Blue Hawaii (band)

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Blue Hawaii
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres Ambient pop, techno, dream pop, indietronic
Years active2010–present
Labels Arbutus Records
MembersRaphaelle "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]

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History

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]

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Singles and EPs

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  4. ↑ "Blue Hawaii Return with New Album Tenderness, Share New Song "No One Like You": Listen". Pitchfork . 25 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Juno Awards nominations offer a few surprises". Toronto Star, by Ben Rayner, Feb. 6, 2018
  6. ↑ "Blue Hawaii Blooming Summer". Exclaim!, May 20, 2010
  7. ↑ "Blue Hawaii Rialto, Montreal QC September 30". Exclaim!, Sophie Naima Caird, Oct 01, 2010
  8. ↑ "#MTLMoments: Blue Hawaii on Montreal’s Urban Village" by Sasha Geffen, Consequences of Sound, on July 29, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Here's Why You Should Find Your Home In Other People". Todd Van Luling, The Huffington Post, 01/07/2015
  10. ↑ "Blue Hawaii get reconnected". 6 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Blue Hawaii Shares Agor Edits Mixtape". Paste Magazine, By Dan Holmes | December 18, 2014
  12. ↑ "Blue Hawaii on Apple Music". iTunes .
  13. ↑ "Daily Dose: Blue Hawaii, "No One Like You". Paste Magazine, by Adrian Spinelli | July 25, 2017
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  15. ↑ "Ann Vriend, Blue Hawaii and Nature Of". CBC News, Katherine Duncan · CBC News · Jan 11, 2018
  16. ↑ "Fantasy festival: Highlights from Sicily's spectacular Ypsigrock Festival 2018". Gigwise, Vic Galloway, 17th August 2018
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