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The FLOURISH Fest Collab Series brings together artists from around the world to collaborate remotely on a new track with East Coast artists.

Our inaugural edition brings together artists and musicians from the East Coast of Canada and Scotland. All tracks were co-written, co-created and produced (for the most part) totally remotely from the artists home country.

Can't Help It is a collaborative single by Blue Tiger and Keeper E with a visual response by visual artist Renuka Ramanujam.

How did it work?
- We hosted an open call for music and visual artist submissions across the two regions.
- Artists were selected from a jury panel based on their applications.
- Musicians met remotely to learn more about each other and determine a process to write, produce and record their collab track. Everyone worked different, it wasn't a one size fits all and artists were given full freedom to work how they pleased.
- Once the track was completed, it was sent to a visual artist to respond to. Likewise, visual artists were given full freedom as to what medium they used, and how they responded to the track.
- Visual art and music have now been paired up for release and designed into very lovely single covers by Erin Goodine. Full visual art pieces are available to view full-size on our website www.flourish-fest.com and there will be an open exhibit in the spring / summer of 2023.

Thank you so much to the artists and collaborators. A HUGE thank you to Canada Council for the Arts for funding this project through their Digital Initiatives Project Fund.

Any proceeds from purchasing this track will go directly to artists.

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released November 14, 2022
Keeper E // Halifax, NS
songsbykeeper.bandcamp.com

Blue Tiger // Edinburgh, Scotland
bluetigermusic.bandcamp.com/music

Renuka Ramanujam // Oban, Scotland
www.studiomudra.co.uk/about

Written by Keeper E, Blue Tiger and Robyn Anne Dawson between Nova Scotia and Scotland.

Mixed and recorded by Keeper E, and Blue Tiger.

Artwork by Renuka Ramanujam.
"The track by Keeper E and Blue Tiger brought to mind the nagging rumination over a long-ago relationship that still plays on the mind - acknowledging flaws and all but still feeling unresolved. Relationships have that odd quality; someone who is so intimate to you, suddenly can be 'demoted' in your life to an acquaintance when a relationship is through, regardless of how close they were to you before. This brought to mind the idea of fossilized connections; a rusting, bent circuit that pulsates as a wistful spark arises briefly."

Click the link below to view a high-resolution version of the artwork:
ibb.co/BPkpdhk

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