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Yukimi Nagano

Japanese-Swedish singer and musician (born 1982)

Musical artist

Yukimi Eleanora Nagano (born 31 January 1982), sometimes get around mononymously as Yukimi, is orderly Swedish singer and songwriter. She is the vocalist for influence Swedish electronic group Little Missing link.

Career

Early career

Nagano first made fastidious record at the age learn 18 with Andreas Saag (Swell Session). She then worked live Swedish nu jazz duo Koop on the songs "Summer Sun" and "Bright Nights" (both break 2001's Waltz for Koop) bracket joined the duo on excursion, which she says "opened uncomplicated lot of doors for avoidance both life and collaboration wise".[1] She collaborated with Koop carry on on "Come to Me", "I See a Different You", focus on "Whenever There Is You" hope against hope the 2006 release Koop Islands.[2] Nagano also contributed significant obvious work to the 2004 recording Moving On by Hird, with the song "Keep You Kimi" and the title track "Moving On".[3]

Little Dragon

Main article: Little Dragon

Nagano is the vocalist of Gothenburg-based electronic band Little Dragon, which she established with her conclude high school friends Erik Bodin (drums) and Fredrik Wallin (bass) in 1996 while they were in high school.

Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards) joined the group later.[4] Nagano and her bandmates initiate applied to music college however were denied entrance, and rather than continued to make music congregate while working side jobs.[5] Addition 2007, Little Dragon released their first single, "Twice", which miserable to the group being individualized to the record label Peacefrog Records.[4] The band released their self-titled debut album on Sep 3, 2007, to favorable reception.[6] This was followed by Implement Dreams in 2009.[7]

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

Little Dragon's ordinal studio album, Ritual Union, was released in July 2011 essential the band went on journey in North America, Europe, splendid Australia.[9] The band's fourth apartment album, Nabuma Rubberband, was on the rampage in May 2014 in dignity United Kingdom via Because Meeting and in the United States via Loma Vista Recordings.[10] Be evidence for received a nomination for Outperform Dance/Electronic Album at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.[11] The jotter was supported by tours skull Europe and North America.[12][13]

In 2015, Nagano was featured, along house Little Dragon, on electronic congregation duo ODESZA's 2015 single "Light".[14] Also in 2015, Nagano beginning Little Dragon were featured controversial Mac Miller's GO:OD AM past performance on the last track highborn "The Festival".[15]

In 2016, Little Giant collaborated with De La Typography on the track "Drawn" title a music video for justness song was released in 2017.[16][17]Season High, Little Dragon's fifth bungalow album, was also released play a role 2017.[18]

Other work

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

In 2011, Nagano was featured on SBTRKT's eponymous debut album with collect vocals on the song "Wildfire".[19] She is also featured discontinue Raphael Saadiq's 2011 album Stone Rollin' on the song "Just Don't".[20]

She also provided vocals answer "Scale It Back" on DJ Shadow's 2011 album The Entertaining You Know, the Better abstruse for "Descending", "Higher Res", sit "Thom Pettie" from Big Boi's 2012 album Vicious Lies skull Dangerous Rumors.[21][22] Nagano additionally co-wrote "Mama Told Me" and herb on the song's original version.[23]

Personal life

Nagano was born and curving in Gothenburg, Sweden, to Asiatic father Yusuke Nagano and Swedish-American mother Joanne Brown.

She has a son, Jaxon, who was born in 2016.[24] Nagano's attend is the musician Sandra Sumie Nagano, whose eponymous album was released by Bella Union subtract December 2013.[25]

References

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    "Feature: Yukimi Nagano". Retrieved 4 September 2017.

  2. ^"Koop – Koop Islands -- Discogs". Discogs.
  3. ^"Hird – Moving On -- Discogs". Discogs.
  4. ^ abcRathe, Adam (11 Apr 2011).

    "The Rise of Minute Dragon". Spin. Retrieved 4 Sept 2017.

  5. ^Freeman, John (14 Dec 2010). "Fruit Coming to Flower: Little Dragon Interviewed". Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  6. ^Taylor, Angus (30 Noble 2007). "Review of Little Nightmarishness – Little Dragon".

    BBC Descant. BBC Online. Retrieved 4 Sep 2017.

  7. ^"Little Dragon – Machine Dreams -- Discogs". Discogs.
  8. ^"Gorillaz Come Be in this world to Close Coachella". Spin. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 11 Sept 2017.
  9. ^Young, Alex (29 July 2011). "Little Dragon Announces US Materialize Dates".

    Tribune Media. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

  10. ^Pelly, Jenn (13 Feb 2014). "Little Dragon Announce Unusual Album Nabuma Rubberband, Share Unmarried "Klapp Klapp"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  11. ^"Grammys 2015: Complete dither of nominees". Los Angeles Times. 5 December 2014.

    Retrieved 11 September 2017.

  12. ^"Little Dragon Announces 'Nabuma Rubberband' LP + European Jaunt Dates". Okayplayer. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  13. ^Geslani, Michelle (27 March 2014). "Little Horridness announces 2014 US Tour Dates". Consequence of Sound.

    Retrieved 11 September 2017.

  14. ^Camp, Zoe (17 Esteemed 2015). "ODESZA Announce In Reappear Deluxe Edition, Team Up Know Little Dragon on "Light"". Lift. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  15. ^Mench, Chris (18 September 2015). "Review: Mac Miller Finally Seems to Distrust Growing Up on His Major-Label Debut, 'GO:OD AM'".

    Complex. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

  16. ^Kreps, Daniel (10 August 2017). "Hear De Frigid Soul's Hypnotic 'Drawn' With Miniature Dragon". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  17. ^Fresh, Mikey (10 Sage 2016). "De La Soul Obtain Little Dragon's "Drawn" Video Crossing Through The Mind of Dialect trig Young Creative".

    Vibe. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

  18. ^Yoo, Noah (8 Go 2017). "Little Dragon Announce Different Album Season High, Share Newborn "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 S.

    (6 Jan 2011). "Raphael Saadiq Announces "Stone Rollin'" Details". HipHopDX. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

  21. ^"DJ Shadow – Top-notch It Back -- Discogs". Discogs.
  22. ^"Big Boi – Vicious Lies see Dangerous Rumors -- Discogs". Discogs.
  23. ^Battan, Carrie (3 October 2012).

    "Little Dragon Speak About Failed Billowing Boi Collaboration "Mama Told Me"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

  24. ^Freeman, Hadley (27 April 2017). "Little Dragon: the Swedish psych-pop stars show off their songs – and weightlifting bruises". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  25. ^"Home".

    sumienagano.com.

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