Yeule is the musical project of Nat Ćmiel, a Singaporean singer-songwriter and producer. Starting in 2012, they incorporate elements of ambient, glitch and post-pop.
Their name is derived from Final Fantasy character Paddra Nsu-Yeul.
real name: Nat Ćmiel
labels: Ninja Tune, Bayonet Records, Zoom Lens
genres: synth-pop, ambient pop, glitch pop, shoegaze, noise pop
plays: piano, voice, guitar, synthesizer
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Nat Ćmiel was born in Singapore where they attended school. They first started playing music at the age of 6 on their parents' Yamaha piano and learned classically although eventually dropped taking lessons, and wanted to explore something more challenging which led them to guitar and drums. Ćmiel initially started playing waltz pieces, though they soon moved on to songs from the soundtracks of Final Fantasy X and Kingdom Hearts. They later went on to sing in a jazz band under the name Riot Diet, covering songs from Ella Fitzgerald and the Pixies.
Ćmiel's music has been described as a variety of categories including: "electronic post-pop", avant-pop and experimental pop. Serotonin II was labeled as an ambient album and received comparisons to Enya's music and Grimes' album Visions (2012). Glitch Princess is a glitch pop album with influences of emo pop, spoken word and ambient music. Releases following Glitch Princess explored guitar-based alternative music. Softscars is a shoegaze album that has also been considered as a dream pop and pop rock record. Evangelic Girl Is a Gun combines eclectic influences from several genres including pop, metal, EDM, trip hop, shoegaze and sludge metal. Ćmiel's musical influences draws inspiration from '90s and 2000s alternative acts such as My...