Little Dragon (S) @ Göta Källare

1. Looking Glass 2. Ritual Union 3. Brush The Heat 4. After The Rain 5. Shuffle A Dream 6. Please Turn 7. Crystalfilm 8. Summertearz 9. My Step 10. Feather 11. Precious 12. Little Man 13. Runabout 14. Twice

Yet another lovely Saturday night on the Stockholm club scene - a sold out Little Dragon show. We did our very first live stream from the venue, despite some initial bandwidth issues we managed to get the party out to a few hundred listeners around the world. The sound is amazing and the voice of Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Nagano meets the band's beats and orchestration perfectly. 

"It’s been a stellar year for Little Dragon, and it seems the torch paper of wider acceptance has truly been lit... From the opening chimes of title-track, Ritual Union is an effortless exercise in economics. Nothing is wasted nor added needlessly for effect, and it’s an album that revels in clean, crisp production. Driven by skittering percussion and an impressive BPM heartbeat, this set could feel cold and mechanical; but even with an electronic influence stamped throughout, there’s a sense of craft and warmth, largely owing to Little Dragon’s enduring attention to detail and members’ session musician past. It’s these lovingly constructed backdrops that give Shuffle a Dream mass pop appeal; Crystalfilm its seductive, honeyed melodies; and Summertearz its offbeat, tribal lilt. Then there’s Yukimi Nagano’s husky-yet-girlish vocal, a constant highlight in its own right, weaving amidst shape-shifting passages of minimal funk, dreamy pop and electro soul, adding a pleasantly saccharine topping to an already satisfying LP." BBC Music Review

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