CD Album

Nabauma Rubberband [Import Disc]

Little Dragon

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Release Date May 14, 2014
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Catalog No.NEOIMP-8890
JAN/ISBN 0825646296385
Product Type CD
Number of Discs 1

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[Machine Translation] Electric Pop/R&B with minimal beats and an enchanting voice that captivates the most gifted in the music world.... Little Dragon from Sweden, with vocals of Japanese heritage, makes its major label debut! Little Dragon is an electro band whose sophisticated style has attracted big names such as Damon Albarn, Raphael Sadiq, DJ Shadow, and SBTRKT. Yukimi Nagano, half Japanese and half American-Swedish, is the vocalist of the band. She is already well known in the music scene, having released her last album on KSR, and is already recognized by the Japanese club/R&B media. It's been 3 years since her last album "Ritual Union" released in 2011, and this album "NABAUMA RUBBERBAND" is her first album. This latest album, which Yukimi says is musically influenced by Prince's more experimental works, club culture, and Janet Jackson's old slow jams, is a departure from Little Dragon's previous works. The first single from the album, "Klapp Klapp," has been slowly gaining attention since it was first aired on Zane Lowe's "Hottest Record In The World," a must-listen show on BBC Radio for early listeners. In February of this year, the band appeared on the popular American TV show "The David Letterman Show" and captivated audiences with their eccentric performances. In addition, the highbrow fashion/culture website Dazed Digital collaborated with Nabil, a creative director who has worked on music videos for Frank Ocean, James Blake, and Kanye West, for their "Dazed Visionaries" project. The collaboration was with Nabil, a creative director who has worked on music videos for Frank Ocean, James Blake, Kanye West, and others. As part of the collaboration, they created a two-part video for "Klapp Klapp" (part 1 and part 2), directed by Taylor Cohen. Part 1, directed by Taylor Cohen, is out now, and part 2, directed by Nabil, will be released later this year. With an experimental sound and Yukimi Nagano's R&B-rooted voice, 2014 will be the year of the little dragon!
Note: This is an import edition (manufactured outside of Japan).

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Description in Japanese

ナバウマ・ラバーバンド [輸入盤] / リトル・ドラゴン

ミニマルなビートに乗せた、エレクトリック・ポップ/R&Bと、音楽界の才人を魅了する魅惑の歌声・・・。日本の血を引くヴォーカルを擁するスウェーデン出身のリトル・ドラゴン、メジャー・デビュー作が登場!! 洗練されたスタイルで、デーモン・アルバーンやラファエル・サディーク、DJシャドウ、SBTRKTなど大物たちを魅了するエレクトロ・バンド、リトル・ドラゴン。ヴォーカルを務める紅一点は、日本人とアメリカ系スウェーデン人のハーフ、ユキミ・ナガノ。上記のアーティストを始め、様々な作品でフィーチャード・アーティストとして登場している彼女は既に音楽シーンでは一目置かれた存在である。KSRから前作をリリースしていることもあり、既に日本のクラブ系/R&B系メディアからも認知有! 2011年発売の前作『Ritual Union』から約3年ぶりとなる本作『NABAUMA RUBBERBAND』。プリンスの作品でも実験性の高いもの、クラブ・カルチャー、そして昔のジャネット・ジャクソンのスロージャムから音楽的な影響を受けているとユキミが語るこの最新作は、これまでもリトル・ドラゴンの作品とは一風変わったところがある。アルバムからの1stシングルとなる「Klapp Klapp」は、BBCラジオの早耳リスナー必聴番組、Zane Loweの「Hottest Record In The World」で初オンエアされて以来、じわじわと話題を集めている。さらに今年2月には早くもアメリカの人気TV番組「David Letterman Show」に出演し、エキセントリックなパフォーマンスでオーディエンスを魅了した。更にハイブロウなファッション/カルチャー・サイト「Dazed Digital」では、同サイトの「Dazed Visionaries」企画で、フランク・オーシャン、ジェイムス・ブレイク、カニエ・ウエストなどのミュージック・ビデオを手掛けたクリエイディヴ・ディレクター、Nabilとコラボレーションを行った。そのコラボレーションとして、彼女らは「Klapp Klapp」のパート1、パート2の2部からなるビデオを作成。テイラー・コーエンを監督に据えたパート1は、現在公開中。Nabilが監督を務めるパート2も、今年後半に公開される予定だ。エクスペリメンタルなサウンドに、ユキミ・ナガノのR&Bに根付いた歌声――2014年はリトル・ドラゴンの年になる?!

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    Tracklisting

    1
    Mirror
    2
    Klapp Klapp
    3
    Pretty Girls
    4
    Underbart
    5
    Cat Rider
    6
    Paris
    7
    Lurad
    8
    Nabuma Rubberband
    9
    Only One
    10
    Killing Me
    11
    Pink Cloud
    12
    Let Go

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