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Vanishing of Bees - Set Me Free Remix

by Kele Fleming

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This is the 3rd release of ‘Vanishing of Bees’ and the 2nd remix by Atlas to Earth. When I originally wrote the song back in 2019, I was deep into my grief about the climate catastrophe. I wanted to capture my love of the world around me through the eyes of the child in the song while allowing my grief and fear and anger to bubble up to the surface.

Fast forward 4 years later, like many of us, I’ve experienced first hand the terror of the climate catastrophe. I live in Victoria, BC, Canada and in the summer of 2021, there was what’s called a heat dome that locked in temperatures of 40+ degrees celsius for about a week’s time. In this part of the world, not many of us have air conditioning (because we’ve never needed it). We rarely experience summer temperatures above 25C here. It was terrifying, there was no where to go and many people died who couldn’t get out or cool down.

Around that time, I think I experienced peak grief and started to shut down a bit and feel hopeless about the state of the world. I felt exhausted and like no one wanted to see the reality of what was happening to our beautiful home.

So, this new remix from Atlas to Earth is the remedy I needed to the climate grief I’ve been experiencing. I need hope, we all do. I need to believe that hearts can be moved and that minds can change. Love is a powerful elixir. The fact that A2E focused on the refrain ‘Set me free’ is brilliant!

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A child in love with the trees
Gentle giants swaying above me
This verdant world set me free

I made for the trees
Fell down to my knees
When I realized what I could see

The vanishing of bees | The vanishing of bees

This is the song I’ll write
For my whole life
The sound of bees in flight

It’s a horrible sound
A silence so loud
How can this be?

The vanishing of bees | The vanishing of bees

We’ve been so lost
Such a terrible cost
Love can set us free

Take a moment to breathe
Lie down in the leaves
Believe in what you see

The vanishing of bees | The vanishing of bees

It’s not too late to make this right (it will be soon)
We still got time to make this right (hurry don’t wait!)
Still got time to turn this round (but, not much)
I hope we make it right
Sweet bumblebee don’t say goodnight

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released May 20, 2023
Written by Kele Fleming
Remixed and produced by Atlas to Earth
Original vocal - Recorded by Sheldon Zaharko (Zed Productions) at Vancouver’s Warehouse Studios, January 2019.
Instrumentation - Atlas to Earth
Mastered by Stephen Pettyjohn, Ethereal Mastering
Single cover - Laforest Creative

About the remix
Atlas to Earth
Website: www.brettjanzen.ca
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1wYf4Tlfkw6bidHIimuafC
Linktree: linktr.ee/brettjanzen

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Kele Fleming Victoria, British Columbia

Kele Fleming is a folk-rock singer-songwriter from Victoria, Canada. Her latest single and music video 'Vanishing of Bees (Atlas to Earth Synthwave Remix)' is out now!

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