Harrison (musician)

Harrison Robinson, mononymously known as Harrison, is a Canadian electronic musician from Toronto, Ontario.[1] He is most noted as a two-time Juno Award nominee for Electronic Album of the Year, receiving nods at the Juno Awards of 2017 for Checkpoint Titanium[2] and at the Juno Awards of 2024 for Birds, Bees, the Clouds and the Trees.[3]

Robinson released tracks to SoundCloud before releasing the EP Colors in 2015.[4]

Checkpoint Titanium, his debut full-length album, was released in 2016.[5] He followed up in 2018 with his second album, Apricity.[6]

Birds, Bees, the Clouds and the Trees, his third full-length album, followed in 2023.[7]

## Awards

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Maxime Lamontagne's music video for the single "How Can It Be", from the Colors EP, was shortlisted for the Prism Prize in 2016.[8] In 2017, Scott Cudmore's video for "It’s Okay, I Promise" was shortlisted,[9] and in 2019 Ft. Langley's video for "Your Girl" made the shortlist.[10]

"By Myself", a collaboration between Harrison and DijahSB, was a nominee for the 2022 SOCAN Songwriting Prize.[11]

## References

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1. ^ Jordan Darville, "How Harrison got healthy and found his voice". Fader, September 14, 2016.
2. ^ Holly Gordon, "Alessia Cara, Drake, the Weeknd, Tegan and Sara among 2017 Juno nominees". CBC Music, February 7, 2017.
3. ^ "Here are all the 2024 Juno nominees". CBC Music, February 6, 2024.
4. ^ Scott Simpson, "Harrison, Colors EP". Exclaim!, April 1, 2015.
5. ^ Benjamin Boles, "Album of the week: harrison’s Checkpoint Titanium". Now, September 7, 2016.
6. ^ Matt Bauer, "Harrison Knows Winter Is Coming; 'Apricity' Will Help Us Cope". Exclaim!, October 10, 2018.
7. ^ Tom Beedham, "Harrison Pushes Beyond the Material World on 'Birds, Bees, the Clouds & the Trees'". Exclaim!, April 26, 2023.
8. ^ "Prism Prize Announces Top 20 Finalists for 2016". Exclaim!, February 9, 2016.
9. ^ Haydn Watters, "A Tribe Called Red, Grimes, Wintersleep videos make Prism Prize short list". CBC News, April 4, 2017.
10. ^ "Jessie Reyez, Classified, more to vie for best Canadian music video prize". Q, April 2, 2019.
11. ^ Myriam Bercier, "Les finalistes du Prix de la chanson SOCAN 2022". Le Canal Auditif, June 1, 2022.