Anders Trentemøller (; born 16 October 1972) is a Danish indie/ electronic music composer, 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''. In 2007 he assembled his first full live band, with Henrik Vibskov on drums and

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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, ''

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'', a double compilation of unreleased songs, non-album tracks and remixes for acts including Röyksopp,

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and The Knife, was released. He also headlined the Orange Stage at Roskilde Festival, playing in front of 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'' 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

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. The world tour ended with two shows in Christiania, Copenhagen, released as the live album ''Live In Copenhagen''. Following his second album, ''Reworked/Remixed'' was released, a compilation of Trentemøller's remixes for other artists and other musicians' reworking of his music including

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, UNKLE, Franz Ferdinand, Andrew Weatherall,

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. Trentemøller's music has also been used by film directors, including

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''), Pedro Almodóvar ('' The Skin I Live In''), and Jacques Audiard ('' Rust and Bone''). In September 2013, Trentemøller released his third full-length album ''

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'', including collaborations with

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, Jonny Pierce from The Drums, Marie Fisker, Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead, Jana Hunter of

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and Sune Wagner of The Raveonettes. That year, Trentemøller also supported

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'', was released on 16 September 2016. It featured vocals by Marie Fisker, Lisbet Fritze and Jehnny Beth. A fifth album, ''Obverse'', was released in 2019. It was nominated for

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'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).

Style and influences

Trentemøller's later music has been described as synthwave and

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. His early tracks (especially those on '' The Last Resort'') show influences drawing from early downtempo and trip hop, minimal, glitch, and

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, often incorporating a cinematic feel. He cited amongst his influences

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, My Bloody Valentine,

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Discography

Albums

Compilations

* 2007 – ''

'' * 2009 – ''Harbour Boat Trips 01'' * 2011 – ''Reworked/Remixed'' * 2011 – '' Late Night Tales'' * 2014 – ''Lost Reworks'' * 2014 – ''Early Worx'' * 2018 – ''Harbour Boat Trips 02''

Singles and EPs

* 2003 – ''Trentemøller EP'' * 2004 – ''Beta Boy'' * 2005 – ''Physical Fraction'' * 2005 – ''Kink'' * 2005 – ''Polar Shift'' * 2005 – ''Serenetti'' * 2006 – ''Sunstroke'' * 2006 – ''Nam Nam E.P.'' * 2006 – ''Rykketid'' * 2006 – ''Always Something Better'' * 2007 – ''An Evening With Bobi Bros (woith DJ Tom) / 25 Timer (with Vildtand, Krede, Buda)'' * 2007 – ''African People'' * 2007 – ''Moan'' - IFPI DEN: Platinum * 2007 – ''Gamma (with Buda)'' * 2007 – ''Moan (Dub & Instrumental)'' * 2007 – ''Take Me Into Your Skin (Nudisco Edit)'' * 2008 – ''Miss You'' (Remixes) * 2008 – ''Live in Concert EP (Live at Roskilde 2007) * 2009 – ''Vamp / Miss You'' * 2009 – ''Rauta EP (with DJ Lab)'' * 2010 – ''Sycamore Feeling'' * 2010 – ''... Even Though You're With Another Girl'' * 2010 – ''Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!!!'' * 2011 – ''Shades Of Marble (Remixes)'' * 2011 – ''Raincoats / Tide (with Efterklang)'' * 2012 – ''My Dreams'' * 2013 – ''Never Stop Running'' * 2013 – ''Candy Tongue'' * 2013 – ''Gravity'' * 2014 – ''Deceive'' * 2016 – ''River in Me'' * 2016 – ''Redefine'' * 2017 – ''One Eye Open'' * 2017 – ''Complicated'' * 2017 – ''Hands Down'' * 2018 – ''Transformer Man'' * 2019 – ''Sleeper''

Documentary

* 2017 – ''The Science of Fixion''

Production work

* 2004 – ''Mikael Simpson - Er Du Kommet For A Faa Noget?'' * 2006 – ''Mikael Simpson – Mist Dig Selv I Mig'' * 2008 – ''Det som ingen ved (movie soundtrack)'' * 2011 – ''Darkness Falls – Alive In Us'' * 2012 – Dorit Chrysler - Avalanche * 2014 – ''Giana Factory – Lemon Moon'' * 2018 – ''2nd Blood – Running Blind''

Remixes

* 1999 – ETA – Ayia Napa * 2003 – Kvinde Din - Møgluder (with DJ T.O.M.) * 2003 – The Orchestra — Expansion * 2003 – Filur – You & I * 2003 – B & B International – Decorated With Ornaments (with Banzai Republic) * 2003 – Laid Back – Beautiful Day (with Banzai Republic) * 2003 – Malou – I Wish * 2003 – Djuma Soundsystem – Les Djinns * 2003 –

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& Jay-J – Give a Little * 2004 – Jokeren - Kvinde Din (with DJ T.O.M.) * 2004 – Yoshimoto – Du What U Du * 2004 –

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– Island Breeze * 2004 – The Rhythm Slaves – The Light You Will See * 2004 – Aya – Uptown * 2004 – Aphex Twin – Windowlicker (with Buda) (Unofficial) * 2005 – Laid Back – People (with Banzai Republic) * 2005 – Mathias Schaffhauser – Coincidance * 2005 – Fred Everything & 20 for 7 – Friday * 2005 – Vernis – Bubble Bath * 2005 – Varano – Dead End Street * 2005 –

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– Sodom * 2005 – Sharon Phillips – Want 2/Need 2 * 2005 – Unai – Oh You and I * 2005 – Martinez – Shadowboxing * 2005 – Röyksopp –

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* 2005 – The Knife – We Share Our Mothers' Health * 2005 –

– Go * 2006 – Blue Foundation – As I Moved On (with Buda) * 2006 – Djosos Krost – Chapter One * 2006 – Peace & Adventure - High On Love * 2006 – Jokke Ilsoe – Feeling Good * 2006 – Trentemøller – Always Something Better * 2007 – Trentemøller – Moan * 2007 – JaConfetti – Hold Nu Kay * 2007 – Robyn – Konichiwa Bitches * 2007 – Klovn – McKlaren * 2007 – The Blacksmoke Organisation – Danger Global Warming * 2007 – Tomboy – Flamingo * 2007 – Kira Skov - Religiously Young * 2008 – Kasper Bjørke – Doesn't Matter * 2008 – The Raveonettes – Aly, Walk With Me * 2008 – The Raveonettes – Lust * 2008 –

– The White Flash (feat. Thom Yorke) * 2008 – Trentemøller – Miss You * 2008 –

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– Bless You * 2008 – Booka Shade – Outskirts * 2009 –

– Medicin * 2009 – Visti & Meyland – Yes Maam (All Nite Long) * 2009 – Favelachic – Jungle-TV (with DJ T.O.M.) * 2009 – Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (Unofficial) * 2009 –

– Wrong * 2009 – Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls * 2010 – Trentemøller – Sycamore Feeling * 2010 – Trentemøller – Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!!! * 2010 – Lars and The Hands Of Light – Me Me Me * 2010 – Mew – Beach * 2010 – Trigbag - Treasure (with DJ T.O.M.); Future Disco; Spread The Music; In The Sunshine * 2011 – UNKLE – The Answer (feat. Big In Japan) * 2011 – Chimes & Bells – The Mole * 2011 – Chimes & Bells – This Far * 2011 – Trentemøller – Shades Of Marble * 2011 –

– Raincoats * 2011 –

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– Too Insistent * 2011 – Giana Factory – Dirty Snow * 2011 –

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– The Dwarf And The Horse * 2011 – Darkness Falls – The Void * 2011 – Darkness Falls – Timeline * 2011 – Trentemøller – Neverglade * 2011 –

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— State Trooper (Unofficial) * 2011 –

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– Springsteen * 2011 – Dorit Chrysler – Come On Home * 2011 – M83 – Midnight City * 2012 – The Drums – Days * 2012 –

— Brains * 2012 – Medina – Forever * 2012 –

– Lad Det Staa * 2012 –

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– Pinky's Dream * 2013 – Howl Baby Howl — That Good Night * 2013 – The Warlocks — Shake The Dope Out * 2013 – Jakob Bro — Terrace Place * 2014 – Reptile Youth – JJ * 2014 – Jenny Wilson – Pyramids (Rose Out of Our Pain) * 2014 – Eliot Sumner - Information * 2014 – Fraser Mcguinness - The Sun Moves On * 2014 – Future 3 feat. Benoit Pioulard - Revenant * 2014 – RA - Prism * 2014 – Trentemøller — River Of Life * 2014 – Trentemøller — Come Undone * 2014 – Trentemøller — Deceive * 2014 –

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- A Woman (feat. Reculture) * 2016 – Mellemblond - Nord * 2016 –

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- Black * 2016 – Kira Skov - I Celebrate My Life * 2016 – Jennylee - Boom Boom * 2016 – Trentemøller — River In Me * 2016 –

- Surrender * 2017 – UNKLE — Looking for the Rain * 2017 –

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feat. Joel Wells - Void & Form * 2017 – Trentemøller — One Eye Open * 2017 – Trentemøller — Hands Down * 2018 – A Place To Bury Strangers — Never Coming Back * 2020 – School of X — Write My Name * 2020 – 2nd Blood — Turn It Back * 2020 – Blaue Blume — Lovable * 2020 – ReMission International — TOS2020 * 2020 – TOM And His Computer — Puzzle (feat. Roxy Jules) * 2021 – Tricky — Like A Stone * 2021 – Loa & Koan — J.P. and the End of the World * 2022 –

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— Lumens * 2022 – Luster — IT FOLLOWS YOU NOW

Awards and nominations

Trentemøller has received two Danish Music Awards for his 2006 debut album '' The Last Resort'', in the categories "Danish Electronica Release of the Year" and "Danish Producer of the Year", in 2007. He was first awarded a Danish DeeJay Award in 2004 for his EP ''Trentemøller EP'', and have since received a total of 11 awards. In 2010 Trentemøller was nominated "Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical" at the

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for his remix of Franz Ferdinand's "

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References

External links

Official Trentemøller website

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