Lenka

蕾恩卡·克莉帕克，1978年3月出生于澳大利亞，全名Lenka Kripac，六歲時伴隨吹奏小號的父親而開口歌唱，慢慢培養出對音樂的高度興趣。移居悉尼之后，Lenka開始學習舞蹈等表演課程，進入藝術學院加強其發聲訓練。2004年加入Electronic-Rock團體Decoder Ring，替短片「猶太男孩/Jewboy」編寫配樂而風靡許多電影節會場，更躍登澳洲大小音樂祭典舞臺。Lenka飛到美國洛杉磯尋找更多音樂靈感，同時不斷于工作室里頭制作自己的歌曲。2007年獲得Epic Records賞識，順利簽入旗下發表了個人同人專輯《Lenka》，專輯大賣，銷售超過金唱片。專輯中的歌曲“Trouble Is A Friend”受廣大粉絲喜愛。2011年發表個人第二張專輯《Two》，甜美的聲音再次回歸，絕不輸于第一張專輯。最受大家喜愛的歌曲有“Trouble Is A Friend”、“The show”、“Everything at Once”和“You will be mine”。出演過《聚散離合》、《碟》等影視作品。 中文名: 蕾恩卡·克莉帕克 外文名: Lenka Kripac 別名: lenka 國籍: 美國 民族: 新南威爾士 出生地: 澳大利亞新南威爾士 出生日期: 1978-3-19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenka (born Lenka Kripac on 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer-songwriter, known for her song "The Show," (produced by Stuart Brawley), from her self-titled album Lenka. Her latest song "Everything at Once" was used in the official Windows 8 TV Ad. Early Life The daughter of a Czech musician father and an Australian schoolteacher mother, Lenka was raised in the Australian bush of New South Wales until age seven, when her family moved to Sydney, where she received her schooling and music training, and started to work as a musician. Career ■ Acting As a teenager, Lenka studied acting at the Australian Theatre For Young People, where she trained with actress Cate Blanchett. Lenka starred in the Australian ABC-TV drama series GP as Vesna Kapek in the 1990s. She also hosted Cheez TV and has guest starred in other Australian TV series, including Home and Away, Wild Side, Head Start, and Spellbinder. She appeared in Australian feature films The Dish and Lost Things, as well as in theatre productions. ■ Music Decoder Ring As Lenka Kripac, she was a member of the Australian electronic-rock crossover band Decoder Ring for two of their albums. She then moved to California in 2007. Solo career After adopting her first name as her sole artistic name, Lenka released her eponymous debut album on 24 September 2008, with "The Show" (produced by Stuart Brawley) chosen to be the first single release from the set. The album peaked at number 142 on the US Billboard 200 The song also featured for the Windows 8 ad , becoming a world wide success. Lenka creates paper art type of stop-motion animated music videos for each of her singles with James Gulliver Hancock, a visual artist from Australia. The childlike appearance to all her music videos is done on purpose by the duo. Her vocal stylings are a juxtaposition of pop and layered, complicated influences. She provided vocals on two tracks ("Addicted" and "Sunrise") on German artist Schiller's album Atemlos, released in Germany on 12 March 2010. (wiki) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ by Andrew Leahey Taking a break from her duties as vocalist and keyboardist for Australia's Decoder Ring, songwriter Lenka Kripac relocated to Los Angeles and began crafting eclectic, atmospheric pop songs under her forename. Her solo material took its cues from artists like Jem and Björk, with Lenka pitting her breathy vocals against landscapes of electronic drumbeats, horns, and twinkling piano. A former child actor who'd studied under Cate Blanchett, she also brought a sense of theatricality to her music, and Epic Records brought her aboard the label's roster in late 2007. Lenka decamped to the East Coast to record her debut album in Woodstock, NY, with artists like Howie Day and Missy Higgins stopping by for quick cameos. She then settled in Los Angeles, where she played frequent shows at the intimate Hotel Café before her self-titled album, Lenka, arrived in September 2008. "The Show," the lead single from Lenka's debut, cracked the Top 40 in several countries, including the U.K, Switzerland, and Poland (where it climbed to number one). Meanwhile, Lenka became engaged to James Gulliver Hancock, the visual artist behind several of her music videos, and spent most of the following year touring the world. Her engagement figured heavily on her second album, Two, a collection of pop tunes and winsome love songs that appeared in early 2011. Lenka returned in 2013 with Shadows, an orchestral pop album inspired by the birth of her son.