Little Dragon

From a series of fantastic compilations on Sonar Kollektiv a new night is born! Karen P has had a huge impact on the world of radio and provided a much needed voice to an incredibly talented pool of musicians and performers from all over the world. Her work with Gilles Peterson on Worldwide and now her string of excitingly fresh podcasts have set her up as a hugely influential tastemaker in the scene

Tonight we celebrate the launch of her new monthly night with a little tribute to Peacefrog Records. Responsible for hundreds of stand-out releases scaling many genres; tonight we have invited two standout performances marking their past and present, showing just how much they have achieved in their 17 years.

All the way from Sweden and already making waves in the soul and jazz scenes with their excellent self-titled debut album, Little Dragon pay a rare visit to the UK. In typically uncompromising Scandinavian fashion, Little Dragon bring an Electronica approach to R’n’B: their music is complex but gentle and wonderfully evocative. Yukimi Nagano’s heart-warming vocal stylings adapt perfectly to the instrumentations of drummer Erik Bodin, bassist Fredrick Källgren and keyboarder Hakan Wirenstrand, and together they have managed to concoct one of the standout debut Lp’s of 2007.

Now into his second decade as a true innovator in the electronic music scene, Charles Webster is one of the few real mould-breakers in an increasingly stale & predictable dance music world (though whether a man whose favourite artist is Rickie Lee Jones, and whose records ooze such soul and depth should really ever be pigeonholed as dance is another debate...). Charles has sold over 100,000 albums without ever being considered 'mainstream' or having had a major hit single. For the opening night of Karen P presents… “Broad Casting” Charles Webster has prepared a special laptop set. Expect the unexpected.

The recordings of the night will be available each month on Red Bull Music Academy Radio (rbmaradio.com) & highlights in a special podcast for Sonar Kollektiv.