Goldkartz (sometimes stylised GoldKartz) is a

Malaysian Indian Malaysian Indians or Indian Malaysians are Malaysian citizens of Indian or South Asian ancestry. Today, they form the third-largest group in Malaysia after the Malays and the Chinese. Most are descendants of those who migrated from India durin ...

music duo consisting of two

Sikh Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism, Sikhism (Sikhi), a Monotheism, monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Gu ...

brothers - Manjit Singh Gill and Sukhjit Singh Gill. They make Punjabi-inspired

dance music Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded danc ...

. They have been called "the first serious attempt by a Southeast Asian bhangra recording act to cross over to foreign markets".

History

Goldkartz's first album, ''Loaded'', was released in 2008 and had some success in Malaysia. In 2010, they began working on their second album ''24 Karaatz''.

Rosmah Mansor Rosmah binti Mansor ( Jawi: روسمه بنت منصور; born 10 December 1951) is the second wife of former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak. Like her husband, she became implicated in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal. On 1 S ...

, the wife of Malaysian Prime Minister

Najib Razak Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak ( ms, محمد نجيب بن عبد الرزاق, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th prime minister of Malaysi ...

, helped in its release. ''24 Karaatz'' was released in 2011 in Malaysia and in the USA, the UK, Europe, Canada and India.

Reception

They have received critical acclaim for their music. Goldkartz's first album ''Loaded'' was the first bhangra album to be recorded and made completely in

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

and received that distinction in the

Malaysian Book of Records The Malaysia Book of Records (or MBR) is a Malaysian project to publish records set or broken by Malaysians. The project complements Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad's ' Malaysia Boleh!' (''Malaysia Can!'' in English) campaign. As with th ...

Discography

* ''Loaded'' (2008) * ''24 Karaatz'' (2011)

References

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External links

Official website
Malaysian world music groups Bhangra (music) musical groups Indian-Malaysian culture Desi musical groups Performers of Sikh music Musical groups established in 2008