

scope="row"| "Bad Decisions"
{{small|(with Cameron Warren)}}

| — || — || — || 36

=Promotional singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Track

! scope="col"| Release

rowspan="2"| 2016

! scope="row"| "City of Dreams"

| rowspan="2"| Paradise Lost

scope="row"| "Paradise Lost"

=Other appearances=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Track

! scope="col"| Release

! scope="col"| Label

2009

! scope="row"| "Galaxy"

| Acts of Mad Men

| rowspan="2"| Viper Recordings

2010

! scope="row"| "Abort"

| The Headroom EP: Parts 3 & 4

2011

! scope="row"| "Minus"

| RAM 100

| rowspan="2"| RAM Records

2015

! scope="row"| "Apathy"

| RAMsterdam Drum & Bass 2015

=Remixes=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Song

! scope="col"| Artist

rowspan="4"| 2011

! scope="row"| "Street Dancer"

| Avicii

scope="row"| "Stay Awake"

| Example

scope="row"| "Hitz"

| Chase & Status featuring Tinie Tempah

scope="row"| "Quad Bikes"

| Mensah, Sukh Knight and Squarewave

rowspan="9"| 2012

! scope="row"| "Must Be the Feeling"

| Nero

scope="row"| "Flesh and Bone"

| Emalkay featuring Rod Azlan

scope="row"| "When the Rain Is Gone"

| Adam F

scope="row"| "Iron Deer Dream"

| Fixers

scope="row"| "Get By" (174 Mix)

| Delta Heavy

scope="row"| "I Used to Have It All"

| Maverick Sabre

scope="row"| "RIP"

| Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah

scope="row"| "I Love London"

| Crystal Fighters

scope="row"| "Crowd Control"

| Excision and Downlink

rowspan="2"| 2013

! scope="row"| "Here to Stay"

| Zomboy featuring Lady Chann

scope="row"| "Earthquake"

| DJ Fresh vs. Diplo featuring Dominique Young Unique

2014

! scope="row"| "Pushing On"

| Oliver $ & Jimi Jules

rowspan="5"| 2015

! scope="row"| "Turbine VIP"

| Delta Heavy

scope="row"| "Silverlined"

| XYconstant

scope="row"| "Deep Down Low"

| Valentino Khan

scope="row"| "+1"

| Martin Solveig featuring Sam White

scope="row"| "Punish My Love" (174 Mix)

| Delta Heavy

rowspan="4"| 2016

! scope="row"| "How Love Begins" (Delta Heavy's 2003 Remix)

| DJ Fresh and High Contrast featuring Dizzee Rascal

scope="row"| "Us"

| Kaskade & CID

scope="row"| "White Flag" (VIP Mix)

| rowspan="2"| Delta Heavy

scope="row"| "Punish My Love" (VIP Mix)
rowspan="2"| 2017

! scope="row"| "S.T.A.Y." (Delta Heavy Tribute)

| Hans Zimmer

scope="row"| "Lights Out"

| Zeds Dead featuring Atlas

rowspan="2"| 2020

! scope="row"| "Show Me the Light" (VIP Mix)

| Delta Heavy featuring Starling

scope="row"| "What's Done is Done"

| Seven Lions featuring HALIENE

Accolades and awards

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Organization

!Recipient(s)

!Category

!Result

2019

| International Dance Music Awards{{Cite web |url=https://www.magneticmag.com/2019/02/idma-2019-nominees-shaq-becoming-diesel-wmc-conversation-announced/ |title=IDMA 2019 Nominees, SHAQ "Becoming Diesel" WMC Conversation Announced |last=Magnetic |website=Magnetic Magazine |language=en-us |access-date=2019-06-28}}{{Citation |last=Billboard Charts |title=IDMA 2019 - Winners (33rd International Dance Music Awards) |date=29 March 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-SdAqUvGjE |access-date=30 June 2019}}

| Delta Heavy

| Best Male Artist (Drum and Bass)

| {{won}}

References

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External links

{{Commons category}}

  • [http://deltaheavy.co.uk/ Official website]

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