Little Dragon - Road to success
The band have had considerable success in the US, being picked up by radio station KCRW in Los Angeles. Last year they performed a headlining tour of the States which included a performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In June, their most recent single Sunshine premiered on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show.
The band is fresh off a tour where they supported The Red Hot Chili Peppers and played 15 festivals over the summer.
Although they haven’t gone looking for collaborations, Little Dragon have participated in a considerable number over the last few years. They’ve worked with Gorillaz and with Dave Sitek from TV on the Radio. Nagano has featured on tracks with SBTRKT, DJ Shadow and Raphael Saadiq. Recently the band recorded with Big Boi from Outkast and feature on his new album.
Their live performances take on a jazz-like approach, playing around with the structure of songs, so that no two performances are alike. “We don’t totally freak-out, but definitely as a band that uses a lot of electronic sounds, like to improvise. A lot of bands these days get lazy. The beauty of the vulnerability of being live can easily disappear, so the improv is important. Not maybe as much as going crazy on solos, but rather the philosophy of jazz music of playing together and reaching that high. There are no mistakes, so why not try something different,” Nagano says.
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