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Little Dragon’s Yukimi Nagano with a heart-warming selection of personal faves. From digital soul and catchy melodies to electronic bliss.
Featuring radiant vocalist Yukimi Nagano and her close highschool friends Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Wallin (bass) and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards), _(artist-name)Little Dragon_’s debut single on Peacefrog was a Rough Trade ‘Single of the Week’ and widely hailed as a masterpiece of electronic soul. Yukimi has sung with Sweden’s electronica jazz outfit _(artist-name)Koop_, and both Yukimi and Erik play live with _(artist-name)José Gonzalez_. Erik also drums with _(artist-name)Peps Perrson_, a legendary Swedish blues/reggae artist. “We had an admiration for each other musically, and way before we defined ourselves as a band we were making music and hanging out”, Yukimi explains. “It’s like a family, and the band is our big passion. Little Dragon reminds you that when you’re really creating music, it’s like building a ship that will travel in a direction previously inconceivable”. They have always stayed true to that mission statement, creating a sound that takes as many cues from r‘n’b-leaning pop as it does from the icy ambiance of new wave.
