Career
The Bilz (DJ Vicious and Master-D) released their debut album The Bilz in 2006. The biggest hit from the album was "2Step Bhangra" that was on heavy rotation on Quebec radio stations and MusiquePlus specialty cable music channel in Quebec. Other notable hits from the album included "O Meri Rani" and "Mere Khyalon Mein". Very notably seven of the thirteen songs on the album, included vocals from Kashif a Canadian R&B musician of Pakistani origin musician. Kashif had been a member in the popular French-Canadian Quebec boy band, InMotion, that had produced hits such as "Sauve-Moi" (a #1 hit in Quebec for the band, written by Kashif) and "Où? Quand? Comment?" (a hit co-written by Kashif)
Their second album titled Breaking Barriers is credited to The Bilz and Kashif, the new adopted name of the band. The album was released on May 24, 2010. The album includes the hits "Against All Odds", "Heer Ranja", "On the Dancefloor", "Single", "Tera Nasha" and the charity single "One Voice".
Besides the band's popularity and success in Canada, it has been successful internationally after having toured Europe in 2009 and 2010. In 2011, the band made a big tour including United States, Central and Latin America. They were joined in part of their tour with Montreal drummer Ryan Stevenson. They also took part in Toronto's DesiFest 2011 as a main act. The Bilz & Kashif have also headlined the Canadian Music Week's "Spotlight on India" on March 12, 2010.
The third album, Trinity is scheduled for release on April 23, 2013, with "Tere Nainon Mein" as the first track released as a single.
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