Swedish based Little Dragon is made up from YUKIMI NAGANO (vocals), Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrick Källgren (bass) and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards). Thier first release was a double-A-side 7” single on Off The Wall (later signed to Peacefrog) that had two tracks: Twice and Test. Nagano grew up listening to American folk, but she always had an affinity for r&b. Keyboardist Wirenstrand spent his childhood in Smaland before moving to Gothenburg where hearing a lot of Swedish folk music. Later he got into electronic and synth music. Bodin grew up hearing early hip-hop and jazz. Fredrik was influenced by experimental, noise and electro house.

Little Dragon recently collaborated with Gorillaz on two tracks from their most recent album, Plastic Beach (2010). With songs Empire Ants and To Binge.

Prize: A pair of tickets to see Little Dragon at the HMV Institute
Closing date: 08/09/10

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This competition has now closed and the winner was:

Paul M