Ben Lee

Overview

You may remember Ben Lee as the 13-year-old singer in the band Noise Addict, or for his ARIA Award-winning record Awake Is the New Sleep that changed the face of contemporary Australian music. Lee has gone in a new direction with his new album, which will be showcased on Thursday, April 11, at Paddington Uniting Church.

The Sydney-born and LA-based singer-songwriter has travelled back to Sydney to celebrate the release of Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work, which will hit stores April 23. This will be Lee's ninth solo album, and maybe the most controversial, as the album focuses on his experiences with the South American psychoactive brew, Ayahuasca. All of the album's profits will be donated to charity, half to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and the other half to the Amazon conservation team.