Who is part of RDB? How many members does your group have?

RDB consists of 3 brothers, and now a new addition is my wife Nindy Kaur, who is the official female vocalist of the group. You can class her as the Fergie of RDB like black eyed peas.

How and when did you all come together to form a bhangra group? Who came up with the name of the group RDB? What does RDB stand for?

Approximately 9 years ago, started as wedding DJs and then went on to pursue production, and now singing. The RDB name was a mix of R'n'B and switched the N with a "D" for DHOL, so it’s Rhythm/Dhol/Bass.

The UK has its own music culture, seems like bhangra is a very popular form of music there; tell us why people are fascinated with this form of music beats?

The UK Bhangra scene is huge; UK producers have successfully mixed eastern and western style music. I suppose this is because they are the 4th generation of Desis in the UK, so they're becoming more and more clever with what they produce. They've learned to integrate both European House beats with Bhangra beats to create a new form of music.

With over a 100,000 copies of your albums sold, tell us what does the future hold for RDB? Where do you guys see yourselves in the next 5-10 years?

I see us producing for big Bollywood soundtracks as well as working with mainstream artists. We just keep pushing our music in every genre. We like to challenge ourselves as musicians and producers, and create new sounds.

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RDB recently had an opportunity to make music for Bollywood, has that helped a lot in promoting your band? Are you planning to do any other Bollywood numbers?

It’s been a HUGE boost for us as the songs we have done have been featured in major films with huge budgets and big actors rather than doing a bunch of C grade films and trying to work up. This has been the reason that we've been asked by the producers as well as the actors to perform with them on several big platforms. We are going to be doing several new tracks in Bollywood in 2009. We will also be releasing our next album RDB WORLD in 2009.

Tell us where you guys have performed so far? Any chances of performing in the US anytime soon?

Everywhere! (laughs), from one side of the world to the other; and the US is a big market so we're there quite often, so you will see us there very soon.

Have you performed in Pakistan before? How was that experience ?

Many times, we love it, great crowd and awesome place. We've performed for all kinds of events, from a crowd of 30,000 people to private event for only 3000, such as for the commissioner of Pakistan. We had a sold out show in the famous Qadafi Stadium in Lahore. It was a truly memorable event for us.

Is there any particular Pakistani act that you admire?

JAL is very cool, Ali Zafar and Shazia Manzoor both have superb voices, Rahat Ali Khan makes amazingly graceful music… there are just so many, I can go on and on.

What are the biggest challenges when performing in front of a live audience?

Not to trip up and fall over, it looks really bad if you do. We just try to be ourselves on stage and vibe with the crowd; it’s the best way to do it. The worst thing is if you're not interacting with the crowd. The crowd needs an entertainer, not just a good vocalist.

Are you working on any new albums or projects? If so, tell us about them and when they are expected to hit markets?

RDB’s new album is coming out very soon, so keep your fingers crossed! Also, Nindy Kaur’s debut album will be out early 2009, and a host of Bollywood projects coming next year as well.

Lastly, your message to the readers of The Saturday Post:

Well, firstly I would like to thank the Post for this interview, and for the fans, we love you guys and appreciate everything you guys do...thanks for the support and spread the word about RDB, much love thanks.