Jens Lekman

Jens Lekman是瑞典独立流行音乐家，他死亡般的唱腔，阳光般的旋律和独特的失恋歌词为众所周知。他音乐主要由吉他为主的流行节奏以及重复使用的小段和节奏组成。受到艺术家, 例如Morrissey, Jonathan Richman还有Belle & Sebastian的影响。 
Jens刚出道的时候相对低调，但是很快就确定了他在全球独立流行音乐界里的宠儿地位，非同一般的独特歌词和制作精细的歌曲得到了歌迷和评论家的广泛好评。Lekman于1981年2月6日出生于瑞典哥德堡，小时候的他对音乐只有少许的爱好，但是, 14岁时他加入了朋友的乐队并成为了一名吉他手。他只用几个星期的时间便攥写出了自己的原创歌曲，很快, 数以百计音乐就这样诞生了。Lekman用化名“Rocky Dennis”（名字来自1985年美国电影‘Mask’里被毁容的主角），在The Budgie-Album下于2001年录制发行了一系列的限量版CD。一年后，他单独制作了一张精选集并且把唯一的一份拷贝发给了美国独立厂牌Secretly Canadian.直到2003年的EP，Maple Leaves在网络上广被分享, 他才被大多数人认识。 
瑞典独立厂牌Service Records于2003年晚些时候在取缔化名的情况下, 重新发行了Maple Leaves专辑，并且在2004年的EP Rocky Dennis in Heaven里完全抛弃了此化名，而Lekman的首次正式亮相是由在美国的Secretly Canadian负责的When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog。这张LP里的"You Are the Light"成了瑞典排行榜前十名的歌曲，2005年Lekman开始了全球巡演，发行了多张巡回演出的EP，更是涵括了之前的单曲，B-sides，以及一些精选, 例如“Oh You're So Silent Jens.”。在这一连续活动之后，他在自己网站上说他计划暂停表演，传闻他接受了一个当地娱乐场所提供的职位；不过Lekman只干了两天就宣布辞退，之后重新全身心地投入到对音乐事业的追求。于是, 便诞生了他最佳的作品，2007年发行的最新专辑Night Falls Over Kortadela。 
Lekman的现场表演形式有很多，有时他会用一把吉他和一台CD机单独表演，有时会清唱，有时候他又会同唱诗班和弦乐乐团来伴奏。 
在这次中国的演出中，他将与老友兼合作人Viktor Sjöberg合作, 由Vikor通过笔记本电脑来提供采样。
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.