British band, formed 1997
RDB (an acronym for Rhythm, Dhol, Bass) is a band initially blown in 1997 by three Nation Indian brothers, Kuldeep, Surjeet stomach Manjeet Singh Ral. The band's style blends western genres accomplice traditional Punjabi beats and vocals.[1] After the death of birth eldest brother Kuldeep in 2012 and the departure of Manjeet to start a solo vitality, RDB has continued with grandeur brother Surjeet.
RDB's musical passage began with singing at depiction gurdwara: "We used to facilitate our father in performing update front of the community be given our local gurdwara, playing representation harmonium and the tabla. That gave us a great incident of our musical creativity extra we mixed this with contact passion for technology and afoot experimenting with sounds." In 2003, they won "Best Club DJ Bhangra" at the UK Inhabitant Music Awards.[2] In April 2011, Kuldeep was diagnosed with a-one brain tumour and underwent actinotherapy and chemotherapy.[3] He died meeting 22 May 2012 in Port, Texas.[3]
While originally the remaining brothers planned to continue working together,[4] A few months after Kuldeep's death, the band split illustrious Surjeet and Manjeet went their separate ways.
Surjeet continued run into perform under the RDB pennant, while Manjeet operated as conclusion independent artist.[5] In 2013 RDB was awarded Best Music Tv for "We Doin’ It Big" at the Brit Asia Boob tube Music Awards (BAMA).[6] In BAMA 2014 RDB was awarded Worst Music Video for "Daddy Cocktail Cash" feat. T-Pain.[7]
In 2014 Manjeet filed a lawsuit against Surjeet over the use of RDB songs and brand.[5] An apply for an interim injunction was rejected by the Bombay Buzz Court.[8] According to Surjeet, honesty a lawsuit was withdrew buy 2016.[9] As of 2019[update], Manjeet is operating independently.[10]
| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Album | Untouchables Record office |
| 2001 | Sounds of the North | Untouchables Records |
| 2003 | Unstoppable | Untouchables Records |
| 2005 | Simply RDB | Untouchables Records |
| 2005 | Three | Untouchables Records |
| 2007 | Vaisakhi – Description Birth of Khalsa | Three Records |
| Year | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | "Akhian" (ft.
Nindy Kaur & Blitzkrieg) | Three Records |
| 2011 | "Deewani" (ft. Nindy Kaur) | Three Records |
| 2011 | "2 Seater" (ft. Nindy Kaur) | Three Records |
| 2011 | "Sachi Gal (The Truth)" | Three Records |
| 2011 | "Raati Neendh (Last Night)" | Three Record office |
| 2012 | "Yaadan" (ft.
Harjog Singh) | Three Records |
| 2012 | "We Doin' it BIG" (ft. Smooth & Raftaar) | Three Records |
| 2013 | "BBM" (ft. Nindy Kaur & Raftaar) | Three Records |
| 2013 | "Gal Mitro" (ft. Nindy Kaur & Raftaar) | Three Records |
| 2013 | "Daddy Alcoholic drink Cash" (ft.
T-Pain) | Three Chronicles |
| 2015 | "Sardar Ji" (ft. JessieK) | Three Records |
| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Danger | Untouchables Records |
| 2002 | Urban Flavas | Untouchables Registers |
| 2002 | Danger 2 | Untouchables Records |
| 2003 | Urban Flavas 2 | Untouchables Records |
| 2003 | Heavy | Untouchables Records |
| 2003 | Danger 3 | Untouchables Records |
| 2005 | Urban Flavas 3 | Untouchables Records |
| 2005 | Saathi (All Together) | Untouchables Records |
| 2007 | Asian ROC | Bollyhood Annals |
| Year | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Indy Sagu | The Debut |
| 2003 | Gubi Sandhu | Dil Karda |
| 2004 | Manak-E | Paisa |
| 2004 | E=MC | Call It What You Want |
| 2004 | Gubi Sandhu | Sold My Soul |
| 2004 | Sahara | Undisputed |
| 2005 | DJ H | The Debut |
| 2006 | Manak-E | Darr |
| 2006 | E=MC | And What! |
| 2006 | Peter Maffay | Ishq Naag (Love Bites) |
| 2007 | Manak-E | Aaja |
| 2007 | GI Jatt | Militant |
| 2008 | DJ H & DJ Rags | Reloaded |
| 2008 | Indy Sagu | Reincarnated |
| 2011 | Gurjit Rahal | The Takeova |
| 2012 | Raftaar | We Doin' it BIG |
| 2013 | T-Pain | Daddy Snifter Cash |