Blue Hawaii are a Canadian
electronic music
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duo from
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, composed of
Braids
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member
Raphaelle "Ra" Standell-Preston and Alex "Agor" Kerby (also known as Alexander Cowan). They have released an EP, ''Blooming Summer'' (2010) and three studio albums, ''Untogether'' (2013), ''Tenderness'' (2017) and ''Open Reduction Internal Fixation'' (2019) all on
Arbutus Records
Arbutus Records is a Montreal based record label and Artist Management, management company founded by Sebastian Cowan in 2009. The label is named after the street by the same name in Vancouver, where Cowan grew up. The label have also begun expand ...
. The first two albums were nominated for the
Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year The Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year is an annual award presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the best electronic album released in Canada
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.
History
The band's debut EP, ''Blooming Summer'', was released in 2010 on Arbutus, a cooperative label set up to promote members of a music and artistic community in Montreal's
Mile End
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neighbourhood. The two musicians performed in Montreal, at times with other members of the collective.
The pair released their first studio album, ''Untogether'' in 2013, and then went out on tour. The album chronicled the end of the pair's romantic relationship, and the group ended after the release, with Ra concentrating on Braids and Agor focusing on DJing.
In 2014, Agor reworked some of their existing tracks and released a mixtape, ''Agor Edits''.
The group reunited in 2016 in Los Angeles, and a single, ''No One Like You'', was released in 2017. That same year, Blue Hawaii released their second album, ''Tenderness''.
In 2018, the pair performed at the
Ypsigrock
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festival in
Sicily
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"Fantasy festival: Highlights from Sicily's spectacular Ypsigrock Festival 2018"
''Gigwise'', Vic Galloway, 17th August 2018
Their third studio album, ''Open Reduction Internal Fixation'', was released on October 11, 2019.
Discography
Studio albums
*''Untogether'' (2013, Arbutus Records
Arbutus Records is a Montreal based record label and Artist Management, management company founded by Sebastian Cowan in 2009. The label is named after the street by the same name in Vancouver, where Cowan grew up. The label have also begun expand ...
)
*'' Tenderness'' (2017, Arbutus Records)
*''Open Reduction Internal Fixation'' (2019, Arbutus Records)
Mixtapes
*''Agor Edits'' (2014, Arbutus Records)
Singles and EPs
*''Blue Hawaii / Braids'' split cassette EP with Braids
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The simplest and most common version is a flat, solid, three-strande ...
(2010, Arbutus Records)
*''Blooming Summer'' EP (2010, Arbutus Records)
*"Try to Be" promo CD single (2013, Arbutus Records)
*"Get Happy" / "Get Happier" digital single (2014, Arbutus Records)
*"No One Like You" digital single (2017, Arbutus Records)
*"All That Blue" digital single (2019, Arbutus Records)
References
External links
Blue Hawaii on Arbutus Records
Interview on LookoutPresents.com
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Arbutus Records artists
Canadian electronic music groups
Musical groups from Montreal