yield EP, by cktrl

yield EP

by cktrl

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julian Simmering, shimmering, swirling, tendersoft sounds for love and healing and contemplation.

tasha3000 I genuinely love this music. I've listened to it on repeat and cannot convey how beautiful it is. The way the sax and the vocals flow into each other is organic and perfect. Somehow, every part is exactly where it is supposed to be. Wow. The music is calm, elegant and comforting all in one. Thank you so much!

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1.	yield 05:19
2.	lucidly (feat. Ophie) 02:23	lyrics	buy track
Wrote this song Bathing in starlight Laid there till morning Caught by a sea of lights Offered my body up As my sacrifice Braced myself for the rush Opened my eyes Free as a bird Light as a butterfly Never knew it would hurt Free falling from the sky But it feels like a dream Did it hurt when you fell from heaven Caught a ride on your wings Swept me right off my feet And it’s only a quarter to 11 But I feel like I’m dreaming Yeah it feels like a dream But I can’t fall asleep
3.	night i pine 07:01		buy track
4.	love + war (feat. Ophie) 03:25	lyrics	buy track
Say you don’t love me anymore Cue the celebration on the kitchen floor Say you’re not mine and I’m not yours Bitter separation Left with no remorse They say love is pain Got no one to blame I guess love is war With nothing to gain I penalize my brain For my heart’s mistake Brought me to my knees So much I can take I want you to rain down on me Swallowed all my pride Marked my dignity Why don’t you just wait it out Don’t leave Hidden all my vices All these sacrifices Now a dub is a guy that thinks he’s fine He’s so mesmerized by all my diamonds I see it in your eyes make up your mind can’t get no love from me A scrub is a guy Yeah And I see it in your eyes make up your mind can’t get no love from me Love + war I guess all is fair game, love + war I guess all is fair in games of love + war
5.	marcescent 09:39		buy track

about

British musician, multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ cktrl returns with the release of his new EP ‘yield’.

Born from a desire to change the narrative around contemporary Black British music, the boundary-pushing musician aims with this project to prioritise the art of bonafide musicianship. A stark departure from cktrl’s previous work, ‘Yield’ is a celestial and palpably more inward body of work that harkens back to the pre-electric age of modal jazz while simultaneously pulling in elements from the disciplines of classical and baroque music.

Speaking on the project’s sonic identity, cktrl says:
“I want to be able to show that you can make things from scratch again that have that feeling and beauty without having to sample an old record. Even though that’s an art-form within itself, I want to show raw orchestration and instrumentation can be the sole source”

The origins of the title came from a period where cktrl was looking to find solace in himself after an introspective period of grief and heartbreak. As an intentionally instrumental project with minimal vocals, cktrl wants prospective listeners to see these new songs as guided meditations where they can wholly insert themselves in it. Eliciting and reaping whatever feelings come to the fore.

Speaking on what ‘Yield’ means to him as a concept, cktrl explains:
“Some people who I've asked to define the word ‘yield’ have looked at it from a harvest point of view, whereas others have seen it as something to submit to, to render, like you're giving up yourself. I see it as a barometer for how you feel - no matter if you're at your lowest or your highest vibration, you still need to show up for yourself. You still have to be present. It’s about getting the best from yourself no matter where you are in life”

The new project is the follow up to last year’s ‘Zero’ which featured collaborations with esteemed contemporaries like the GRAMMY-nominated Mereba and anaiis. Upon the project’s release, it was met with a plethora of critical acclaim from highly regarded publications and platform such as British Vogue, Dazed, CRACK Magazine, Resident Advisor, NOTION, Harper's Bazaar and ES Magazine for its sprawling and experimental scope, spanning avant-garde jazz, classical music, alternative R&B and electronica.

Moulded by a unique blend of his West Indian heritage, years of classical training in both the clarinet and saxophone, cktrl strives to do what hasn’t been done before. His approach to creation is decidedly wide-ranging and broad. In fact, where sonic descriptions might fail to encompass the breadth of cktrl’s scope, three words surface when he unpacks his musical aims: freedom, range and feeling.

Elsewhere, throughout his career, cktrl has been recognised and heralded by fashion and film VIPs as he firmly embeds himself within the black cultural renaissance emerging here in Britain. Acquiring a global network of creatives that include the late Virgil Abloh, Bianca Saunders, Tremaine Emory, Saul Nash, Maximilian Davis, Ahluwalia, Stephen Isaac Wilson, Sean Frank, Campbell Addy, Ib Kamara and Jenn Nkiru who secured him a cameo in Beyoncé’s ground-breaking film ‘Black Is King’.

Vinyl tracklist;
1. note
2. yield
3. lucidly
4. night i pine
5. love + war
6. b
7. marcescent

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released October 28, 2022

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cktrl London, UK

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felt / yield

Mar 2023
yield EP

Oct 2022
zero

Oct 2021
mazes

Apr 2021
robyn

Nov 2020
somebody cover.

May 2019

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