During the late '80s and early '90s, Canadian act Kon Kan scored several hits and a Juno Award with a distinctive, sample-heavy brand of dance-pop which drew from synth pop, Hi-NRG, and disco. The project's 1989 debut, Move to Move, featured Kon Kan's first and biggest hit, "I Beg Your Pardon," and was followed by two efforts in the '90s, Syntonic and the more rock-influenced Vida!...
Kon Kan was founded in Toronto in 1988 by producer Barry Harris (vocals, keys, guitar). He took the project's name from the phrase "Can Con" (short for "Canadian Content"), which is the name of ...