Main Stage - Live at Stadtmusik, Basel - Pt 1

Little Dragon

Peacefrog, Sweden

Featuring radiant vocalist Yukimi Nagano and her close high school friends Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrick Kllgren (bass) and Hakan Wirenstrand (keyboards), Little Dragon's debut single on Peacefrog was a Rough Trade 'Single of the Week' and "universally hailed as a masterpiece of free thinking soul", according to One Week To Live. Yukimi has sung with Sweden's Electronica-Jazz outfit Koop, and both Yukimi and Erik play live with Jose Gonzalez. Erik also drums with 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 sense of icy ambiance of new wave. This set was recorded live at Stadtmusik Festival in in Basel, Switzerland.