Aziatix
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Aziatix is an Asian-American music group composed of Eddie Shin, Flowsik, and Nicky Lee. The individuals in the group were brought together by veteran producer Jae Chong
Jae Chong
Jae Chong is a musician and producer known for his works in the Asian music scene. He has written and produced for many artists such as LA BOYZ, Stanley Huang, and more recently Aziatix.- Career :...

. The group has a strong international fanbase and has been gaining popularity in the U.S., with their debut album AZIATIX reaching #4 on the United States iTunes R&B/soul chart and #1 on Korea and Taiwan’s music charts.

Musical Career

The group formed in 2010, with producer Jae Chong bringing Nicky Lee, Flowsik, and Eddie Shin together (all pursuing their individual careers at the time). Aziatix released their first single "Go" in March 2011 and their self-titled EP Aziatix in May 2011, which reached #4 on the iTunes R&B Music Charts.

Following the release of Aziatix's debut album Nocturnal in July 2011, the group performed in the U.S. for the first time at the Key Club in Los Angeles
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. In November 2011, the group returned to the U.S. for their first official tour. During this time, Aziatix also released music videos for their tracks "Go," "Slippin' Away," "A Game," "Be With You (Rock Mix)," and "Cold."

Tours

Aziatix embarked on a 2011 US tour with stops in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.

Flowsik

Flowsik is the rapper of Aziatix. He was born and raised in Queens, NY and has been rapping since he was 15, with his influences being rappers such as Tupac and Jay-Z. He has worked with other artists such as rapper Ice-T
ICE-T
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 (with whom he recorded "Hate") and K-Pop group JYJ
JYJ
JYJ is a three-member pop group, formed by three members of the South Korean boyband TVXQ: Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu. Their group name is taken from the first letters of each members' names....

. He was also mentored and co-signed by Ice-T.

Eddie Shin

Eddie Shin (singer, songwriter) was born in Boston, MA. He has been writing songs since he was 16 and studied music at NYU; his vocals have a strong R&B influence. He launched a solo career from 2005 - 2009, starting with his self-produced album Just My Way and eventually releasing 3 singles including "Over." He has also written and composed songs for Lyn
Lyn (singer)
Lee Se-jin is a K-pop singer known professionally as Lyn. She has release 5 successful albums to date.- Career :Lyn was first scouted by an agency because of her voice and from there, she first made her debut under her real name, Lee Se-jin, and released an album. The album sold poorly and was...

, Ivy
Ivy (singer)
Ivy is a South Korean singer, model and occasional actress.- 2005: Debut :A former JYPE trainee, Ivy first appeared in Lee Soo Young's music video "Holding onto the Flowers" in 2001. She officially debuted as a singer in 2005 with the single "What Happened Tonight"...

, Wheesung
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, and Soulstar
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. For South Korea's G20 Summit
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, he co-wrote/produced and vocal directed the song "Let's Go," featuring artists such as Seohyun
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 (SNSD), Jun-hyung (Beast), and Junsu (2PM
2PM
2PM is a South Korean boy band, originally a seven-member group, but currently consisting of six members due to the sudden contract termination of leader Jaebeom following an Internet controversy in September 2009. They are managed by JYP Entertainment...

).

Nicky Lee

Nicky Lee was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He is recognized as an accomplished R&B/Soul Korean male vocalist with five solo albums released. He earned the title of “Best Male Singer” at the Golden Melody Awards (Mandarin Pop Music Awards) in 2007. His music has been used in the movie The Forbidden Kingdom that starred international actors Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Nicky is also developing his acting career, and appeared in the movie “Mulan.”

Notable Achievements

  • Featured on AOL
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     (first Asian-American group), Myspace
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    , MSN
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     and Windows Media music home pages.
  • "Artist of the Month" for September 2011 under Japan's biggest distributor, Tower Records
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    .
  • Nocturnal debuted in the top 10 for the R&B/Soul iTunes charts.
  • Music videos for "Cold" and "Slippin' Away" both reached #1 for Blastro
    Blastro
    Launched in 2000 by Blastro Networks in Austin, TX, Blastro.com is a music video programming company. Now with a catalog of over 5,000 Hip-Hop, R&B, Pop, Latin and Dance videos, Blastro offers music videos, original content and industry news....

    's Pop and R&B charts.
  • Aziatix EP reached #4 on the iTunes R&B Music Charts.

Discography

ALBUMS
Album# Title Track List
1st
COLD
  • Released Date : May 17th, 2011
  • Language : English
  • Genre : R&B / Soul / Hip Hop
  1. Go
  2. Cold
  3. Whatchu Know About Us
  4. Another Day
  5. Start It Again
2nd
NOCTURNAL
  • Released Date : July 27th, 2011
  • Langugae : English
  • Genre : R&B / Soul / Hip Hop
  1. Intro
  2. Slippin' Away
  3. Superstar
  4. Whatcha Know About Us
  5. A Game
  6. Cold
  7. Be With You
  8. Start It Again
  9. Another Day
  10. Go
  11. Say Yeah


Special Released
Song Title
  • Be With You (Rock Mix)
  • Cold (Fraktal Blazin' Remix)
  • Flowsik (Aziatix) - Next Up

External links

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