Blue Hawaii

Blue Hawaii, the Montreal, Canada duo travel the world playing ambient pop and techno for their fans. The duo of Raphaelle Standell-Preston and Alex “Agor” Cowan also happen to be one half of the indie-rock band Braids.

They are a really cute duo to watch, and clearly have great chemistry together. They each take their place behind their equipment and Alex also picks up the mic to do the vocals for the songs as well. What’s really cool is witnessing how her vocals translate into the electronic music, because her voice is somewhat ethereal and yet the type of music is so not, and so it becomes this perfect combination. Also, the sheer concentration of Raphaelle as he meticulously hits each beat, not to mention the multi-tasking ability of Alex who is still tending to her part while doing the vocals. Both are completely taken over by the music, and are completely in sync with one another.

Their shows are really great too because with the live vocals, you aren’t just getting something monotonous and similar to every other DJ set. They play music that is really fun to dance to, but you can also take the time to watch their set and still have a good time.