Little Dragon

Rarely do you come across a track that makes you stop what you're doing and just listen. You might be doing work or just on facebook but you'll find yourself completely lost in the music. The same was true of one particular song as i did my regular trawl through juno's new releases a few weeks ago. While perusing the downtempo section, which i'll admit tends to be hit or miss for me, i came across the 'Twice' remix EP by a nice Swedish 4 piece called Litttle Dragon.

Little Dragon hail from Gothenberg, Sweden. Made up of lively vocalist Yukimi Nagano and her close high school friends Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrick Källgren (bass) and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards). Little Dragon stepped into the scene back in 2006 with the release of their first double A-side single on Off the Wall later to be re-released on british indie label Peacefrog (home to José González and Findlay Brown). Yukimi has sung with Sweden’s electronica-jazz outfit Koop, and both Yukimi and Erik play live with José González.

On the Remix EP 'twice' gets re-worked by London's very own Aaron Jerome. If you haven't heard of him check out his myspace for links to his podcast and list upon list of his remix projects. A nice more dramatic twist on the original yet managing to stick with the strong keys from before. Well worth a listen.

::::::::Twice (aaron jerome remix)::::::::::


Little Dragon are in London for 2 consecutive dates in March. First port of call is Camden's Jazzbar on the 13th then the Round House on the 14th. Check them out, I'm definitely going to.