Device Control

Device Control is both the opening track and closing track for Frank Ocean's visual album Endless (2016). Similar to "Fertilizer" from channel ORANGE (2012), the song is not performed by Frank himself but rather another artist, in this case German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans.

A shorter version of the song is played at the beginning of Endless, while the full version of the track is played as the credits roll in the film. The song is not present in audio-only re-releases of the album.

Background
Shortly after the release of the album, Tillmans took to Instagram to share the following :"A bit more info: Enormously proud and happy that Frank Ocean did include my (yet unreleased) track ‘Device Control’ as intro and as a full length ending of his ‘Endless’ album!""We were in touch about the intro, but I wouldn’t believe it until it happened. Three weeks ago I showed him a few songs, which I had written and produced for myself earlier in the year, and he replied 'Device Control is brilliant. Love. Can I sample it for the intro of my album?’ I agreed to it, and to my excited surprise this morning he didn't just sample it. He released my complete original track as the end of this amazing album. So now it's out - and in full length.. Below are the complete production credits. Thank you everyone involved!"In a Pitchfork interview published later the same month, he revealed that the track was recorded in April of the same year.

Credits
As seen in the album's liner notes :


 * (W. Tillmans)
 * Synthesizers: Tim Knapp and Kyle Combs
 * Drum Programming: Tim Knapp and Kyle Combs
 * Drums: Rosie Slater
 * Recorded at Wolfgang's Home, Gráfica Maiadouro and Studio G, Brooklyn

From Tillmans's Instagram post :


 * Vocals, lyrics, melody by Wolfgang Tillmans
 * Keyboards, harmonies, arrangement and drum programming by Tim Knapp at Trixx Studios, Berlin
 * Intro: all instruments and production by Kyle Combs, New York
 * Live drums by Rosie Slater recorded at Studio G, Brooklyn
 * Additional arrangement by Kyle Combs, Jay Pluck and Wolfgang Tillmans
 * iPhone voice recording at Keithstrasse, Berlin and book binding machinery recording at Grafica Maiaduoro, Porto by Wolfgang Tillmans
 * Mixed by Alexis Berthelot at Studio G, Brooklyn
 * Mastered by Klaus Knapp at Trixx Studios, Berlin
 * Written and produced by Wolfgang Tillmans, 2016