Harrison (musician)

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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

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]

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