Jun Kung

Jun Kung (Chinese: 恭碩良; pinyin: ɡōnɡ shuò liánɡ; born August 18, 1977) is a drummer, singer songwriter and producer , Multi-Instrumentalist.

Jun Kung
Born (1977-08-18) August 18, 1977
Hong Kong
Occupationdrummer, singer, song producer, actor
Musical career
OriginPortuguese, Filipino, Chinese, Japanese [1]
LabelsGreyscale Group
WebsiteJun's Blog

Biography

He is known as "the drummer" in Hong Kong. Also an accomplished singer-songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist and music producer. Born in Hong Kong, raised in Macau began his professional drumming career at the age of 14. A proud alumni of the "DRUMMERS COLLECTIVE" in NYC. Studied under such great drummers like Kim Plainfield, Ian Froman & Daduka Fonseca. In the summer of 1999, Signed to a major label and released a self produced album under Universal Music Group, which got multiple awards and Best Newcomer Award of 1999 . In 2001 joined he joined with Guitar icon Paul Wong and formed the group HANN and then released 5 albums Under Universal Music Group. He has been a first-call for hire drummer for tours since 2004. In 2007 he embarked on his first major world tour "The Year Of Jacky Cheung World Tour ‘07" for all 105 shows over 57 cities. Jun's next feat was touring for Hong Kong/China singer Eason Chan, as drummer in the "DUO Eason 2010 Concert" held at the Hong Kong Stadium consecutively from 20 March to 6 April 2010, and consequently continuing on the "DUO World Tour" with the group. His concert tours also incluuded Faye Wong, Samdy Lam and early Khalil Fong and many many more, he is considered one of the most iconic drummers in the Hong Kong, Macau and Greater China region. With multiple solo albums, countless production work and over 200 released songs, he will continue Touring/ Recording and Producing for major artists from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Greater China.

Awards

Jun Kung, known as "the drummer" of Hong Kong, is an accomplished singer songwriter and music producer. In 1999, he was signed to "Universal Music Group" and released his first EP Here & Now. The acclaimed singles "Shoe Size" and "Love Space" won him the first place of the "Best New Artist" award at the Hong Kong Commercial Radio Music Award in 2000 and "Voice of the 21st Century award" from Metro Radio. His original songs "Here to Stay" and "兩心花" has won "Best original film song" in the 30th and 31st Hong Kong Film Awards respectively , followed by the "Best Rock Artist" award from Chinese Music Media Awards in 2013. 2019 as a co-producer he also has been awarded the "Best Album of the Year (Hong Kong, Taiwan & overseas regions) from "Beijing Pop Music Awards", and the "Best Duet Song" for "5:59PM" from the Metro Radio Awards as the singer songwriter, featuring Yoyo Shum.

He continues to tour and record extensively as well as give lectures and master classes. He believes the only way to give back is to keep performing, sharing and giving young talented musicians a chance to make music their full-time job - a chance that was once given to him 20 plus years ago.

Solo career

Jun has recorded and released multiple solo albums both released under major labels and also independently. Scored over 10 full length feature films and has held concerts as a solo artist yearly with audiences up to around 3–4 thousand audiences per show. Jun also is venturing into different facets in his career and has been an ongoing supporter for charity organisation such as Hong Kong Dog Rescue.

Discography

Order Album Information
1st Here and Now(EP)
  • Release Date: June 1999
2nd No Where Man (LP)
  • Release Date: July 2001
3rd Ginja Rock (EP)
  • Release Date: 2005
4th JUN K (LP)
  • Release Date: September 2010
  • Label: Revolution
5th Playback Is A Bitch (LP)
  • Release Date: June 2012
  • Label: Revolution Talent / East Asia Media
6th Past Future Present Tense (LP)
  • Release Date: March 2015
  • Label: The Sun Entertainment
7th 原諒愛 (Digital singles)
  • Release Date: July 2016
  • Label: The Sun Entertainment
8th 修羅界 (Digital singles)
  • Release Date: September 2016
  • Label: The Sun Entertainment
9th 愛後記 (Digital singles)
  • Release Date: February 2017
  • Label: The Sun Entertainment
10th We all fall down (Digital singles)
  • Release Date: October 2017
  • Label: The Sun Entertainment
11th Beautiful Fools (Digital singles)
  • Release Date: June 2018
  • Label: The Sun Entertainment

Awards

2000 Best New Artiste award from Commercial Radio Hong Kong

2000 Voice of the 21st century award from Radio 104 FM Select

2011《Here To Stay》The 30th Hong Kong Film Award Best Original Film Song

2012《Leung Sam Fa》The 31st Hong Kong Film Award Best Original Film Song

2013 Best Rock Artiste award in 第十三届《华语音乐传媒大奖》

2019 Best Album Production of the Year (Hong Kong, Taiwan & Overseas Region) from Beijing Pop Music Awards

2019 Best Duet Song 《5:59PM》from Metro Radio Awards

Tour and Shows

2004 Bobby McFerrin concert on Hong Kong Arts Festival

2005 Jacky Cheung 張學友 活出生命Live演唱會

2006 Coco Lee World Tour

2007 Jacky Cheung World Tour ( Over 105 cities in a year)

2008 Khalil Fong Wonderland World Tour ( 1 YEAR)

2009 JustIn Lo -AIR JUSTIN World Tour

2011–2014 Eason Chan DUO World Tour

2012 Faye Wong World Tour (1 YEAR)

2012 Sandy Lam- World Tour(1 YEAR)

2015 Sandy Lam- Pranava World Tour

Solo concert

2002 《My Live》solo concert

2002 《 Rock Affair 》Live @ Sydney Superdome 05/10/02

2010 《Jun on The Moon Live》solo concert

2012 《Playback》solo concert

2012 《Clockenflap》performed / 2013 《Clockenflap》 (as ambassador)

2015 《MOOV Live》Live @ Macpherson Stadium

2016 《Just A Concert》Live @ Queen Elizabeth Stadium

2016/2017《Wow + Flutter》 Music Festival

2018 《Free Space》performed

2019 Macau 《HUSH》Music Festival

2019 《Right Here Right Now》Jun Kung Live @ Macpherson Stadium

Filmography

Filmography

Year Title Role Director
2001Time and Tide
順流逆流
Miguel JoventinoTsui Hark
2006The Heavenly Kings
四大天王
Jun KungDaniel Wu
2009Rebellion
同門
SandpaperHerman Yau
2011Punished
報應
Law Wing Cheong
Lan Kwai Fong
2012NightfallWong's former acquaintance
2015Triumph in the SkiesTM's manager
SPL II: A Time For Consequences

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