WOLFGANG TILLMANS INSPIRED FRANK OCEAN WITH TRIP TO BERGHAIN
German's track features on rapper's new visual album...
Following the release of Frank Ocean's suprise new visual album 'Endless', Turner Prize-winning German artist Wolfgang Tillmans has revealed the release is bookended by his techno track 'Device Control'.
Speaking via an Instagram post, Tillmans explained that he showed Ocean some tracks after the American initially got in contact about about a photograph. Ocean apparently replied: "Device Control is brilliant. Love. Can I sample it for the intro of my album?" but went on to use a part of the track in the intro to 'Endless', before playing the track in its entirety at the end.
Then in an interview with Pitchfork, Tillmans revealed his connection with Ocean goes even deeper. After a failed meet-up in London, Ocean apparently drove 12 hours through the night to meet Tillmans in his Berlin studio. The rapper/singer/producer then wanted to visit legendary club Berghain, but it wasn't open, so drove back to London after their meeting and then returned to Berlin two days later to visit the club with Tillmans.
Check out 'Endless' in full here and grab Tillmans' 'Device Control' EP via Beatport.