The Far East Movement, or FM, is an electro/pop/hip-hop quartet of Asian Americans based out of Koreatown in Los Angeles. The group consists of Kev-Nish, Prohgress, J-Splif and DJ Virman.http://www.kentucky.com/2010/11/12/1521854/far-east-movement-formed-in-2003.html The Far East Movement considers their music to be "genre-less" and says it embodies their culture, lifestyle and fashion.http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2009247833_zmus22fareast.html They are motivated by their desire to show the world that Asian Americans can perform just as well as other ethnicities in the mainstream music scene. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2010/10/12/2010-10-12_bruno_mars_far_east_movement_lead_asianamerican_pop_music_wave_taking_over_the_b.htmlThey proved it to the world when Far East Movement was declared the first Asian-American group to hit top 10 on the Billboard charts. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2010/10/12/2010-10-12_bruno_mars_far_east_movement_lead_asianamerican_pop_music_wave_taking_over_the_b.html

In 2009, the Far East Movement launched their high profile career when they performed at L.A.'s Powerhouse 106 concert with big names such as Kid Cudi, Jay-Z, Sean Paul, The Black Eyed Peas, Flo Rida, Pitbull, LMFAO and Lil Jon. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1617947/20090810/jay_z.jhtml Their label also manages Lady GaGa, so FM performed the opening acts at her Monsterball Tour in Japan in early 2010. http://www.ladygaga.com/events/default.aspx?arch=arch&pg=2Their song "Like a G6" reached number one on Billboard's Top 100 and on iTunes in October, 2010. http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100#/charts/hot-100?chartDate=2010-10-30Some of their other songs, "Girls on the Dancefloor", "Rocketeer" and "Go Ape" are also popular.

J-Splif (James Roh), Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura) and Prohgress (Jae Choung) met in high school back in the early 2000s in Los Angeles. They self recorded their first album Folk Music in 2003 and the song "Round Round" appeared on The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/far_east_movement/artist.jhtml#biographyEnd For the next few years they put out a couple more albums and performed in small venues, on college campuses and for non-profit organizations. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/11/behind-koreatowns-far-east-movement-a-deep-history.html One of their first concerts was a benefit called "Movementality" with all proceeds going to a local youth drug rehabilitation center in Los Angeles.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/12/far-east-movement-hits-the-dance-floor.html In 2008, DJ Virman joined the Far East Movement after he left the Power 106 radio station in Los Angeles. http://www.billboard.com/news/cali-s-far-east-movement-rockets-up-hot-1004113957.story#/news/cali-s-far-east-movement-rockets-up-hot-1004113957.story Since then, their music has also been featured on CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Entourage and Gossip Girl.

The Far East Movement was signed to Cherrytree/Interscope Records in 2010 and they hit the Billboard Top 100 with their album Free Wired in the same year.

• Audio-Bio (2003)
• Folk Music (2006)
• Animal (2008)
• Free Wired (2010)

• "You've Got a Friend" ft. Baby Bash and Lil Rob (2006)
• "Low Ridin'" (2007)
• "Fetish" (2009)
• "2 is better" ft. Lil Eddie and Ya Boy (2009)
• "Girls on the Dancefloor" ft. Stereotypes (2009)
• "Like a G6" ft. The Cataracts and Dev (2010)
• "Go Ape" ft Lil Jon and Collette Car (2010)
• "Rockateer" ft. Ryan Tedder (2010)