From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Girls in Hawaii
Girls in Hawaii
Title Date Label
From Here to There 25 October 2005[4] China Shop Music
Plan Your Escape 2008 62TV
Girls in Hawaii across Europe, where the band went on a promotional
tour, through Belgium, France, Italy, Germany and Spain.
Origin Belgium The record was later released in Japan, and in October
Genres Indie pop 2005 China Shop Music released it in the United States.
Indie rock The band started a short tour of the West Coast of the
United States in April 2006.
Years active 2001–present[1]
Their second full-length album, Plan Your Escape was
Labels 62TV[2] (Belgium) released in February 2008 in Europe. It was recorded in
China Shop (United States) old houses in the forests of Ardennes by producer Jean
Naïve[3] (France)
Lamoot (who has worked with French artists such as Noir
Website www.girlsinhawaii.be Désir and Alain Bashung). The album, more complex and
eclectic than the previous, contains twelve songs, among
Members
them, the first single which is called This Farm Will End Up
Christophe Léonard In Fire. The band has toured Europe promoting the album
Daniel Offerman during 2008.
Brice Vancauwenberghe
In February 2009, Not Here, a documentary relating
Lionel Vancauwenberghe
Antoine Wielemans the life of the band during that tour has been released in
DVD.
Past members On May 30, 2010, 28 years old drummer Denis Wiele-
Denis Wielemans mans died in a car accident in Brussels.
Girls in Hawaii is a Belgian indie pop band.
Members
• Christophe Léonard - guitar, keyboard
History • Daniel Offermann - bass
In 2000, Antoine Wielemans and Lionel Vancauwen- • Brice Vancauwenberghe - guitar
berghe began recording songs on an 8 track-recorder, • Lionel Vancauwenberghe - vocals, guitar
and a few months later they formed the band by re- • Antoine Wielemans - vocals, guitar
cruiting their brothers: Denis Wielemans and Brice Van- Past members
cauwenberghe, and two friends: Christophe Léonard and • Denis Wielemans - drums (2001–2010)
Daniel Offermann.
In May 2002 they signed with 62TV Records, and,
soon after, French music magazine "Magic" wrote about
Discography
their first demo: "Simplicity, efficiency and accuracy
close to perfection, lots of ideas, "their music reminds us
Albums
of Grandaddy, Blonde Redhead and even dEUS".
In November 2002 they won Studio Brussel´s De-
Singles
mopoll, a contest wherein Studio Brussel listeners select
their favorite demo among hundreds of possible bands. Contributions
Girls in Hawaii’s first release was Found in the Ground: • Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project (2007) - "Out On the
The Winter EP in early 2003, after which the band toured Weekend"
through Belgium and France. In the meantime, they
started recording what would become their first LP.
From Here To There was released in November 2003 in
References
Belgium and in early 2004 in Europe. It was well-received [1] Billboard.com - Biography - Girls in Hawaii
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Girls in Hawaii
Title Date Label
Found in the Ground: The Winter EP 2003 62TV
[2]
[3]
Girls in Hawaii - Bang!
naïve - maison d’artistes
External links
[4] Billboard.com - Discography - Girls in Hawaii - • Girls in Hawaii on MySpace
From Here to Nowhere • Official Blog (French)
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Categories:
• Belgian rock music groups
• Belgian pop groups
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