Big round of applause for Benjamin Clementine! Our track of the day is dedicated to our favourite city, London!
We love the video for Benjamin’s latest vid, especially because it was directed by Colin Cardo, the film maker behind the La Blogotheque session (a regular platform we visit for our musical talent searches). Inspired by figures like Leonard Cohen and Jake Thackray – and with no emotional or employment ties to keep him in London – Benjamin absconded to Paris aged 20; sleeping rough, working in kitchens and busking out of economic necessity. First in the corridors of the Place de Clichy station and then on the metro, building his voice and refining his craft, as he made enough money to move first to a hostel and then into a room of his own. True to his song, London has called him back and he has since caught the attention of Jools Holland who introduced him to the early adopters of fresh talent.
