Ming and Ping
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Biography
Ming & Ping are an American electronic pop band from San Francisco, California. The group consists of Hong-Kong born identical twin brothers Ming and Ping (last names unknown) and their producer/creative director Bao Vo. The band was formed in 2002 in San Francisco, California and released their first full length album in 2004 entitled "mingping.com" with Chicago indie label Omega Point Records.Ming & Ping has gained a following largely from their songs appearing in snowboarding films and other sports film, television, and promotional spots from major companies like Bombardier Ski-Doo, Transworld Snowboarding
Transworld Snowboarding
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, Oakley
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, Alliance Wakeboard, Mack Dawg Productions (MDP), among others.
The group is also known for their visual art, costumes, and theatrical live performances that are primarily directed by artist Bao Vo, whose collaboration with other artists has yielded a large portfolio of photography, illustrations, videos, and costumes that is uncommon for independent musical acts. Vo is also responsible for assembling the brothers as a musical act and the supporting cast for their Cantonese Opera
Cantonese opera
Cantonese opera is one of the major categories in Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Cantonese culture. It is popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Malaysia. Like all versions of Chinese opera, it is a traditional Chinese art form, involving music, singing,...
inspired live performances known as "The Ming & Ping Dynasty."
Interest in the group is aided by many rumors that both twins are in fact the same performer. However, due to their rare public appearances, these rumors remain unconfirmed.
Full-length albums
- mingping.com (2004, Omega Point Records)
- MP2 (2005, Omega Point Records)
- Causeway Army (2007, Bao Vo Creative)
- Ming & Ping (August 2009, Bao Vo Creative)
Other albums
- Ming & Ping Live Vol.1 (2006, Bao Vo Creative) - recorded at a September 2006 show at the Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, California.
Featured songs
- Sleep Now was featured in Oakley's wakeboarding film "Push Process" from 1242 Productions, November 2007.
- Beautiful Things was featured in the 2007 snowboarding film "Picture This" by Mack Dawg Productions (MDP)
- Dream of Pop (a short clip of the song) was featured in the 2007 snowboarding film "We're People Too" by Mack Dawg Productions (MDP)
- The Bluest Grey and Shenzhen Speed were featured in the Transworld Snowboarding 2005 Team Challenge DVD (November 2005 issue)
- Highrise Dragonflies Demo was featured in a 2006 Park City Mountain Resorts promotional DVD
- Spacey March Demo and Legend Demo are featured in Mack Dawg Productions' 2006 "People" Snowboarding DVD
- Delete was featured in Mack Dawg Productions for Ski-Doo Snowmobiles "Ski-Doo Freestyle" promotional video in 2006
- Delete was also featured in Some Kinda Life snowboarding film (2005, Neoproto Films)
- A.I., in remixed form, appears in Synthphony Records' REMIXed! Vol.#5 CD
- Shenzhen Speed was featured in Alliance Wakeboarding's Innuendo DVD (2006)
- Love, Jealousy, A Little Different, and Metallic Whispers used in different promotional videos for Snow SummitSnow SummitSnow Summit is a ski resort that was established in 1952 and is in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California. It is located by Big Bear Lake along with its sister resort Bear Mountain; these two resorts which operate under the same management are collectively known as Big Bear Mountain...
Inc (Big Bear Resorts) from 2005 to 2006 - Mission Control was featured in the snowboarding film As If! by Misschief Films (2006)
- Midnight on the Bridge was featured in the skiing/snowboarding film Witness by Ohio Freestyle and Kyle Decker (2006)
- Sofia (Ming & Ping Remix) is a remix of West Indian Girl's "Sofia" and appears on "4th On the Floor - West Indian Girl Remixes, Vol. 2" (2009, Smash Hit Music Co.)
- Thought Balloon (Ming & Ping Rethink) is a remix of Freezepop's "Thought Balloon" and appears on "Form Activity Motion" (2008, Freezepop)