Jens Lekman

Jens Lekman是瑞典獨立流行音樂家，他死亡般的唱腔，陽光般的旋律和獨特的失戀歌詞為眾所周知。他音樂主要由吉他為主的流行節(jié)奏以及重復使用的小段和節(jié)奏組成。受到藝術家, 例如Morrissey, Jonathan Richman還有Belle & Sebastian的影響。 
Jens剛出道的時候相對低調，但是很快就確定了他在全球獨立流行音樂界里的寵兒地位，非同一般的獨特歌詞和制作精細的歌曲得到了歌迷和評論家的廣泛好評。Lekman于1981年2月6日出生于瑞典哥德堡，小時候的他對音樂只有少許的愛好，但是, 14歲時他加入了朋友的樂隊并成為了一名吉他手。他只用幾個星期的時間便攥寫出了自己的原創(chuàng)歌曲，很快, 數以百計音樂就這樣誕生了。Lekman用化名“Rocky Dennis”（名字來自1985年美國電影‘Mask’里被毀容的主角），在The Budgie-Album下于2001年錄制發(fā)行了一系列的限量版CD。一年后，他單獨制作了一張精選集并且把唯一的一份拷貝發(fā)給了美國獨立廠牌Secretly Canadian.直到2003年的EP，Maple Leaves在網絡上廣被分享, 他才被大多數人認識。 
瑞典獨立廠牌Service Records于2003年晚些時候在取締化名的情況下, 重新發(fā)行了Maple Leaves專輯，并且在2004年的EP Rocky Dennis in Heaven里完全拋棄了此化名，而Lekman的首次正式亮相是由在美國的Secretly Canadian負責的When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog。這張LP里的"You Are the Light"成了瑞典排行榜前十名的歌曲，2005年Lekman開始了全球巡演，發(fā)行了多張巡回演出的EP，更是涵括了之前的單曲，B-sides，以及一些精選, 例如“Oh You're So Silent Jens.”。在這一連續(xù)活動之后，他在自己網站上說他計劃暫停表演，傳聞他接受了一個當地娛樂場所提供的職位；不過Lekman只干了兩天就宣布辭退，之后重新全身心地投入到對音樂事業(yè)的追求。于是, 便誕生了他最佳的作品，2007年發(fā)行的最新專輯Night Falls Over Kortadela。 
Lekman的現(xiàn)場表演形式有很多，有時他會用一把吉他和一臺CD機單獨表演，有時會清唱，有時候他又會同唱詩班和弦樂樂團來伴奏。 
在這次中國的演出中，他將與老友兼合作人Viktor Sjöberg合作, 由Vikor通過筆記本電腦來提供采樣。
Swedens Jens Lekman emerged from relative obscurity to quickly establish himself as the darling of the global indie pop set, winning widespread acclaim from fans and critics for his uncommonly witty and well-crafted pop songs. Born February 6, 1981, in Gothenburg, Sweden, Lekman exhibited little interest in music as a child, but at 14 was recruited to play bass in a friends cover band. Within weeks he was writing his own original material, quickly accumulating hundreds of songs. Assuming the alias Rocky Dennis (borrowed from the disfigured protagonist of the 1985 American film Mask), Lekman recorded and released a series of limited-edition CD-Rs beginning with 2001s The Budgie-Album. A year later, he compiled a collection of highlights and mailed the sole copy to the U.S. indie label Secretly Canadian, but remained largely unknown until the 2003 EP Maple Leaves became something of a cause célèbre on Internet file-sharing services. The Swedish indie Service Records reissued Maple Leaves later that same year, and after abandoning his pseudonym once and for all with 2004s Rocky Dennis in Heaven EP, Lekman issued his acclaimed full-length debut, When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog, distributed in the U.S. via Secretly Canadian. The LP generated the Swedish Top Ten hit You Are the Light, and in 2005 Lekman traveled the globe, issuing several tour-only EPs and collecting his previous singles, B-sides, and compilation tracks as Oh Youre So Silent Jens. Following this flurry of activity, he announced on his website plans for an extended hiatus from performing, scrapping a planned sophomore LP and reportedly accepting a position at a local bingo parlor; Lekman nevertheless quit after just two days on the job and fully rededicated himself to his musical pursuits. This dedication paid off with the release of his best work to date, 2007s stunning album Night Falls Over Kortadela.