Trentemøller

Biography

Anders Trentemøller (Danish: [ˈɑnɐs ˈtsʰʁɑntəˌmøˀlɐ]; born 16 October 1972) is a Danish indie artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

History

Trentemøller started music in the late 1990s with different indie rock projects. In 2006, following a line of more electronic-orientated 12-inch EPs, Trentemøller released his debut album, The Last Resort×The Last Resort6 October 2006 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Take Me Into Your Skin7:442Vamp4:333Evil Dub6:154Always Something Better6:105While the Cold Winter Waiting5:046Nightwalker4:087Like Two Strangers3:258The Very Last Resort8:319Snowflake7:3310Chameleon6:5711Into the Trees (Serenetti, Part 3)7:2212Moan5:5113Miss You4:03Disc 21Moan3:33. In 2007 he assembled his first full live band, with Henrik Vibskov on drums and Mikael Simpson on guitar. Complete with visuals from director Karim Ghahwagi, the ensuing ‘Trentemøller: Live In Concert’ tour brought him to the United States for the first time as well as to festivals including Glastonbury (UK), Roskilde (Denmark) and Melt! (Germany).
In 2009, The Trentemøller Chronicles, a double compilation of unreleased songs, non-album tracks and remixes for acts including Röyksopp, Moby and The Knife, was released. He also headlined the Orange Stage at Roskilde Festival, playing for 60,000 people, with a set design created by Vibskov.
After starting up his own record label, In My Room, Trentemøller's second album Into the Great Wide Yonder×Into the Great Wide Yonder28 May 2010 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1The Mash and the Fury7:002Sycamore Feeling6:063Past the Beginning of the End6:194Shades of Marble5:535… Even Though You’re With Another Girl4:526Häxan5:117Metamorphis2:058Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!!!4:239Neverglade4:3310Tide7:45 was released in 2010. It was a move into a more analogue sound influenced by indie and post-punk, and incorporating more live instrumentation and vocals. Expanding his live band to seven people, he continued to tour around the world for two years. His appearance at 2011's Coachella Festival was described by NME as “one of the biggest breakouts of Coachella,” saying he “stunned all onlookers and became the toast of the fest.” Trentemøller toured widely across the US and appeared on Carson Daly. The world tour ended with two shows in Christiania, Copenhagen, released as the live album Live In Copenhagen×Live in Copenhagen22 April 2013 · Album · LiveSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1The Mash and the Fury (live in Copenhagen)10:562Shades of Marble (live in Copenhagen)8:123…Even Though You’re With Another Girl (live in Copenhagen)4:544Past the Beginning of the End (live in Copenhagen)6:265Vamp (live in Copenhagen)4:126Sycamore Feeling (live in Copenhagen)7:487Miss You (live in Copenhagen)6:088Moan (live in Copenhagen)9:479Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!!! (live in Copenhagen)7:4310My Dreams4:4711My Dreams (acoustic version)3:4712Blue Hotel4:30.
Following his second album, Reworked/Remixed×Remixed9 October 2008 · EP · RemixSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1Serenetti (Maetrik Bass rework)6:482Serenetti (Mathias Mesteño remix)7:523Gush (Blagger's Bring It Back remix)9:294Serenetti (James Teej Late Nite Soul remix)8:075Gush (Blagger's Bring It Back Beatless remix)9:01 was released, a compilation of Trentemøller's remixes for other artists and other musicians' reworking of his music including Modeselektor, UNKLE, Franz Ferdinand, Andrew Weatherall, Efterklang and Depeche Mode. Trentemøller's music has also been used by film directors, including Oliver Stone (Savages), Pedro Almodóvar (The Skin I Live In), and Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone).
In September 2013, Trentemøller released his third full-length album Lost, including collaborations with Low, Jonny Pierce from The Drums, Marie Fisker, Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead, Jana Hunter of Lower Dens, Ghost Society and Sune Wagner of The Raveonettes. That year, Trentemøller also supported Depeche Mode on their Delta Machine world tour and appeared at Melt!, Dour, Pitch and Zurich Open Air. In 2014, Trentemøller composed the theme for the AMC series Halt and Catch Fire. In 2014, Lost was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe.
Trentemøller's fourth album, Fixion×Fixion16 September 2016 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks1One Eye Open4:162Never Fade5:153Sinus4:154River in Me2:555Phoenicia4:096Redefine4:467My Conviction4:068November6:489Spinning6:0710Circuits3:5911Complicated4:2112Where the Shadows Fall5:0913Redefine (Trentemøller rework)4:5914Complicated (Trentemoller's Out Of My Head Remix)6:13, was released on 16 September 2016. It featured vocals by Marie Fisker, Lisbet Fritze and Jehnny Beth.
A fifth album, Obverse×Obverse27 September 2019 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Cold Comfort8:312Church of Trees6:383In the Garden3:564Foggy Figures7:125Blue September5:096Trnt8:067One Last Kiss to Remember3:488Sleeper4:349Try a Little4:1010Giants5:03, was released in 2019. It was nominated for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award 2019, but did not win.
Trentemøller has frequently collaborated with Swedish artist Andreas Emenius, who directed music videos for the songs Come Undone (2014), Deceive (2014), Complicated (2016), and Redefine (2016).
On 13 September 2024, Trentemøller released his sixth album, Dreamweaver×Dreamweaver13 September 2024 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1A Different Light5:502Nightfall5:173Dreamweavers5:234I Give My Tears6:155Behind My Eyes4:106Hollow3:457Empty Beaches5:228In a Storm3:019Winter’s Ghost5:3510Closure4:04, written, produced and mixed by Trentemøller and featuring vocals performed by Dísa Jakobs.

Style and influences

Trentemøller's later music has been described as synthwave and pop. His early tracks (especially those on The Last Resort) show influences drawing from early downtempo and trip hop, minimal, glitch, and darkwave, often incorporating a cinematic feel. He cited amongst his influences Siouxsie and the Banshees, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Joy Division, The Cure, Low, Depeche Mode, Cocteau Twins and OMD.