Gurcharan Mall BEM (British Empire Medal). CEO (51 Golden years in promoting Bhangra music worldwide) Ambassador, 67 years old. Now widely known as “Dhol King G Mall”, is one of the most prolific musical personalities in the Bhangra industry anywhere in the world since 1968. His talent, achievements and persona epitomise the core roots of Bhangra. Having been a key part of the birth of Bhangra music industry in the western world and given his soul to the movement, King G Mall is widely known as the first pioneer of making the Dhol drum popular around the world, with his previously bubbly unseen style of playing.
He symbolises the music genre like no other musician of his generation. He’s commonly referred to as the ‘King of Dhol’, ‘Godfather of world Dhol players’, ‘Ambassador of Dhol’, ‘Foundation of Dhol in UK’ and World’s most entertaining Dhol player.1971 He went on to form his first singing group ‘The Nadaans’, He continued to develop his skills as both Dholki player with singing bands & Dhol player with Bhangra dancers. He joined Bhangra dancing teams – ‘Trangha group’
Birmingham who won many awards; next ‘Punjab Group’ Wolverhampton. Always Demanding perfection he realised that he needed to form his own team of Bhangra Dancers. He formed his first team ‘Nachdey Sitira’ Male/Female students at Aston University, second team ‘Nachdey Hasdey’ and third team ‘Nachda Sansaar’ also Dhol team ‘Dhol Blasters’. They quickly developed a reputation that won them many awards. in between the dancing teams Gurcharan & 3 other members formed “Apna Sangeet”.
He has even gained recognition and was called King of the Dhol drum by from Her Majesty the Queen for his work with “Dhol Blasters” on her Majesty’s Golden jubilee at the Symphony hall, Birmingham.He has Produced two educational DVDs “Easy way to learn Dhol drum & Bhangra dance”. And another DVD how to keep fit & healthy “Bhangra Aerobics” and song with 4 Non-Asian artists from 4 different Countries singing in Punjabi. G mall has won many awards and has also appeared on many popularnational mainstream TV shows.
Balwinder Bhatti has released two solo albums ‘Gadian Te Gallan and ‘Another day in the office’. The name signifies many hours, days and years that he has put into the Bhangra industry, working with bands like Ekta Group, Toofan Group, Band Baja Boys 2 Fusion and Jassi Sidhu. He has also featured on PBN’s hit track ‘Fitteh Moo’
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