My new single and live video, ‘Vanishing of Bees’, officially releases on all platforms Friday, May 21st.

Join the video premiere watch party on my Youtube channel at 12:15PM PST on Fri May 21st. I’ll also be going live on Facebook to sing and chat with you all.

Video capture – Sheldon Zaharko
Live sound recording – Sheldon Zaharko
Video editing – Kele Fleming
Single artwork – Laforest Creative

Kele Fleming – Vocals, guitar
Aaron Trory – Bass, vocals
Tony Lee – Drums, percussion
Ron Yamauchi – Keys
Scott Fletcher – Banjitar
Recorded and filmed at Pandora’s Box Rehearsal Studio, Vancouver, BC.

Single recorded and engineered by Sheldon Zaharko of Zed Productions at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, Canada. Assisted by Nick Civerio and Annie Kennedy.

Mastered by Andrew Spindor at Railtown Mastering.

Single cover by Matt Laforest of Laforest Creative

About the song and the video…

I’m excited to share ‘Vanishing of Bees’ with you!
The song was originally released in May 2019 on World Bee Day as a fundraiser for the David Suzuki Foundation’s Butterflyway Project. This project supports the protection and sustainment of key pollinator habitat.

I’m re-releasing the single with a live video in honour of World Bee Day 2021 (May 20th). All Bandcamp sales of this single will be donated to the David Suzuki Foundation and I’d love your support of this important campaign.

Musically, the song features my signature jangly guitars, as well as the bee-like droning and buzzing of the Scott Fletcher’s banjitar. The drums & bass were fashioned as an homage to Childish Gambino’s ‘Feels Like Summer,’ a song quite similar in theme. I sent the song to Tony and Aaron as a sample of what I was looking for, and this is the great beat they came up with!