Pete Lawrie Winfield AKA: Until The Ribbon Breaks has shared “Nature Mother,” that the artist proudly calls his favourite composition to date. Winfield has also created a series of multimedia illustrations of his musical visions that include cinematic video clips and an episodic live performance series titled ‘Live From The Lemon Tree.’ Watch a beautiful live performance of “Everything Else But Rain” (Live from The Lemon Tree).

“I am never happier or more engaged in life than when I am making things,” Winfield says. “What is so gratifying about this current period of my life is that I feel much in the same way that I did when I was 15 and first making music. I’m doing it for the pure joy of doing it.”

Following a self-enforced multi-year hiatus and 6 years of sobriety under his belt, the Welsh artist has also confirmed a new body of work is on the horizon, set for release via VERO Music (distributed by Venice Music). “During the decade that I was making music, I hadn’t realized the toll it took on me, emotionally and physically. I started questioning why I put myself through so much, and why I medicated myself so that I could deal with it. The addiction and Until the Ribbon breaks had become inextricably linked. So, I decided to retire me in that iteration, and see what happens from there.” Winfield shares on his recovery and decision to step back. “But there was a problem. I love making things of all kinds, especially music. At that time, performing was not an option. I was a raw nerve, and I could not consider performing without the perceived safety net of substances. I thought producing and writing for other artists was the answer.”

It was during lock down, faced with extended periods of isolation and in the studio, that he began making music for himself again. “The beauty was that it started as an authentic process. It was how I first made music when I was 12 years old. No one was asking me to make music. No one was expecting me to make music. It was literally the naivety of pressing a button on a keyboard or a drum machine, hearing a sound, and thinking “Wow. You can do that.”

Until the Ribbon Breaks (also referred to as UTRB) refers to the custom of making mixtapes, played over and over “until the ribbon breaks.” Winfield’s first single, “Pressure,” was released in 2013, accompanied by a homemade video that incorporated scenes from David Lynch’s 1997 classic Lost Highway. A second track, “2525,” was released several months later. Winfield has collaborated with The Weekend [Wicked Games], as well as Lorde [Royals] and London Grammar [Sights] who both invited UTRB to open for their respective North American tours. More recently, he re-imagined tracks for FINNEAS [What They’ll Say About Us] and Toots and the Maytals [Got To Be Tough], and produced the debut album from Thunder Jackson. Until The Ribbon Breaks also collaborated with hip hop duo Run The Jewels and appeared on their 2013 release “Job Well Done.” The pair also featured on UTRB’s 2014 release “Revolution Indifference.”

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