The 2011 International Secret Agents (ISA) Concert Tour is kicking off in Seattle on Sunday, July 31, 2011 and will highlight hit musical and performing artists: Far East Movement, i.aM.mE Crew (America’s Best Dance Crew Season 6 Champions), David Choi, and New Heights (Rising Seattle band), Victor Kim, and Wong Fu Productions. You never know who might drop in for the concert. Hosting the event will be Cathy Nguyen, Ryan Higa, and KevJumba. (You might see some Nice Guys action. The channelAPA.com crew caught Ryan Higa & Kevin Wu backstage at 2010 ISA NY)

It’s the first time that ISA had hit the Pacific Northwest. Past concerts have taken place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. For the first time ever, coordinators have chosen Seattle as a launching pad – solidifying the Emerald City is an up-and-coming entertainment hub for the American Northwest and Vancouver, BC. This event is expected to sell out the Showbox SODO (capacity 1,800) and attract attendees from Washington State and the surrounding region. Backstage & VIP Passes have already sold out. Hurry before general admission tickets are sold out. Get your tickets here.

Here’s the details on 2011 ISA SEATTLE

Sunday, July 31
Showbox SoDo
1700 1st Ave S.
Seattle, WA 91834

Doors open 6pm
Show starts 7pm

If you can’t make it out or can’t get tickets, you can meet the entire ISA Team (FM, Wong Fu, Kevin, and Ryan!) on Monday, August 1, 2011 (the day after the concert). Here’s the details:

Verizon Wireless Renton Store
960 Park Ave N. Suite C
Renton, WA 98057
425-430-4221
Meet & Greet: 2pm – 4pm

2011 International Secret Agents (ISA) Concert in Seattle

Hey Seattle, you’ve got a great event coming your way in May, the 2011 Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Bash. The event is a grand finale to APA Heritage Month and will feature Kollaboration Seattle musical artists: kings, New Heights, and Sam Shin as well as honor the Asian American leaders in the Puget Sound area. Last year’s guests included local cultural leaders, professionals, representatives from entertainment and non-profit groups. The event is highlighted as a night of appreciation for APA contributions and accomplishments. This year, industry leaders will be recognized in the following award categories: The Advocate, The Innovator and The Motivator of the year. Additionally, the 2011 APA Heritage Bash has partnered with Kollaboration Seattle, a non-profit organization committed to promoting APA presence in mainstream entertainment and media. Kollaboration Seattle is sending the top finalists from their October 2010 show to perform at the APA Heritage Bash.

Here’s more info on the event:

Location:
Hard Rock Café Seattle
116 Pike Street
Seattle, WA 98101

Time:
Doors open at 8:00pm

Tickets:
$12 pre-sale, $20 at the door

The event is for 21 years and up. Tickets can be purchased online here or in person at the Hard Rock Café Rock Shop.

Promo for APA Heritage Bash in Seattle

Earlier this year, JRA, D-Pryde, Lil Crazed, J.Reyez, and Traphik release a collabo remix of Say Ahh by Trey Songz x Fabolous. The Asian American and Asian Canadian artists quickly followed up with a music video for Say Ahh – Asian American Remix. Collectively, the track/video has over 2 million views on Youtube. Over the weekend at REIGN in Seattle, the group got together for the first time to perform the song. From the video, you can see the crazy response in the audience. And this is just Seattle!

Traphik says it best:

the question of “why are there only asians in the audience and on stage?” the answer is this. major media outlets like television and radio have yet to really embrace asian americans, which is why you see so many of us runnin sh*t on youtube. comedy wise, music wise, we have been forced to do it all ourselves and build our own networks, and the communities support, as you can see in the video. we have to do it ourselves, cuz no one wants to let us in yet.

we actually each have a lot of original songs, multiple albums worth, but this is the only song that we’re ALL on, and it has over 2 million views on youtube, so why not close the show with this?

Also see his previous commentary on race. Also check Youtube for tons of video from the show. We hope to see JRA, D-Pryde, Lil Crazed, J.Reyez, and Traphik perform together again soon.

Say Ahh – Live Asian American Remix (J.Reyez version)

Say Ahh – Live Asian American Remix (Traphik version)