Little Dragon | Little Man | Moog Sound Lab

Little Dragon came by the Moog Factory in Asheville, NC to reinvent their song Little Man from their latest album Ritual Union.
Little Dragon came in for a session during Moogfest 2011. Sadly, their bass player fell ill during the festival and they were unable to perform their full set that evening. Luckily, their soundman filled in on bass parts with the Little Phatty for the Moog Sound Lab session and we got a gem of a performance.
Little Dragon front-woman Yukimi Nagano sings through an Analog Delay Moogerfooger, adding warmth and a low-fi slap-back to her sultry voice.
Keyboardist Hakan Wirenstrand masterfully plays the Minimoog Voyager XL. Using an Analog Delay Moogerfooger, he doubles the sound of the XL to make a rhythmic doubling effect, as he opens and closes the 2 Moog Ladder filters with the cutoff knob.
Little Dragon's sound man, Crispin Anderson sat in for bassist Fredrick Kallgren for this session. He holds down the song with thick bass lines on the Little Phatty
Drummer Eric Bodin plays a driving beat with 3 Minimoog Voyager Rack Mounts using Trap-Kat drum pads to control each Voyager separately
See more of the Moog Sound Lab series at: bit.ly/MoogSoundLabVideos

[@natehampton]

I listened to the original version of this today and thought it sounded weird because I listened to this version so often for years.

[@LohPro]

i think this is my favorite moog lab performance! love the vibes!

[@djm2A]

This is the best sounding performance for this song the acoustics are nice on here

[@faviogonzalez214]

This is genius, a magnificent mixture of musicianship and a god given voice, this band is driving me crazy, amazing stuff.

[@jasonm2279]

Love that "Horace Andy-Massive Attack" vibrato in her voice.

[@fountane]

3:17 to 3:58 was the coolest thing I've ever seen done on a moog.

[@tanchwa3740]

have you ever seen Corey Henry play?

[@pyrotas]

Like, really?

[@jasonbull3987]

@@pyrotas yeah, he needs to get out more

[@fineyoungspecimen]

Agreed

[@CBMorrison36]

Such a great way to promote the products and show the talent of a band. Little Dragon just gained a Fan! And Love the sound of Moog in this sesh

[@Allen202020]

FUCCKKK MEEE THAT KEYBOARD SOLO!!!

[@BrantleyAllen]

+allen rod changing octaves while playing. pretty cool!

[@jamosensei]

I've seen a lot of different performances of this song, and it's hard to say which one is the best, because these people are friggin awesome performers, and just OWN that $h!t each time they perform.

[@sekaiology]

This is just so unique wow

[@milligrambeatz808]

those drums sound soooo nicceee. ..analog so good

[@TeddyLeppard]

Love it! You can really tell the group is having a great time playing this song.

[@brmbkl]

sometimes I wonder if Im too high strung, too sensitive, too judging when trying to enjoi 'avant garde ' stuff that's excentric just to be left-field. And then you run into performances like these; never in the whole performance are you questioning why certain choices were made; it all feels very organic; the staccato singing, the melodic drums, the swaying of musicians, the subtle shamanistic gestures. Nothing feels contrived. Amateurs take note.

[@Gorkreislauf]

¡Se les salió un leve la cumbia, no obstante buenísimo!

[@gooncrusha6638]

This version is gold

[@NolanKurtz]

Holy shit! That was awesome!

[@toileychan]

I live about an hour and a half away from the moog factory. The tour was great!

[@Bulldawg1975]

Wow! This performance bowled me over. So much fun- and you can tell the band is enjoying themselves, which I dig. How can you not with what a great, bouncy tune this is. Far more percussive than I'd initially thought you could be with those instruments. Amazing foundation of beats and then the Moog joins in at times, while other Moog and her voice just soars and coasts over the beats. So much better than the album version(which is really good; however, this is fantastic). Headphones needed now for my 5th listen in a row. Get into my head more Little Man from Little Dragon!

[@twallace541]

Whoa ... unexpectedly awesome ...

[@VolcaRock]

pretty cool song! great percussion and voice!

[@Saabu_yaz]

Dude is rocking moog keys .. but that theremin takes a cake here

[@amarok5048]

I'm impressed. This is beautiful as well as amazing. Thank you.

[@xnonsuchx]

Interesting tidbit about the normal bass player being ill and their "soundman" playing the Phatty!

[@sixstringtragicTV]

Great version love these guys music truly love the vocals.

[@Oxix52]

I really enjoyed that! Very nice sounds and rhythms all around.

[@germanbarreneche2918]

exceptional sound. The future is now, wow !

[@aaghoribabu]

groove killed me right there

[@oxoxoxoxo8589]

first synth line my ass was shaking

[@TheAuralab]

This is Beautiful !

[@CleverDjembe]

i love this music!

[@VanHau5]

Love the drummer

[@hightowerTB303]

Sooo sweet!

[@flicka16]

Brilliant !

[@microverse-hangproject3223]

very nice - was fun to watch and listen ; )

[@ZwamTekMusic]

lovely

[@crystal_girl]

U Really rock dude 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 🔥Be supportive 🔥

[@phira360]

hakan on theremin!!! :D

[@jonniejonn]

I LOVE LITTLE DRAGON!

[@lofromparis]

Magnifique .....

[@rizhoonincerta]

Excellent !

[@jasonbull3987]

Ritual, reunion, has got me, over my head... ?

[@Tormentality]

SO FCUKING AMAZING!

[@LuDux]

5:22 Nailed it

[@gtralive-2024]

Groovy baby!

[@gorgath]

Supercool. Love it :)

[@AamirF]

*so cool*

[@AlligatorIntoYou]

so rad

[@dungokunyet]

damn you guys, unique music! cool.

[@inthefade]

Some Clara Rockmore style Theramin playing there.

[@TheDigitalVillain]

GOLD

[@rzanotte]

incrível

[@tvstrangelove]

esta muy bueno ;)

[@solarmusik5]

Echt geil

[@haditamelodica1982]

O M G!!!!!!!!! 💗🐥

[@zanetamatjacic7595]

Top!!! TOP

[@zanetamatjacic7595]

Drums ✌️✌️✌️✌️

[@SuperSgtdan]

holy shit this is fucking amazing .

[@majewskimusic]

Cool!!!, :-)

[@humillados298]

QUE RICO SONIDO parolin

[@davidwright9716]

that is the fucking excellarnto

[@rikkmon]

Definitely better than the album version. By a light year. Now for the reggae version (maybe I'll do it).

[@shanagins007]

i have personally been in the Moog sound lab. its incredible

[@emmanuelaguilar5823]

👊❤❤

[@WildAlchemicalSpirit]