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 around Australia.

Dya still returns regularly to his native Malaysia to sing in the Gurudwaras (Sikh Temple) and has been invited several times to Singapore to teach Sikh youth choirs and conduct masterclasses. He is currently writing a book on the traditions and practices of Sikh music and the use of raags (scales) in Sikh music. In his own words, he wants to “de-mystify Sikh mystical music.”

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.

While there are many common threads between Sikh music and Indian music as a whole there are also some definite breaks in the fabric. Sikhism is a unique monotheistic religion that holds as its central tenets that “God” is Universal Truth. The devotional music springs from the melodic and also very rhythmic music that has for centuries been played in the temples (gurudwaras). Much of the music comes from a folk rather than classical base and utilises popular structures of repetition, beat, verse-chorus and improvisation over melodies. As much of the material comes from the Sikh scriptures it is very accessible, the emphasis is on the words, the song and the communication of the meaning.

His World Music group has appeared at major Australian Arts Festivals, Folk Festivals, Music Festivals and special events and he has been voted South Australia's leading musician several times as well as leading male Australian World Music artist in 2000.

The group has combined the entrancing and hypnotic spiritual music of the Sikh's (Punjabi based) with a variety of influences taking North Indian music as a starting point but travelling on a mystical journey through to Ireland, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, Middle East Malaysia, Vietnam and back to Australia, the oldest continent on Earth. It is a unique experiment that could only have happened in Australia and Dya Singh is regarded as one of Australia's greatest examples of the dynamics of multiculturalism in music at its best.

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!

• “In the space of two hours, Dya Singh's material ranged from incantations to Punjabi folk songs, meditations, Sikh hymns, ragas, qawwali singing and Asian classical music. The talent of the performers, the range of the music they played, the deep spirituality which infused their performance, all made this a memorable evening.” - Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning Herald
• “The music will make you want to get up and dance...the message will make you sit down and listen.” - Adelaide Ray, New Age magazine
• “Dya Singh's incredible voice amazed me...at times quietly sensitive, at others overwhelmingly powerful..and always with the purest of melody.” - Barbara Roberts, InFOLKus magazine
• “They create an entirely original genre of World music... It fuelled the audience for their frenzied calls for encore and final endless standing ovation to which the performers humbly responded.” - Helen Rusack, Synapse Magazine, Multicultural Arts Trust of South Australia
• “A voyage into the heart” - Yoga Links
• “Their show at Club Aman filled every seat and heart with pure clear voices that sang of love, peace and hope.” - Aneesa Alphonsos, New Straits Times (Malaysia)
• “A unique blend of mystical North Indian music with Western Folk & blues that has captivated everyone who has heard it.” - Singapore Arts Festival