Ritual Union
Little Dragon
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Ritual Union | Little Dragon | 3:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Little Man | Little Dragon | 2:41 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Brush the Heat | Little Dragon | 4:10 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Shuffle a Dream | Little Dragon | 2:58 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Please Turn | Little Dragon | 3:34 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Crystalfilm | Little Dragon | 4:49 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Precious | Little Dragon | 3:51 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Nightlight | Little Dragon | 3:25 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Summertearz | Little Dragon | 3:50 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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When I Go Out | Little Dragon | 5:59 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Seconds | Little Dragon | 4:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
iTunes Review
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.
Customer Reviews
Déception
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
Top Albums and Songs By Little Dragon
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Ritual Union | Ritual Union | 3:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Twice | Little Dragon | 3:06 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Crystalfilm | Ritual Union | 4:49 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Little Man | Ritual Union | 2:41 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Scale It Back | The Less You Know, The Better (Deluxe Edition) | 4:16 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Shuffle a Dream | Ritual Union | 2:58 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Please Turn | Ritual Union | 3:34 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Nightlight | Ritual Union | 3:25 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Ritual Union | Ritual Union - EP | 3:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Blinking Pigs | Machine Dreams (Bonus Track Version) | 3:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $11.99
- Genres: Electronic, Music
- Released: Jul 22, 2011
- ℗ 2011 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Peacefrog Holdings Ltd
