Though they hail from the same Montreal music scene that spawned crossover electronica star Grimes, the members of Blue Hawaii don¡¯t have any illusions about where they rank in the popularity stakes.
¡°I come home for Christmas, and my family¡¯s like, ¡®Woah, you¡¯re going to Asia and all this stuff,¡¯ ¡± says the duo¡¯s resident production whizz, Alex Cowan. ¡°It¡¯s funny, because travel for them equates with a certain degree of success, and I think that that level of success has changed over the past 20 years. Now a smaller to mid-sized band is able to travel a lot more.¡±
Still, Blue Hawaii¡¯s upcoming trip to Tokyo is notable for a couple of reasons. Not only does it kick off the duo¡¯s inaugural Asian tour, but it¡¯s also the first show organized by , a new website that uses a crowd-funding model to promote gigs in Japan.
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