Benjamin Clementine – Back To Basics Tour
“Bold, brave, beautiful, and at times quite brilliant.”
Phil Mongredien - The Guardian
“Bold, brave, beautiful, and at times quite brilliant.”
Phil Mongredien - The Guardian
Mercury Prize-winning Benjamin Clementine makes his first-ever Aotearoa appearance at the Wellington Jazz Festival.
Widely regarded as one of contemporary music’s most singular artists, the British singer, pianist, composer and actor has forged a creative language of his own, bringing together contemporary classical composition, experimental songwriting, theatrical performance and poetic lyricism.
His Back to Basics Tour returns to the essence of his artistry: one piano, one voice and songs presented without distraction, allowing the music to take centre stage. These performances reveal the emotional intensity, spontaneity and musicianship that have become the hallmarks of his live work.
Since the release of his acclaimed debut album, At Least For Now, Clementine has performed on many of the world’s most celebrated stages, including the Montreux and North Sea Jazz Festivals and major concert halls globally.
“Few artists can command an audience’s attention as powerfully as Benjamin Clementine” (The Standard). This rare solo performance offers the chance to experience Clementine in his purest artistic form, where every note, silence and word carries equal weight.
Ko te taenga tuatahitanga tēnei o Benjamin Clementine, te toa o te Mercury Prize, ki Aotearoa, ki te Taiopenga Toi o Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
E mōhiotia ana ia hei ringapuoro ahurei i te ao puoro o ēnei rā. Kua waihanga te kaiwaiata, te kaiwhakatangi piana, te kaitito, me te kaiwhakaari nei nō Peretānia i tōna ake reo toi. Ko tāna, he whenumi i te puoro o nāianei me te puoro ōkawa, he tito auaha, he whakaari, ā, he toi kupu hoki.
I te Back to Basics Tour ka hoki ia ki te pūtake o tana toi: kotahi te piana, kotahi te reo, me ngā waiata kau, kia noho mātāmua ko te puoro i runga i te atamira. Ka whakakite ēnei tūnga i te kaha o ngā kare ā-roto, i te tau o te mahi noa, me ngā pūkenga puoro i mōhiotia whānuitia ai āna mahi mataora.
Nō te whakaputanga o tana kohinga tuatahi, o At Least For Now, kua tū a Clementine i ngā atamira rongonui o te ao, i te Taiopenga Puoro Tautito o Montreux, me tō North Sea, me ngā whare kōnohete nunui o te ao.
“Takitahi nei ngā ringapuoro e rite nei ki a Benjamin Clementine te tohunga ki te whakangahau i te whakaminenga.” (The Standard). I tēnei tū takitaki, kāore e kaha kitea, ka āhei tō mātaki i a Clementine i tōna anō āhua toi, ka mau te wehi o te oro, o te mū, me te kupu.
