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Members Kevin Nishimura (Kev Nish), James Roh (Prohgress) and Jae Choung (J-Splif), became strong compadres during high school through a shared passion for music. The trio began playing together and later promoting their music online and performing at a number of clubs and events in the Los Angeles area under the moniker Emcees Anonymous. The name soon changed to the Far East Movement and by 2005 the group released their debut mixtape “Audio-Bio”. Far East Movement’s debut full-length arrived in early 2006, featuring the single “Round Round”, which became popular through its use on the soundtrack to “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift”.
Thanks to this exposure the group were able to pursue music full time and led to their sophomore album “Animal” in 2008, which marked the arrival of DJ Virman to the group. The album spawned the singles “You’ve Got a Friend”, “Lowridin”, and “Girls On The Dance Floor” and featured collaborations with notable artists including Baby Bash, Bruno Mars and Wiz Khalifa. With the accessible and upbeat combination pop and hip hop influences, the group’s music found its way on to a number of TV and film soundtracks including “Get Him to the Greek”, “So You Thing You Can Dance” and "Gossip Girl".
In 2009 Far East Movement appeared at L.A.’s Powerhouse 106 concert alongside esteemed hip hop artists Jay-Z, Kid Cudi and Sean Paul among many others. A year later the group signed with major label Cherrytree Records, an offshoot of Interscope, who organised supporting slots for Robyn and Kelis, and released their third full-length album “Free Wired in 2010. The album features appearances from Bruno Mars, Lil Jon and Snoop Dog and reached No. 24 on the Billboard 200.
Following supporting slots on tours for Rihanna and Lil Wayne and a headlining tour of their own, Far East Movement released their fourth studio album “Dirty Bass” in 2012. The album was led by the singles “Jello” and “Live My Life”, the latter of which features notable vocals from Justin Bieber.
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Far East Movement put on a show! Their intro. consists of a countdown and when it gets down to one, they use Daft Punk’s “One More Time” as each member of the group comes out wearing a headpieces, like an astronaut’s helmet or a large teddy bear. As each headpiece comes off to reveal the person underneath, they all start to really hype up the crowd. The music then immediately (and seamlessly) transitions into one of their songs.
This was my experience when I saw Far East Movement for the first time at my University’s annual Heat music festival. From the moment the music started playing, they maintained the high energy throughout the entire 8 song set. It was almost like a challenge to the crowd, who got riled up, giving off as much energy as they were given. J Splif was the first to address the audience after their first few songs, the first of a good amount of banter between the members. At this point I didn’t really know many of their songs, but I was the odd one out, because most of the crowd knew all the words to the songs and sang along.
I really don’t think I’ve been to a more energetic show, and this was before “Rocketeer” blew up on the airways. Now that I do know more of their music, I definitely want to see them again!
Ellinoinsta
Far East Movement may seem like a fairly new band due to them only experiencing major commercial breakthrough in the past few years yet those who have followed this Asian-American group from the beginning will know their history spans back to 2003 when the members met in high school in Los Angeles. Four albums and a handful of hits in the discography means the group has always performed with an air of confidence and even before their careers hit the big time it was noted Kev Nish to be a naturally gifted frontman.
The lighting and sound have been enhanced tonight for the enjoyment of the crowd and it all goes off perfectly and on time as the group rolls through a setlist featuring tracks including 'Rocketeer' and 'Live My Life'. Frequent touring vocalist Mary Jane is on hand to perform the group's collaborative tracks including 'Turn Up the Love' and 'Round Round' whilst the trio pay more attention to making sure the crowd is suitably hyped up and entertained for the finale of 'Like A G6' which features huge singalong from their fast recruited backing singers. They wave their goodbyes as the crowd cheers on at high levels as they disappear behind stage.
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