Dya Singh is the master musical interpreter of the traditional Sikh songs, the texts and more importantly also presenting this original material together with diverse influences from around the globe. Based in Australia, he is acknowledged as the most significant singer/musician in the world today of the Sikh mystical musical tradition, a form that originated in Punjab (now North India/Pakistan) but spread throughout the western World with the recent diaspora of Sikhs worldwide.
Originally from Malaysia, his father was a renowned Sikh spiritual minstrel and Dya learnt the Sikh songs and the art of singing beside his father in the Sikh ‘gurudwaras’ from the age of five onwards. He stopped singing publicly for almost fifteen years and in 1992 began again to present concerts in Australia. He turned fully professional in 1995 and his achievements in this time include the release of fourteen CDs and four cassettes as well as tours to USA, England, Canada, Singapore, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Singapore & Malaysia as well as all all around Australia.
Dya Singh has been one of Australia’s pioneers in the development of new Australian World music. A Dya Singh performance music is many things and moves as the mood requires... soothing, uplifting, exhilarating, hypnotic, informative with interaction and improvisation between the musicians and conveying the sense of joy that arises from creativity and spirituality meeting on stage. The music is transformational in that no matter what the context, the music is true to the traditional intention and captures the essential mystical quality that has inspired the Sikhs (and many others) for centuries. The critics are unanimous in their praise of his voice, his control over his material and his innovations and improvisational approach to the music.
Dya Singh has released fourteen CD’s and five cassettes since forming and they have been recorded by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on five occasions.
A Dya Singh concert is an inspiration experience. The music takes you by the heart , soothing in a meditational way and then uplifts with an array of glorious sounds compelling rhythms, blended instruments, drones, wonderful improvisations and a message in words and chants that speaks of tolerance, respect, fulfilment, love and the quest for universal harmony.
This is music that changes the World !
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