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Years active
  
2011 (2011)–2015

Website
  
aziatix.com

Associated acts
  
Active until
  
2015

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Labels
  
ASTAR, Inc. (2011–present)Cash Money (2013–2014)

Past members
  
FlowsikEddie ShinNicky Lee

Albums
  
Aziatix, Top Of The World, Nocturnal, ELEKTRONIK (Remix By Enik Lin), Awakening

Genres
  
Rhythm and blues, Pop music, Soul music, Hip hop music

Members
  
Flowsik, Eddie Shin, Jiuzhe Li

Profiles

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Aziatix (stylized as AZIATIX) were an Asian-American music group. The individuals in the group were brought together by veteran producer Jae Chong. Since the group's inception, they have won "Best New Asian Artist Group" at the Mnet Asian Music Awards 2011, they've been featured in Newsweek Japan on January 2012 and the cover of Newsweek Korea on February 2012, and their latest album Awakening hit #1 U.S / Japan iTunes charts. The group has a strong international fanbase and has been gaining popularity, with their debut EP AZIATIX reaching #4 on U.S iTunes R&B/Soul charts. Aziatix has recently been signed to Cash Money Records in February 2013. CEO of Cash Money Records, Slim announced that Aziatix is a new artist in their record label at YMCMB's Annual Pre-Grammy Party celebrating the 55th Grammy Awards.

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They are also working with multiple Grammy award-winning producer RedOne on their upcoming album and shooting their new music video with Jeff Panzer. Aziatix was also recently mentioned on Billboardbiz where Cash Money Records' A&R representative, Joshua Berkman said "Aziatix represents a new worldwide focus for YMCMB."

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Musical career

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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.

Following the release of Aziatix's first full-length album Nocturnal in July 2011, the group performed in the U.S. for the first time at the Key Club in Los Angeles. 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."

Aziatix released the single and the music video for "Speed of Light" on April 17, 2012. They followed this with the release of a teaser for "Alright" on April 24, 2012.

On May 2, 2012, Aziatix released a new EP album, "Awakening" which debuted on iTunes U.S. R&B/Soul chart at number 1.

In 2013, Aziatix signed a record deal with music label Cash Money Records.

On December 31st, 2014, Aziatix announced their departure from Cash Money Records through their Facebook. The group stated that they made their decision due to the record label's continuous acts of postponing the group's activities and comeback.

On August 25th, 2015, Aziatix announced their disbandment. Their last ever album 'On Top Of The World' was also released, along with a special music video for the title track.

Tours

In October 2011, Aziatix toured Japan performing in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya. They again toured Japan in January 2012, this time performing at Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama.

In November 2011, Aziatix embarked on a 10 city, 12 stop US tour, performing in cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.

The group concluded their 2012 U.S. tour on April 1, 2012 with major stops in Seattle, Chicago, Washington DC, Dallas, Austin (SXSW) along with returning to New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Notable Achievements

  • Number 1 on Japan R&B/Soul Charts and #4 on U.S. R&B/Soul Charts.
  • Featured on AOL (first Asian-American group), Myspace, MSN and Windows Media music home pages.
  • "Artist of the Month" for September 2011 under Japan's biggest distributor, Tower Records.
  • Music videos for "Cold" and "Slippin' Away" both reached #1 for Blastro's Pop and R&B charts.
  • Won "Best New Asian Artist Group" at the Mnet Asian Music Awards 2011.
  • Best New Artist Award 2011 on Blastro for "Cold."
  • Featured in Newsweek Japan on January 2012.
  • Featured on the cover of Newsweek Korea on February 2012.
  • Number 1 on Channel V Pop Chart
  • Number 1 on Japan's R&B/Soul iTunes chart with their album, "Nocturnal (Deluxe Edition)."
  • Headlined at SXSW - Two showcases
  • Debuted at Number 1 on the U.S., Japan and Korea R&B/Soul iTunes chart with their album, "Awakening."
  • Songs

    Slippin' AwayNocturnal · 2011
    So IncredibleNocturnal · 2011
    Nothing Compares To YouNocturnal · 2011

    References

    Aziatix Wikipedia


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