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本·庫珀
本·庫珀
男歌手
出生	1982年2月24日（43歲）; 美國佛羅里達州傑克遜維爾
職業	創作型歌手
音樂類型	原音樂; 獨立民謠（英語：Indie folk）; 器樂
演奏樂器	吉他，手風琴，班卓琴，鼓，鋼琴
網站	www.radicalface.com

班傑明·P·庫珀^[3]（Benjamin P. Cooper，1982年2月24日—）是一位歌手、詞曲作家、樂器演奏家及畫家，來自於美國佛羅里達州傑克遜維爾。^[4]^[5]他目前以「Radical Face」為藝名發行音樂，其代表作是2007年收錄在首張同名專輯中的單曲《Welcome Home（英語：Welcome Home (Radical Face song)）》。庫珀曾參與多個音樂項目：與Alex Kane共同組建樂隊Electric President（英語：Electric President）^[6]、與Rick Colado合作的The Clone Project^[7]，以及Unkle Stiltskin樂隊^[8]。

早期生活

本·庫珀出生於佛羅里達州傑克遜維爾，成長在一個有九個兄弟姐妹的家庭。他早年便因對繪畫的熱愛而表現出獨特的創作天賦，中學時期他便已經開始與朋友製作短片並接觸音樂創作。

14歲時，庫珀向父母公開了自己的同性戀身份，隨後被繼父逐出家門。^[4]談及這段經歷時，他表示「這段經歷教會了我如何自立……雖然不推薦這種方式，但它確實讓我受益匪淺。特別是作為自由音樂人，許多事情我都能從容應對」^[9]。庫珀成年後，發現他的繼父性侵了他的侄女。最終本收養了他的侄女，並在其繼父的審判中充當證人。^[10]在開始他的《The Family Tree》三部曲計劃時，他本來打算講一個虛構的故事，而由於其創作時生活中發生的事情，在他第三張系列專輯《The Leaves》中，則直接寫了他的家人。^[11]

在19歲時，庫珀決定成為一名作家，並寫了兩本書。然而，在電腦死機之前，他沒有及時備份文件，於是他將電腦搬到屋外用錘子砸毀。就是在這一系列事件發生後，庫珀開始自己創作音樂，通過在當地演出意外地開啟了他的職業生涯，儘管他最初的本意並非如此。^[12]據報道，庫珀早期作品大多錄製於自家屋外的工具棚內。^[13]

職業生涯

早期生涯與Unkle Stiltskin（2000–2003）

2002年，庫珀與科里·盧普（Corey Loop）及後來的貝斯手/吉他手亞歷克斯·凱恩（Alex Kane）組建了Unkle Stiltskin樂隊。他們共同錄製了歌曲，但從未進行過現場演出，也沒有發行過實體唱片^[8]。

Electric President（2003-2010）

（主條目：英語維基百科的Electric President（英語：Electric President））

庫珀於2000年結識亞歷克斯·凱恩（Alex Kane），二人後來組建了名為Radical Face vs Phalex Sledgehammer的樂隊，後更名為Electric President（英語：Electric President）^[14]^[15]，並被要求在該樂隊中代替主唱的位置。庫珀認為這是其職業生涯的首次專業突破，但在與唱片公司合作發行音樂時遭遇阻力。2010年，在與Electric President合作發行了第三張專輯《The Violent Blue（英語：The Violent Blue）》後，凱恩和庫珀便開始專注於其他項目。與此同時，庫珀以Radical Face（英語：Radical Face）為名開啟了《Family Tree》專輯的創作。

Radical Face（2003年至今）

（主條目：英語維基百科的Radical Face（英語：Radical Face））

《Ghost》（2007）

（主條目：英語維基百科的Ghost（英語：Ghost_(Radical_Face_album)））

《Ghost》是Radical Face於2007年3月發行的首張正式錄音室專輯。單曲《Welcome Home》因被尼康相機廣告採用而廣為人知^[16]，此後多次出現在商業廣告、電影及電視劇中^[17]。

《The Family Tree》三部曲（2011–2016）

2011年，庫珀啟動名為"The Family Tree"的計劃，通過三部曲專輯講述一個虛構家族的跨代際故事。該系列多首曲目被影視作品收錄^[18]。儘管創作初期庫伯將其設定為虛構敘事，但三部曲的最後一個專輯融入了庫珀的真實經歷，《Everything Costs》與《Bad Blood》兩首歌曲以第一視角呈現其個人感悟^[4]。

《Missing Film》（2018）

在為某未完成項目創作音樂後，庫珀將這批作品以器樂專輯形式發布，命名為《Missing Film》，供獨立電影人免費使用^[19]^[20]。

音樂項目與貢獻

未發行作品

庫珀以Radical Face的名義創作的首個音樂項目《The Junkyard Chandelier》從未正式發行。該專輯及其職業生涯中多部未公開的作品（包括專輯《Patients》），僅能通過在線渠道下載^[21]。

影視引用

美國罪案驚悚劇《黑名單》多次採用Radical Face的歌曲，包括《Welcome Home》《Baptisms》《Always Gold》《The Road to Nowhere》《Summer Skeletons》和《Letters Home》。2021年，劇集製作人喬恩·博肯坎普（Jon Bokenkamp（英語：Jon Bokenkamp））與約翰·比斯爾（John Bissell）邀請庫珀為第八季大結局（英語：The Blacklist season 8）創作主題曲。庫珀與音樂人喬什·李（Josh Lee）合作完成的單曲《One Last Dream》以Radical Face名義發布，並於該集播出當日（2021年6月23日）同步上線^[22]。

其歌曲《We're On Our Way》曾被用於 2012 年的電影《壁花少年》的預告片中。

Radical Face所演唱的歌曲《Glory》和《All is Well (Goodbye, Goodbye)》曾出現在 2016 年電影《蜜月好友（英語：Buddymoon）》中。

音樂作品

Radical Face時期

錄音室專輯

The Junkyard Chandelier (2003) (未發行)
Ghost（英語：Ghost_(Radical_Face_album)） (2007)
The Family Tree: The Roots (2011)
The Family Tree: The Branches (2013)
The Family Tree: The Leaves (2016)
Missing Film (2018)
Ghost (Anniversary Edition) (2019)
A Light in the Woods (2023) (six-volume collection)
B-Sides and Rarities 2002-2011 (2024)
Mixtape (2024)

合集

The Bastards (2016)

EP

Touch the Sky (2010)
Always Gold (2012)
SunnMoonnEclippse (2017)
Covers, Vol 1: Lady Covers (2018)
Therapy (2019)
Therapy (Alternate Reality Version) (2019)
Hidden Hollow, Vol. One (2021)

單曲

《Welcome Home（英語：Welcome Home (Radical Face song)）》 (2011)
《Reveries》 (2020)
《Family》 (2021)
《Dreamless Sleep》 (2021)
《One Last Dream》 (2021)

Electric President時期

錄音室專輯

S/T（英語：S/T (Electric President album)） (2006)
Sleep Well（英語：Sleep Well） (2006)
The Violent Blue（英語：The Violent Blue） (2010)

EP

You Have the Right to Remain Awesome (2004)

The Clone Project時期

Clone (2014)

參考資料

^ Happy Birthday Ben! | Radical Face Forum. Oldradicalface.com. [June 29, 2014]. （原始內容存檔於December 4, 2013）.
^ 本·库珀正在竞选“Electric President”音乐组合的成员。, （原始內容存檔於October 22, 2009）
^ A LITTLE HELL. ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. [November 12, 2023].
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "When The Page Becomes A Mirror: A Chat With Radical Face （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）".
^ Radical Face - The Missing Road. Radical Face - The Missing Road. [2023-10-19] （英語）.
^ Ben Cooper - Relationships - MusicBrainz. musicbrainz.org. [2023-10-19].
^ Cooper, B., Colado, R. (September 23, 2014). The Clone Project. Retrieved from http://projectclone.com/
^ ^8.0 ^8.1 Cooper, Ben. Unkle Stiltskin. oldradicalface.com. [2023-10-20].
^ Radical Face Premieres "The Ship in Port" Video. Bandcamp Daily. July 19, 2016.
^ Radical Face Premieres "The Ship in Port" Video. Bandcamp Daily. July 19, 2016 [2023-08-01]. （原始內容存檔於2019-04-19）.
^ When the Page Becomes a Mirror: A Chat with Radical Face. NPR. （原始內容存檔於2017-10-24）.
^ Secret Sessions.
^ Lovejoy, Heather. Electric President of Jacksonville Beach has a new album, 'The Violent Blue'. The Florida Times-Union. [2023-10-20] （美國英語）.
^ Radical Face vs. Phalex Sledgehammer biography. Last.fm. [2023-10-19] （英語）.
^ Electric President: Electric President. Pitchfork. [2023-10-20] （美國英語）.
^ Nikon Cameras – I Am. TV Ad Music. March 12, 2010 [June 29, 2014].
^ BEN COOPER / RADICAL FACE - Music Publishing - Concord. concord.com. [2023-10-19] （美國英語）.
^ Radical Face | Music Department, Composer, Soundtrack. IMDb. [2023-10-19] （美國英語）.
^ j.a.heiser. Album Review: Radical Face – Missing Film. The Indy Review. 2018-11-21 [2023-10-19] （英語）.
^ @RadicalFace (November 16, 2018). "Today I am releasing a free album called 「Missing Film』, a selection of instrumental music I've written. I thought I would make these tracks available to film makers and content creators to use, royalty-free, in any of their personal work. Download Free:" (Tweet)
^ Nocodeyv. The Junkyard Chandelier & Patients. r/radicalface. 2021-02-07 [2023-10-19].
^ Radical Face - One Last Dream, June 24, 2021 [2023-10-19] （英語） . "Last Friday I got contacted out of the blue by the creator of the show "The Blacklist." There was a very important final scene in the season finale, and there was suddenly an issue with the music that was slated to go along with it. I was asked if I could come up with something for the scene over the weekend, as it was due to air on Wednesday. But it was a long cue -- about 5 minutes. We had never spoken before that moment, but they've featured me on the show multiple times and it's been a really big reason that people have heard of me at all. So of course I was happy to at least try. I got a cut of the scene, some notes about the tone and the mood, and then the work started. Writing to cues is a bit different than writing songs, because the tempo and mood have to fit something that already exists. It's about amplifying a mood instead of generating it from scratch. So just sorting the structure can take a lot of time. I could also tell right from the start that I'd need strings on this, so I asked Josh, my partner, to help me come up with some cello parts. He's really great at playing emotively, so we got all that sorted in a couple hours. The rest was a blur. But it's fun to just move sometimes and go entirely with gut responses. There wasn't time to second guess anything. And luckily it was all moods and tones that are well within my wheelhouse. To jump to the end, the piece worked out well and was accepted. And since it will have already aired before I put out my next newsletter, I am uploading it early."

[1] Happy Birthday Ben! | Radical Face Forum. Oldradicalface.com. [June 29, 2014]. （原始內容存檔於December 4, 2013）.

[HipHopInt-2] 本·库珀正在竞选“Electric President”音乐组合的成员。, （原始內容存檔於October 22, 2009）

[3] A LITTLE HELL. ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. [November 12, 2023].

[npr-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "When The Page Becomes A Mirror: A Chat With Radical Face （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）".

[5] Radical Face - The Missing Road. Radical Face - The Missing Road. [2023-10-19] （英語）.

[6] Ben Cooper - Relationships - MusicBrainz. musicbrainz.org. [2023-10-19].

[7] Cooper, B., Colado, R. (September 23, 2014). The Clone Project. Retrieved from http://projectclone.com/

[:0-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Cooper, Ben. Unkle Stiltskin. oldradicalface.com. [2023-10-20].

[9] Radical Face Premieres "The Ship in Port" Video. Bandcamp Daily. July 19, 2016.

[10] Radical Face Premieres "The Ship in Port" Video. Bandcamp Daily. July 19, 2016 [2023-08-01]. （原始內容存檔於2019-04-19）.

[11] When the Page Becomes a Mirror: A Chat with Radical Face. NPR. （原始內容存檔於2017-10-24）.

[12] Secret Sessions.

[13] Lovejoy, Heather. Electric President of Jacksonville Beach has a new album, 'The Violent Blue'. The Florida Times-Union. [2023-10-20] （美國英語）.

[14] Radical Face vs. Phalex Sledgehammer biography. Last.fm. [2023-10-19] （英語）.

[15] Electric President: Electric President. Pitchfork. [2023-10-20] （美國英語）.

[16] Nikon Cameras – I Am. TV Ad Music. March 12, 2010 [June 29, 2014].

[17] BEN COOPER / RADICAL FACE - Music Publishing - Concord. concord.com. [2023-10-19] （美國英語）.

[18] Radical Face | Music Department, Composer, Soundtrack. IMDb. [2023-10-19] （美國英語）.

[19] .a.heiser. Album Review: Radical Face – Missing Film. The Indy Review. 2018-11-21 [2023-10-19] （英語）.

[20] @RadicalFace (November 16, 2018). "Today I am releasing a free album called 「Missing Film』, a selection of instrumental music I've written. I thought I would make these tracks available to film makers and content creators to use, royalty-free, in any of their personal work. Download Free:" (Tweet)

[21] Nocodeyv. The Junkyard Chandelier & Patients. r/radicalface. 2021-02-07 [2023-10-19].

[22] Radical Face - One Last Dream, June 24, 2021 [2023-10-19] （英語） . "Last Friday I got contacted out of the blue by the creator of the show "The Blacklist." There was a very important final scene in the season finale, and there was suddenly an issue with the music that was slated to go along with it. I was asked if I could come up with something for the scene over the weekend, as it was due to air on Wednesday. But it was a long cue -- about 5 minutes. We had never spoken before that moment, but they've featured me on the show multiple times and it's been a really big reason that people have heard of me at all. So of course I was happy to at least try. I got a cut of the scene, some notes about the tone and the mood, and then the work started. Writing to cues is a bit different than writing songs, because the tempo and mood have to fit something that already exists. It's about amplifying a mood instead of generating it from scratch. So just sorting the structure can take a lot of time. I could also tell right from the start that I'd need strings on this, so I asked Josh, my partner, to help me come up with some cello parts. He's really great at playing emotively, so we got all that sorted in a couple hours. The rest was a blur. But it's fun to just move sometimes and go entirely with gut responses. There wasn't time to second guess anything. And luckily it was all moods and tones that are well within my wheelhouse. To jump to the end, the piece worked out well and was accepted. And since it will have already aired before I put out my next newsletter, I am uploading it early."

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