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Concrete&Grass“混凝草”呈现:
英伦暖心民谣 Benjamin Francis Leftwich 中国巡演

  

“暖暖内含光的吟唱，蚀刻心伤，在如画的歌词中实现自我流放。”——Popmatters

2016年的“混凝草音乐节”上，来自英国的独立民谣歌手Benjamin Francis Leftwich用他细腻温柔的民谣情歌为在场乐迷留下了一段珍贵的午后回忆。带着新专辑《After the Rain》拨云见日的平静魅力，Benjamin的中国首秀可以说是去年”混凝草”的舞台上最让人感动的演出之一。如果你的“混凝草”记忆并没有随着冬去春来而渐渐冷却，那么这位民谣暖男也已经准备好再次把他的暖心歌声带回我们的耳边。

“混凝草”将在今年的音乐节开幕前，呈现Benjamin Francis Leftwich的回归演出。这次不单单是上海，Benjamin将带着他的暖心民谣游唱三城：6月16日，北京，Mao Livehouse；6月17日，上海，育音堂；6月18日，广州，TU凸空间。错过Benjamin“混凝草”首秀的乐迷这次能够更近距离地跟随他的歌声体味纯粹和平静之美，而我们也会在之后的活动中陆续揭秘更多2017年“混凝草音乐节”的信息。

Benjamin Francis Leftwich于1989年出生在英国约克郡，22岁即发行首张个人专辑《Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm》。他细腻冷静、散布忧愁和柔情的音乐风格让人联想到Damien Rice、Nick Drake等独立民谣先辈，也有着不逊于Bon Iver那般对辽阔和寂然的自然之美的描摹。

强烈的个人风格和音乐天赋给予了Benjamin极高的起点，《Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm》甫一出世就广受好评，以10万的全球销量和1.5亿的Spotify播放量跻身当年最佳专辑之一。

虽然在这之后，因父亲离世带来的灰暗岁月加剧了Benjamin歌声中的苍白惨淡，但他砥砺而行，通过音乐重焕生机，终于在去年交出了最新的录音室专辑《After the Rain》。正如专辑名所预示的，Benjamin在逆境中提炼破碎和悲情的心绪，最终雨过天晴般回赠岁月以优美和平静的音乐新世界，难能可贵地以一颗年轻之心刻画出世事沉浮之后的宽阔和隽永。

Concrete&Grass“混凝草”呈现

【北京】

日期：2017年6月16日 星期五 21:00

场地：MAO Livehouse

地址：东城区鼓楼东大街111号

嘉宾：马潇

票价：100元（预售）/ 150元（现场）

*预售将于2017年6月16日，中午12点结束！

本演出所有订单支付成功后，不做任何更改退换处理。（因不可抗力因素导致演出取消或延期情况除外）

相关链接 

Split Works官网：http://www.spli-t.com

Benjamin Francis Leftwich 官方网站:www.benjaminfrancisleftwich.com/

关于“混凝草音乐节”：
可能是国内最棒的音乐节。丰富多元的演出内容、实验艺术与奇特生物，以及眼花缭乱的游乐空间，都让它成为你逃离纷杂喧闹都市的最佳去处。这片乐土不仅有数小时不停歇的美妙乐音，更搬来了一整片诱人的饮食区域，即使在最隐秘的角落你也能找到新奇有趣的游戏竞技。欢迎来到混凝草音乐节，上海本土的“一方地，零常规”。

关于Split Works：

Split Works开功 是一家基于上海和北京的外资音乐演出公司，一直与诸多国际品牌进行合作，始终围绕音乐、品牌、创意和青年文化组织和推广各类活动。2006年成立至今，Split Works共推出了5个音乐节品牌、覆盖30座城市的400多场巡演，并一直坚信并实践着：每一次音乐都必须是独特的。从Godspeed You! Black Emperor 到Sonic Youth，从Thee Oh Sees到Mac Demarco和Shabazz Palaces，从“黑兔”到《觉》音乐+艺术节和“无解周末“。我们热爱音乐，我们热爱中国，我们爱你。

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 Concrete & Grass Presents: Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Late afternoon, Shanghai. Last year.
The main stage at Concrete & Grass 2016.

“In another life / like mayflies / we'll take over the sky
In another world / away from here.”

Many of us were already in other worlds.Benjamin Francis Leftwich’s set at our Place Less Ordinary was a gentle highlight: understated, with its heartbreakingly pretty melodies.

We’re delighted to be bringing him back to China for a series of solo headlining shows.

Come along for three evenings of acoustic contemplation.
Beijing: Friday, June 16 (Mao Livehouse)
Shanghai:Saturday, June 17 (Yuyintang)
Guangzhou: Sunday, June 18 (T:Union TU).

We might have a few surprises on-site, maybe even hints on who’s coming to Concrete & Grass 2017. =)

Benjamin Francis Leftwich is the classic delicate songwriter. His songs are tender and timeless.

“A romantic’s delight, with a beautiful lilting voice and a way with words that belies his age.”

His life was thrown into an unexpected path after his huge 2011 debut album, Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm (100,000 copies worldwide;150 million Spotify plays and counting), when his father passed away from lung cancer.

The loss of a parent is one of the hardest things in life, and for Leftwich his father was also his number one source of inspiration.

But put a mind and voice like his through tragedy and hardship, and out it comes: heartbreaking, melancholy, shatteringly beautiful music.

In a world where electronic production is increasingly drowning out the acoustic guitar in the arsenal of the singer-songwriter, Benjamin Francis Leftwich is unafraid to stick to the classics. Expansive though his music may be, it’s always rooted in those six strings and that hollow wooden body. 

His new collection of songs, 2016’s After the Rain, sees him channeling haunted spirits. “Leftwich sings, and the hurt in his voice accumulates with each word, making it easy to envision him as the outcasted lover his lyric paints: guitar-in-hand, shivering, waiting out in the dark for someone to take him by the lips and lead him inside.” (Pop Matters). It’s both haunting and calming.

Three-city tour, June 2017.Expect elegant acoustic beauty backed up by his painfully fragile voice. Pay attention to his words: they’re filled with quizzical melancholy and sensitive introspection. 

【BEIJING】

Date: Friday, 16 June, 9pm

Venue: MAO Livehouse 

Address: #111 Gulou Dongdajie, Dongcheng District（东城区鼓楼东大街111号）

Support: 马潇

Tickets: 100 RMB (Presale)/150 RMB (Door)

* Pre-sales end at 12 noon, June.16th, 2017

Tickets once sold cannot be refunded!

Links

Split Works official website：www.spli-t.com

About Split Works:

Split Works has been rocking in the free (ish) world since 2006. Working with inspirational artists from across the globe, the good people at Split Works HQ have been a key contributor to the continued rise of China’s music scene.

Split Works has launched five music festivals and promoted over 400 tours to 30 Chinese cities, always striving to stay true to a familiar refrain: the music has to be special, every single time. From Godspeed You! Black Emperor to Sonic Youth, from Thee Oh Sees to Mac Demarco and Shabazz Palaces, from Black Rabbit to JUE and Wooozy to Concrete & Grass and More Music. We love music, we love China and we love you.

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