Yukimi Nagano, singer of electronica-jazz outfit Koop, and her band Little Dragon (featuring keyboardist Hakan Wirenstrand, bassist Fredrik Kallgren Wallin, and drummer Erik Bodin) will release their debut album on the great Peacefrog label this September. Sweden town Gothenburg is incredible cradle of talented musicians and bands like September Malevolence, Audrey, Jose Gonzales, El Perro del Mar and others. Little Dragon plays sooth and groovy alt-pop for ordinary moments and/or dancefloor. You can say (key)electronica meets soul spirit. But the best is Nagano's warm, caressing and heart-felt voice. So only the highest recommendation!
Official release dates: 2007|09|27 - Twice/Test |Single| 2007|10|09 - Little Dragon |CD| But you can buy and download the whole album from iTunes now ...
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I came across a new singer/songwriter for me yesterday. I discovered Jen Gloeckner on myspace.com by chance and so listened all songs there. I tell you I was fairly surprised and excited. She's really good! I know that her last release "Miles Away" is from 2005 but it doesn't matter. It's fresh and beautiful stuff for me anyway ;-) Her music is melange of pop, alt-folk with gloomy, jazz feeling. You can hear many kind of instruments on CD like guitar, keybords, mandolin, cello, percussion and flute etc. I highly recommend her album Miles Away.
Jen recalls, "When I wrote the material for the record, I wanted more than just singer/songwriter style songs." She adds "I understood that giving the music space to breathe on its own was very crucial in developing the moods that I wanted to create."
I dare say that Jen Gloeckner will be definitelly star in future after her next release. I hope she will as well as Norah Jones :-) MySpace > http://www.myspace.com/jengloeckner
[Peacefrog, 2007]
