BEN LEE
Ben Lee’s career over the past quarter of a century has been unpredictable, unique, hugely successful, and always on Ben’s own terms.
Bursting onto the international underground music scene in 1992, when Ben was 14 years old, he was quickly heralded as an outsider prodigy, having his home recordings championed by the taste makers of the time the Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth. However, he was not satisfied with underground prestige, and over the years that followed charmed his way into mainstream consciousness, eventually having top 10 hits in Australia, Spain, the Netherlands and Canada, while building a devoted following all over the world.
He pioneered the concept of making “conscious pop music” and wore his spiritual search on his sleeve with albums like “Awake is the New Sleep” “”Love is the Great Rebellion” and “Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work”. Ben has also become a go-to collaborator for the who’s who of intelligent songwriters – Ben Folds, Zooey Deschanel, Neil Finn, and is now a Grammy nominated producer who has steered studio albums by Margaret Cho, The Silver Lake Chorus, Sophie Koh and most recently Jill Sobule into creation. He is currently devoting time to a new project called “Radnor & Lee” – a folk duo with “How I Met Your Mother” star Josh Radnor.
Ben has also written a “children’s psychedelic musical about the mystery of existence” called “B is for Beer” with legendary US author Tom Robbins. In addition to all of this Ben and his wife Ione have built a successful essential oils business and international education program, Skye Lee Essential Oils. Ben is also a vocal environmentalist and advocate for numerous charities including OzHarvest, FINCA, MAPS and the Amazon Conservation Team.
