DCS are a British Asian

British Asian

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 live Bhangra band

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 formed in 1983. They are seen as one of the first bands of the UK Bhangra scene along with other bands such as Alaap headed by the legendary Channi Singh, Apna Sangeet, Heera, Shava Shava led by Nirmal Kumar Nirmal and many more. As well as Bhangra, DCS also perform in Hindi

Hindi

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 and English

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.

Discography

• "Teri Shaun" 1985 (Multitone Records)
• "Au Nach Lao" 1986 (EMI
  EMI
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  )
• "123 Go" 1986 (Mighty M Records)
• "Bhangra's Gonna Get You" 1988 (Multitone Records)
• "DCS O.U.1" 1992 (Multitone Records)
• "Doin It" 1994 (Multi/BMG Records)
• "Eat Ehythm" 1995 (Multi/BMG Records)
• "be with me" 1995? mainstream single
• "Punjabi Dance Nation" 1998 (Kamlee Records)
  • "Tenu Kaul Ke"
• "Desi Culture Shock" 2007 (Kamlee Records)
  • "Oh Jaan Meri Yah" (featuring Juggy D
    Juggy D
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    )
  • "Rab Ne Banaiyan"
  • "Pilade Pilade"
  • "Bothle Sharab Diye"

Impact on Bhangra

DCS are seen as the predecessors to and have influenced modern day bands such as B21 and many more. Shin is seen as one of the most prominent Bhangra vocalists from England.

DCS are also one of the most respected bands in the industry due to their lack of variation between their recordings as opposed to other live bands and their live performances and this may be one of the reasons why they have been performing till this day.

In 2005 DCS won "Best Group" at the UK Asian Music Awards

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. The award winners were: In 2008 Shin was awarded an "Outstanding Achievement" award at the UK Asian Music Awards

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 for his work with DCS.

See also

• List of bhangra bands
• B21
• Juggy D
  Juggy D
  Jagwinder Singh Dhaliwal, better known by his stage name, Juggy D, is a British Indian singer from Southall, London, England.-Music:...
  
  
• Gurdas Mann
• Channi Singh
  Channi Singh
  Channi Singh is the godfather of bhangra music in the Western World. Channi is the founder, lead singer, producer, director of Alaap. He came from Malerkotla, Punjab to the UK in 1975 and gradually started the popularity of Punjabi music among the Punjabi youth in the UK, forming the Alaap group in...
  
  
• Johnny Kalsi
  Johnny Kalsi
  Johnny Kalsi is a British Indian dhol drum performer residing in London. He rose to prominence as a former member of Transglobal Underground and the founder of the Dhol Foundation. He also performs with the Afro Celt Sound System and The Imagined Village....
  
  
• Dhol Foundation
  Dhol Foundation
  The Dhol Foundation is both a dhol drum institute in London and a musical group playing bhangra music. The dhol school was founded in 1989 by former Alaap member Johnny Kalsi when several musicians asked him to be their teacher, and a first album was released by Kalsi and his students in 2001...