"Be My Shelter" is the highly anticipated crown jewel collaboration from Atjazz & Fred Everything's album 8 Days. Having both previously remixed the acclaimed Canadian jazz singer Dominique Fils-Aimé, the duo bonded over a shared desire to work with her directly. After an initial pre-pandemic meeting, the project took time to align—largely due to Dominique's meteoric rise. With five albums since 2018, a Live at the Montreal International Jazz Festival release, two JUNO Awards, two Félix Awards (ADISQ), a SOCAN Her Music Award, and two Polaris Music Prize shortlist nods, her schedule was non-stop.\n\nLast summer, the stars aligned in Fred's Montreal studio. True to her signature style, Dominique delivered an intimate, understated, and profoundly generous performance. "Be My Shelter" touches on the current state of our world, offering a gentle reminder to seek peace, connection, and joy in life's smaller moments. After picking up early momentum in UK club sets by Fred and Martin ahead of the album, the track now gets a dedicated release featuring a stellar package of re-interpretations.\n\nOn this release, we asked our good friend Jamie Odell aka Jimpster to give us his interpretation of the song. The result is a deep and musical affair, done with the mastery of his long celebrated career as a producer. Atjazz also provided us with a surprise mix under his Martin Iveson disguise—a personal take on the original, playing with sonic contrasts as a metaphor to the world we live in.\n\nAtjazz and Fred also worked on an extended club version, adding space and time to the original for club purposes.

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