Dandilion Wind Opaine was raised by hippie parents in a cabin near Smithers, a small town in northern British Columbia, where there was no running water and vegetables were grown in greenhouses.

[5][6] Dandi Wind's sound and style was influenced by avant-garde and electronic music artists of the 1980s, including Nina Hagen, Lene Lovich, Einstürzende Neubauten, Kate Bush, Hazel O'Connor, Skinny Puppy, and Ministry.

[8] In 2008, Dandi Wind was one of the first foreign acts that Split Works toured in China, performing concerts in Wuhan, Xi'an, Beijing, and Chengdu.

The cancellation came shortly after China's Ministry of Culture tightened controls on foreign artists due to the Icelandic singer Björk's expression of support for Tibetan independence at a Shanghai concert.

[20][21] Daniel Sylvester of A.Side TV described Dandi Wind as "legendary hometown heroes" with "imagination and charm...who just couldn't get their names past the city limits"; despite being a "wildly popular" cult act in Vancouver and releasing "two terrific albums", the band "never did find a proper audience".