Ming & Ping

Inspired by '80s U.K. acts like New Order and Pet Shop Boys, Ming & Ping, the creation of California musician, artist, producer, and brand designer Bao Vo, offers bright, melodic alternative dance music that encompasses both tinnier, chiptune-like timbres and darker post-punk sounds. After emerging in the early 2000s behind the façade of fictional identical twin brothers, the project became one of the first music acts to promote itself with mobile apps upon the release of 2009's Ming & Ping Pong, a version of the game Pong featuring Vo's own music and visuals. Meanwhile, Ming ...