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Yukimi (Little Dragon)

For You

    Influential icon and legendary artist, Yukimi Nagano, best known to date as the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated, four-piece Swedish band Little Dragon, releases her debut solo album, 'For You'. Featuring De La Soul, Lianne La Havas, plus Erik Boden from Little Dragon who helped co-produce the record, this new venture will also see Yukimi step fully into her power, not just as a singer, songwriter and performer, but as a woman who has long been operating in a male dominated industry blooming on her own. This breakthrough moment has provided Yukimi with the space and freedom to explore themes that she has never touched on before; motherhood, her children, death, loss, and all encompassing feminine energy.


    TRACK LISTING

    1. Prelude For You
    2. Make Me Whole
    3. Break Me Down
    4. Runaway
    5. Elinam
    6. Stream Of Consciousness (feat. Lianne La Havas)
    7. Rules Of School
    8. Sad Makeup
    9. Peace Reign
    10. No Prince
    11. Winter Is Not Dead
    12. Jaxon (feat. Pos From De La Soul)
    13. Feels Good To Cry (feat. Yusuke Nagano)

    Little Dragon

    New Me, Same Us - 2024 Repress

      A modern classic, Little Dragon’s 2020 album 'New Me, Same Us' — featuring the hits 'Where You Belong', 'Hold On' and 'Another Lover' — is repressed on translucent blue curaçao vinyl. Entirely self-produced and recorded at their long-time studio base in Gothenburg the album showcases their unique style of unhurried, off-kilter R&B, pop and electronics, sounding as rejuvenated and energised as ever. Universally acclaimed, Crack Magazine described the record as “an immediate contender for their strongest album to date… the beating heart of the entire Little Dragon sonic ethos”; whilst The Guardian hailed their “shimmering Swedish psych-pop”. Meanwhile, Notion declared it “their most cohesive and strongest album yet”.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Hold On
      2. Rush
      3. Another Lover
      4. Kids
      5. Every Rain
      6. New Fiction
      7. Sadness
      8. Are You Feeling Sad?
      9. Where You Belong
      10. Stay Right Here
      11. Water

      Little Dragon

      Slugs Of Love

        The iconic Swedish 4-piece Little Dragon – spearheaded by vocalist Yukimi Nagano – return with a new and utterly beguiling blend of avant pop on their album “Slugs of Love” on Ninja Tune, inviting outright legend Damon Albarn (Gorillaz, Blur) and rapper JID (J Cole / Dreamville) for collabs. The universally loved (and Grammy-nominated) band paved the way for the likes of Billie Eilish, Steve Lacy, Solange and Kaytranada, setting the benchmark for electronic pop and inspiring the new generation to push boundaries and explore new sonic territories.

        Recommended if you like… Tame Impala, SAULT, Toro Y Moi, Gorillaz, Roisin Murphy

        STAFF COMMENTS

        Liam says: Funky and off-kilter return from avant-pop maestros Little Dragon, 'Slugs Of Love' is a proper infectious blend of chewy indie dance grooves and electro-pop - earworms (or should I say earslugs) galore!

        TRACK LISTING

        A1. Amöban
        A2. Frisco
        A3. Slugs Of Love
        A4. Disco Dangerous
        A5. Lily’s Call
        A6. Stay (feat. JID)
        B1. Gold
        B2. Kenneth
        B3. Glow (feat. Damon Albarn)
        B4. Tumbling Dice
        B5. Easy Falling

        Little Dragon

        New Me, Same Us

          Little Dragon—the pioneering Swedish four-piece fronted by enigmatic vocalist Yukimi Nagano, with multi-instrumentalists Håkan Wirenstarnd and Fredrik Wallin on keyboards and bass respectively and Erik Bodin on drums and percussion—return with their sixth studio album, “New Me, Same Us”.

          For a band who are proudly left-of-centre and fiercely protective of doing things on their own terms, they have achieved no shortage of mainstream recognition. Grammy nominated for 2014’s “Nabuma Rubberband”, Little Dragon have long been seen as one of the most sought-after groups to work with. Chalking up an enviable list of collaborators throughout the years, working with equally groundbreaking artists like BADBADNOTGOOD, Gorillaz, SBTRKT, Flying Lotus, Flume, Kaytranada, Big Boi (who was first put on to the band via fellow Outkast member André 3000), De La Soul, DJ Shadow, Tinashe, Mac Miller, Future, Raphael Saadiq, Faith Evans and more. Their hugely popular and highly regarded live performances have spawned a decade-spanning career which has seen them recently co-headline a show with Flying Lotus at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl and perform at some of the world’s most revered festivals such as Coachella, Glastonbury, Bestival, Lollapalooza, Melt, Dour, Sonar and Tyler, The Creator’s ‘Camp Flog Gnaw’.

          Having played together since their school days in Gothenburg—where they’d meet up after class to jam and listen to records by artists like A Tribe Called Quest and Alice Coltrane —“New Me, Same Us” is the sound of a band going back to basics and falling back in love with their instruments: drums, bass, keyboards, harp, guitar and voice, to produce some of their most focussed and inarguably best music to date. “This album has been the most collaborative for us yet.” they explain, “which might sound weird considering we’ve been making music together for all these years, but we worked hard at being honest, finding the courage to let go of our egos and be pieces of something bigger.”

          Entirely self-produced and recorded at their long-term home-built studio in Gothenburg, “New Me, Same Us” represents another chapter in the continuing evolution of Little Dragon, finding new direction in their unique style of unhurried, off-kilter r’n’b, pop and electronics, they sound as rejuvenated and energised as ever. The record also finds them in a reflective mood, Yukimi’s distinctive vocals musing on transitions, longing, and saying goodbye. “We are all on our own personal journeys,” they say, “full of change, yet still we stand united with stories we believe in, that make us who we are.” Lead single ‘Hold On’ is a message about breaking away and moving on, ‘Rush’ is about yearning for a love now lost, ‘Another Lover’ is described as a daydream of heartache, “I can’t understand what I'm doing / don't understand where we going” Yukimi laments in the opening lines. The aptly named ‘Sadness’ speaks to “how you might think you know someone but then time shows you a new face” say the band. ‘Where You Belong’ is a lullaby of fear of loss and death. There is room for optimism too, though. ‘New Fiction’ seeks that space in which to create new narratives and forge your own path and ‘Are You Feeling Sad’ is a reminder to take a step back and not worry too much: “you gonna be alright / don’t worry don’t worry / things gonna turn out fine”. 

          TRACK LISTING

          Hold On
          Rush
          Another Lover
          Kids
          Every Rain
          New Fiction
          Sadness
          Are You Feeling Sad?
          Where You Belong
          Stay Right Here
          Water

          BADBADNOTGOOD X Little Dragon

          Tried

            Canadian Jazz group BADBADNOTGOOD unite with Swedish electronic band Little Dragon for their beautiful and melancholic single, Tried.The single follows a myriad of successful collaborations from BADBADNOTGOOD with Kendrick Lamar, Kali Uchis, Snoop Dogg, Thundercat, Kaytranada, Charlotte Day Wilson and Sam Herring (Future Islands) and Little Dragon’s 2018 “Lover Chanting” EP.

            STAFF COMMENTS

            Millie says: BADBADNOTGOOD's new collaboration with Little Dragon demonstrates their mellow side of beautifully slowed-down jazz rhythm, matched with the sweet vocals of Little Dragon is a heavenly retreat for the ears.

            TRACK LISTING

            A1. Tried
            B1. Tried (Instrumental)

            Little Dragon

            Klapp Klapp

              THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2014 EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

              Limited to 350 copies.

              Little Dragon

              Ritual Union

                Little Dragon return with their new album 'Ritual Union'. Since 2009’s critically acclaimed 'Machine Dreams' the band have not sat still, touring the globe and making some high profile friends along the way. Damon Albarn invited them to collaborate on two tracks for Gorillaz 'Plastic Beach' LP, which became album highlights for the critics with Pitchfork describing the songs ‘Empire Ants’ and ‘To Binge’ as “two of the most arresting things here; they’re airy, elusive and amazingly beautiful”.

                'Ritual Union' takes everything I love about Little Dragon and distils it to perfection; Yukimi Nagano’s wonderfully emotive and hooky vocals and quirky electro-acoustic backing tracks that are part live-played (drums) and part computer-created (all sorts of wonky synth sounds). Always distinctive and sounding like no one else, Little Dragon are an evolutionary branch of the 90s trip hop / downbeat sound, but one that didn't get mired in a coffee-table-chill-out-made-for-mobile-phone-adverts snooze-fest, instead opting for off the wall originality and seductive otherness.


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