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“I’m really in my element,” says Lenka
as the wind chimes sound and she surveys the forest outside
the Woodstock, NY recording studio where she laid down
the final tracks of her self-titled solo debut and is
now noodling around on a few other tunes. The natural
setting clearly reminds her of home – not her adopted
home of Los Angeles, but the Australian bush, where she
grew up.
“My parents were hippies and my dad built a house on the south coast
of New South Wales,” she explains. “I’m still very attached
to that part of the world, even though we moved to Sydney when I was seven.”
In Sydney, Lenka went on to become a teen actress who
trained with Cate Blanchett, thereafter landing leading
roles on stage, television and in indie films, a self-described “punk-ass
art school student” and vocalist/keyboardist for
acclaimed indie electronic/ambient outfit Decoder Ring.
Now she has flung herself into two new worlds simultaneously:
she’s moved to California and become a solo artist.
But no matter where she ventures, those early memories
follow. Others may struggle to get in touch with their
inner child; Lenka never lost hers.
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