External links
- Blue Hawaii on Arbutus Records
- Interview on LookoutPresents.com, archived from the original on 2017-03-16
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| Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Ambient pop, techno, dream pop, indietronic |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Arbutus Records |
| Members | Raphaelle "Ra" Standell-Preston Alex "Agor" Kirby |
Blue Hawaii are a Canadian electronic music duo from Montreal, Quebec, composed of Braids member Raphaelle "Ra" Standell-Preston and Alexander Kirby (also known as Agor). [1] [2] [3] 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. [4] The first two albums were nominated for the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year. [5]
The band's debut EP, Blooming Summer, was released in 2010 on Arbutus, [6] a cooperative label set up to promote members of a music and artistic community in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood. The two musicians performed in Montreal, at times with other members of the collective. [7]
The pair released their first studio album, Untogether in 2013, [8] and then went out on tour. [9] 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. [10]
In 2014, Agor reworked some of their existing tracks and released a mixtape, Agor Edits. [11]
The group reunited in 2016 in Los Angeles, [12] and a single, No One Like You, was released in 2017. [13] That same year, Blue Hawaii released their second album, Tenderness. [14] [15]
In 2018, the pair performed at the Ypsigrock festival in Sicily. [16]
Their third studio album, Open Reduction Internal Fixation, was released on October 11, 2019. [17]
Diamond Shovel, the pair's fourth studio album was released on June 7, 2024. [18]
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