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Ritual Union

Little Dragon

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Sweden’s Little Dragon possess such a plethora of ideas and talent, it feels like they molt a layer with each release. Their 2007 debut was soulful, jazzy and offbeat, and 2009’s Machine Dreams moved into electro/trip-hop territory, with Yukimi Nagano’s vocals a shade more sinuous and supple. Ritual Union takes a harder turn into electro-pop, with beds of crackling, pulsing synthesizers and crispy percussion underlying Nagano’s mostly plangent vocals. The title track has a cool urgency, with a finger-snapping snare beat and a faint, throbbing keyboard laying the perfect rhythm for a smooth shimmy. The tune segues into the brilliantly understated “Little Man,” a song rich with a silky, neo-soul liquidity. Tunes like those are the real stars: propulsive, sensuous rhythms are understated, stealthily embedding themselves in place of bold hooks digging in. The blinking, clattering “Nightflight” (which vaguely recalls the great ESG), the swinging, jazz-inflected “Shuffle a Dream,” and the slithery “Summertearz” possess a kind of narcotic appeal, demanding repeated listens that reveal more delights each time.

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J'avais de bonnes attentes face à cette album, malheureusement il ne réflette en aucun cas l'essence même de Ritual Union. On ne rescent la passion qui est sensée resortir d'une oeuvre musicale.

Great.

These guys have me on this album in a big way. Nagano has toned back a little of the vocal tremelo/vibrato, but none of the feeling. The band is in now entering Bjork territory, as people growing in an ability to make electronics human and soulful. But they do it in their own non-bjorkish way of course.
They've really hit a place where the sounds they make are (imo) very much in line with their emotional intent. This band is beginning to be worthy of the term "band" in the sense that one would say "jazz band."
I think they might do great things for electronic music. As far as I'm concerned, important things. This album should be embraced by anyone interested in the humanization of new sounds.

Sooo good :)

Without a doubt this will be one of the best albums of the year.

Biography

Formed: Gothenburg, Sweden

Genre: Electronic

Years Active: '00s, '10s

An enticing blend of indie pop hooks and crisp electronic beats in the style first perfected by Saint Etienne's Foxbase Alpha, Little Dragon are a showcase for Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Nagano, a mainstay of the European downtempo and lounge scenes. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Nagano first broke through in 2000 and 2001 as the singer on several singles by Swell Session, the project fronted by Swedish DJ and producer Andreas Saag. She later sang lead on the club hits "Summer Sun" and "Bright...
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  • $11.99
  • Genres: Electronic, Music
  • Released: Jul 22, 2011

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