The Friendly Traveler

Felix Hwang (born 1975 in San Francisco, California, USA), better known by the name of Friendly Traveler, is a hip hop record producer, DJ, and composer. He is a featured DJ at the Stanford University-based radio station, KZSU.

Friendly Traveler started out in the mid 90's as a hip hop producer. With his colleague Ainzboogie, the tandem of producers was known as Hidden Artifacts: Findas of Lost Beats. In 1996, they started their own record label, Distorted Echo Recordings. During this time, Friendly Traveler collaborated with Bay Area-based emcee, LT, and formed the duo, LT & the Friendly Traveler. LT & the Friendly Traveler released an EP (Equilibrium) in 2000 and a full-length album (Most Likely...) in 2002.

During the recording of Most Likely..., Friendly Traveler began to DJ. Being a self-taught DJ caught the attention of Kevvy Kev, the host of KZSU's hip-hop show, The Drum. Friendly Traveler soon became a resident DJ and is now an integral part of the show.

In 2006, he was commissioned to compose original music for the feature film X's and O's.

Discography

Official albums:

• LT & The Friendly Traveler – Equilibrium (2000)
• LT & The Friendly Traveler – Most Likely (2002)

Film scores

• X's & O's (2007)

DJ

• KZSU - featured on The Drum and MHZ with Raymundo.

Other work

Friendly Traveler can be seen in a cameo appearance as a DJ in the 2007 movie X's and O's.

External links

• Friendly Traveler on MySpace
• Felix Hwang at the Internet Movie Database
• Kevvy Kev and Friendly Traveler feature in Metro Silicon Valley