Little Dragon

Little Dragon is a Swedish electronic music band, based in Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1996. It consists of Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Nagano (vocals, percussion) and her close high-school friends Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Källgren Wallin (bass), and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards).

Role in Gorillaz
Little Dragon, most notably Yukimi Nagano, were featured on the Gorillaz album Plastic Beach on the tracks Empire Ants and To Binge. Håkan Wirenstrand and Fredrik Wallin provided additional keyboards to both songs. Yukimi Nagano later joined Gorillaz on Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour, Humanz Tour and The Now Now Tour.

History
The band was formed in 1996 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Yukimi Nagano was in her first year in high school when she met seniors, Fredrik Wallin and Erik Bodin. The three would meet after school to jam and play records by De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest and Alice Coltrane. Little Dragon have toured throughout Europe and has also made music videos for the songs Test, Twice, Constant Surprises, After the Rain and Fortune. The video for Twice was directed by award-winning Swedish filmmaker, Johannes Nyholm. The double A-side single Fortune/Blinking Pigs was released in the UK on 26 January 2009.

Members

 * Yukimi Nagano – vocals, percussion
 * Fredrik Wallin – keyboards, synth, bass guitar
 * Håkan Wirenstrand – keyboards
 * Erik Bodin – drums

Discography

 * Little Dragon (2007)
 * Machine Dreams (2009)
 * Ritual Union (2011)
 * Nabuma Rubberband (2014)
 * Season High (2017)
 * New Me, Same Us (2020)

Trivia

 * Little Dragon were recommended to Damon Albarn as a good band to collaborate with by his wife, Suzi Winstanley.