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Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees

by HARRISON

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micmash
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micmash sometimes people make something that's the same flavor as part of my soul and this album is one of those flavors
liminalinaut
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liminalinaut A treatise on producing drums and piano. Lots of snap and swing on the former, and a warm wash of chords with just the right touch of distortion on the latter. Worth the price of admission for the ride cymbal and Rhodes treatments alone. Short but delicious tracks. A sonic tapas bar, with no wrong choices on the menu. Favorite track: Overhead.
nluken
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nluken Smooth and funky enough to play for company, but with enough substance to be headphone music. Immaculately produced as well. Instant addition to my rotation. Favorite track: Bump (ft. MED & Guilty Simpson).
Jack
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Jack It's one of those albums I didn't think I was that into at first. Music Box brought me back for another play and now I'm looping the entire album every day. It's masterful and exactly what I needed. The album knew I loved it before I did. Favorite track: Music Box.
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Sam Tweaks The best album I've heard in 2023 so far - it's brilliant. Favorite track: Outta This World (ft. TOBi).
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Daydreamin 01:07
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Cowboys 01:44
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Overhead 02:09
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Music Box 01:54
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Around You 01:51
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2016 02:02
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Inthecoupe 02:12
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7PM 01:31
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Runthatback 00:49

about

When Harrison (Harrison Robinson) began working on his third album in his modest Toronto sudio in 2019, the producer and composer felt a strong desire to his artistic roots. “I knew I wanted to just make what I thought was cool, regardless of it being cheesy,” he says of the piano-centred compositions that would become Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees. “Chick Corea had a quote along the lines of ‘you have to find what sounds beautiful to you’ and that really stuck a chord with me.”

Like his previous two albums, Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees sees a handful of guests stepping into the producer’s technicoloured world, including Kadhja Bonet, TOBi, Nanna.B, MED and Guilty Simpson (their first reunion since J Dilla’s The Shining in 2006).

The album taps into themes of awakening from daydreaming, impacts of solitude, odes to younger selves, emerging from dark moments, honouring family members that have passed, carefreeness and more. The songs incorporate an array of instrumentation including Farfisa keys, breakbeats and a music box that was gifted to Harrison, as highlighted in the song of its namesake. Harrison drew inspiration from cartoons such as Looney Tunes and Gumball to Vince Guaraldi soundtracks.

Taken as a whole, Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees is an assured and joyful statement from a young artist evolving and finely honing his craft. Or as Robinson himself puts it, “It’s the music that I dreamed about making as a kid.”

credits

released April 28, 2023

All songs written, produced and mixed by Harrison Robinson

Additional Mixing: Dave Plowman (Float, Blue Sky)

Mastering: Dan Weston

Additional writing & vocals courtesy of:

Nanna.B - “Blue Sky”

MED & Guilty Simpson – “Bump”

TOBi – “Outta This World”

Kadhja Bonet – “Float”

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HARRISON Toronto, Ontario

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New album Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees out on April 28, 2023.

Features include Kadhja Bonet, MED, Guilty Simpson, TOBi and Nanna.B.

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