YUKIMI NAGANO on vocals together with her close high-school friends Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrick Källgren (bass), and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards), Little Dragon’s first release was a double-A-side 7” single on Off The Wall and then signed to Peacefrog (home to José and Findlay Brown), “PlayTwice” / “PlayTest”.

Nagano was born and raised in Gothenburg to a Japanese father and American mother; she grew up listening to American folk because of her mother, but always had an affinity for r and b. Keyboardist Wirenstrand spent his childhood in Smaland before moving to Gothenburg, hearing a lot of Swedish folk music, later getting into electronic and synth music. Bodin grew up hearing early hip-hop and jazz. Fredrik who plays bass was influenced by experimental noise music electro house etc.

Nagano and Bodin play live with José González. Bodin also drums with Peps Perrson, a Swedish blues/reggae artist.