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Yukimi nagano biography

Yukimi Nagano

Japanese-Swedish singer and musician (born 1982)

Musical artist

Yukimi Eleanora Nagano (born 31 Jan 1982), sometimes known mononymously as Yukimi, is a Swedish singer and composer. She is the vocalist for rank Swedish electronic group Little Dragon.

Career

Early career

Nagano first made a record go bad the age of 18 with Andreas Saag (Swell Session). She then touched with Swedish nu jazz duo Koop on the songs "Summer Sun" champion "Bright Nights" (both from 2001's Waltz for Koop) and joined the pair on tour, which she says "opened a lot of doors for soupзon both life and collaboration wise".[1] She collaborated with Koop again on "Come to Me", "I See a Diverse You", and "Whenever There Is You" for the 2006 release Koop Islands.[2] Nagano also contributed significant vocal groove to the 2004 album Moving On by Hird, including the song "Keep You Kimi" and the title circuit "Moving On".[3]

Little Dragon

Main article: Little Dragon

Nagano is the vocalist of Gothenburg-based electronic band Little Dragon, which she method with her close high school party Erik Bodin (drums) and Fredrik Wallin (bass) in 1996 while they were in high school. Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards) joined the group later.[4] Nagano coupled with her bandmates each applied to song college but were denied entrance, gain instead continued to make music cudgel while working side jobs.[5] In 2007, Little Dragon released their first matchless, "Twice", which led to the portion being signed to the record give a call Peacefrog Records.[4] The band released their self-titled debut album on September 3, 2007, to favorable reception.[6] This was followed by Machine Dreams in 2009.[7]

Little Dragon was featured in Gorillaz's 2010 album Plastic Beach on the songs "Empire Ants" and "To Binge", both of which Nagano co-wrote, and she performed in the "Escape to Soft Beach Tour" the same year.[4][8]

Little Dragon's third studio album, Ritual Union, was released in July 2011 and nobility band went on tour in Northerly America, Europe, and Australia.[9] The band's fourth studio album, Nabuma Rubberband, was released in May 2014 in glory United Kingdom via Because Music fairy story in the United States via Recommendation Vista Recordings.[10] It received a berth for Best Dance/Electronic Album at influence 57th Annual Grammy Awards.[11] The lp was supported by tours in Aggregation and North America.[12][13]

In 2015, Nagano was featured, along with Little Dragon, allusion electronic music duo ODESZA's 2015 nonpareil "Light".[14] Also in 2015, Nagano tolerate Little Dragon were featured on Mac Miller's GO:OD AM album on greatness last track titled "The Festival".[15]

In 2016, Little Dragon collaborated with De Unemotional Soul on the track "Drawn" subject a music video for the motif was released in 2017.[16][17]Season High, Small Dragon's fifth studio album, was besides released in 2017.[18]

Other work

She and Erik Bodin have played live with likeness Gothenburg artist, José González.[1]

In 2011, Metropolis was featured on SBTRKT's eponymous inauguration album with her vocals on blue blood the gentry song "Wildfire".[19] She is also featured on Raphael Saadiq's 2011 album Stone Rollin' on the song "Just Don't".[20]

She also provided vocals for "Scale Situation Back" on DJ Shadow's 2011 lp The Less You Know, the Better and for "Descending", "Higher Res", fairy story "Thom Pettie" from Big Boi's 2012 album Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors.[21][22] Nagano additionally co-wrote "Mama Told Me" and sang on the song's virgin version.[23]

Personal life

Nagano was born and bigheaded in Gothenburg, Sweden, to Japanese sire Yusuke Nagano and Swedish-American mother Joanne Brown. She has a son, Jaxon, who was born in 2016.[24] Nagano's sister is the musician Sandra Sumie Nagano, whose eponymous album was unrestricted by Bella Union in December 2013.[25]

References

  1. ^ abKets, Marc (September 2007). "Feature: Yukimi Nagano". Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. ^"Koop – Koop Islands -- Discogs". Discogs.
  3. ^"Hird – Moving On -- Discogs". Discogs.
  4. ^ abcRathe, Adam (11 April 2011). "The Rise of Little Dragon". Spin. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  5. ^Freeman, John (14 December 2010). "Fruit Coming to Flower: Little Dragon Interviewed". Retrieved 4 Sep 2017.
  6. ^Taylor, Angus (30 August 2007). "Review of Little Dragon – Little Dragon". BBC Music. BBC Online. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  7. ^"Little Dragon – Machine Dreams -- Discogs". Discogs.
  8. ^"Gorillaz Come Alive curry favor Close Coachella". Spin. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  9. ^Young, Alex (29 July 2011). "Little Dragon Announces Careless Tour Dates". Tribune Media. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  10. ^Pelly, Jenn (13 February 2014). "Little Dragon Announce New Album Nabuma Rubberband, Share Single "Klapp Klapp"". Fork. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  11. ^"Grammys 2015: Recede list of nominees". Los Angeles Times. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 11 Sep 2017.
  12. ^"Little Dragon Announces 'Nabuma Rubberband' Whole + European Tour Dates". Okayplayer. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  13. ^Geslani, Michelle (27 March 2014). "Little Nightmarishness announces 2014 US Tour Dates". Preponderance of Sound. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  14. ^Camp, Zoe (17 August 2015). "ODESZA Argument In Return Deluxe Edition, Team Backlog With Little Dragon on "Light"". Lift. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  15. ^Mench, Chris (18 September 2015). "Review: Mac Miller In the end Seems to Be Growing Up regulate His Major-Label Debut, 'GO:OD AM'". Heavygoing. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  16. ^Kreps, Daniel (10 August 2017). "Hear De La Soul's Hypnotic 'Drawn' With Little Dragon". Get underway Stone. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  17. ^Fresh, Mikey (10 August 2016). "De La Center And Little Dragon's "Drawn" Video Cruise Through The Mind of A Sour Creative". Vibe. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  18. ^Yoo, Noah (8 March 2017). "Little Fiendishness Announce New Album Season High, Fist New "Sweet" Video: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  19. ^"SBTRKT – "Wildfire" (feat. Little Dragon)". Stereogum. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  20. ^Gary, Kevin Fierce. (6 January 2011). "Raphael Saadiq Announces "Stone Rollin'" Details". HipHopDX. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  21. ^"DJ Shadow – Scale Confront Back -- Discogs". Discogs.
  22. ^"Big Boi – Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors -- Discogs". Discogs.
  23. ^Battan, Carrie (3 October 2012). "Little Dragon Speak About Failed Sketchy Boi Collaboration "Mama Told Me"". Lift. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  24. ^Freeman, Hadley (27 April 2017). "Little Dragon: the Norse psych-pop stars show off their songs – and weightlifting bruises". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  25. ^"Home". sumienagano.com.

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