Anders Trentemøller (; born 16 October 1972) is a

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composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist based in

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History

Trentemøller started music in the late 1990s with different

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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

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(Denmark) and Melt! (Germany). In 2009, '' The Trentemøller Chronicles'', a double compilation of unreleased songs, non-album tracks and remixes for acts including

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, Moby 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

and

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, 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

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was described by ''

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'' 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''. 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 Modeselektor, UNKLE,

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, Efterklang and Depeche Mode. Trentemøller's music has also been used by film directors, including Oliver Stone ('' Savages''),

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''), and

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''). In September 2013, Trentemøller released his third full-length album ''

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'', including collaborations with Low, Jonny Pierce from

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, Marie Fisker, Kazu Makino of

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, Jana Hunter of

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, Ghost Society and Sune Wagner of

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. That year, Trentemøller also supported Depeche Mode on their

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world tour and appeared at Melt!, Dour, Pitch and Zurich Open Air. In 2014, Trentemøller composed the theme for the

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series '' Halt and Catch Fire''. In 2014, ''Lost'' was awarded a silver certification from the

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, 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 IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award 2019, but did not win. Trentemøller has frequently collaborated with Swedish artist

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, 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

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and pop. His early tracks (especially those on '' The Last Resort'') show influences drawing from early

downtempo Downtempo (or downbeat) is a broad label for electronic music that features an atmospheric sound and slower beats than would typically be found in dance music. Closely related to ambient music but with greater emphasis on rhythm, the style may b ...

and

trip hop Trip hop (sometimes used synonymously with " downtempo") is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. It has been described as a psychedelic fusion of hip hop and electronica with slow tem ...

, minimal,

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, and darkwave, often incorporating a cinematic feel. He cited amongst his influences Siouxsie and the Banshees, My Bloody Valentine,

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, and Depeche Mode.

Discography

Albums

Compilations

* 2007 – '' The Trentemøller Chronicles'' * 2009 – ''Harbour Boat Trips 01'' * 2011 – ''Reworked/Remixed'' * 2011 – ''

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'' * 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

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 –

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- 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 –

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– You & I * 2003 – B & B International – Decorated With Ornaments (with Banzai Republic) * 2003 –

Laid Back Laid Back is a Danish electronic music duo group from Copenhagen, formed in 1979. The duo consists of John Guldberg (vocals, guitar, bass) and Tim Stahl (vocals, keyboards, drums, bass). They are best known for the hits "Sunshine Reggae" and " ...

– Beautiful Day (with Banzai Republic) * 2003 – Malou – I Wish * 2003 – Djuma Soundsystem – Les Djinns * 2003 – Andy Caldwell & Jay-J – Give a Little * 2004 – Jokeren - Kvinde Din (with DJ T.O.M.) * 2004 – Yoshimoto – Du What U Du * 2004 – Pashka – Island Breeze * 2004 – The Rhythm Slaves – The Light You Will See * 2004 – Aya – Uptown * 2004 – Aphex Twin – Windowlicker (with Buda) (Unofficial) * 2005 –

– People (with Banzai Republic) * 2005 – Mathias Schaffhauser – Coincidance * 2005 –

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& 20 for 7 – Friday * 2005 – Vernis – Bubble Bath * 2005 – Varano – Dead End Street * 2005 – Pet Shop Boys – Sodom * 2005 – Sharon Phillips – Want 2/Need 2 * 2005 – Unai – Oh You and I * 2005 – Martinez – Shadowboxing * 2005 –

– What Else Is There? * 2005 – The Knife – We Share Our Mothers' Health * 2005 – Moby – 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 Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), known as Robyn (), is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. She arrived on the music scene with her 1995 debut album, ''Robyn Is Here'', which produced two ''Billboard'' Hot 100 t ...

– Konichiwa Bitches * 2007 – Klovn – McKlaren * 2007 – The Blacksmoke Organisation – Danger Global Warming * 2007 – Tomboy – Flamingo * 2007 – Kira Skov - Religiously Young * 2008 –

Kasper Bjørke Kasper Bjørke is a Danish DJ, record producer and remixer from Copenhagen. History Filur Kasper Bjørke started making music in the disco house duo Filur with Tomas Barfod in 1999. Filur released four studio albums: Exciting Comfort (2000), D ...

– Doesn't Matter * 2008 –

– Aly, Walk With Me * 2008 –

– Lust * 2008 – Modeselektor – The White Flash (feat.

Thom Yorke Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, he mainly plays guitar and keyboards and is noted for his falsetto. He has been descri ...

) * 2008 – Trentemøller – Miss You * 2008 – Lulu Rouge – Bless You * 2008 –

Booka Shade Booka Shade is a German house duo. It is made up of Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, described as veterans of the Frankfurt electronic music scene. They have released 7 studio albums including Memento (2004) Movements (2006), The Sun & The ...

– Outskirts * 2009 –

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

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- Wicked Game (Unofficial) * 2009 – Depeche Mode –

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* 2009 –

– 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 – Efterklang – Raincoats * 2011 – The Dø – Too Insistent * 2011 – Giana Factory – Dirty Snow * 2011 – Sleep Party People – The Dwarf And The Horse * 2011 – Darkness Falls – The Void * 2011 – Darkness Falls – Timeline * 2011 – Trentemøller – Neverglade * 2011 – Bruce Springsteen — State Trooper (Unofficial) * 2011 – I Got You On Tape – Springsteen * 2011 –

– Come On Home * 2011 – M83 – Midnight City * 2012 –

– Days * 2012 –

— Brains * 2012 – Medina – Forever * 2012 –

– Lad Det Staa * 2012 – David Lynch – Pinky's Dream * 2013 – Howl Baby Howl — That Good Night * 2013 –

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— Shake The Dope Out * 2013 –

Jakob Bro Jakob Bro (born April 11, 1978) is a Danish guitarist and composer. Career Bro leads a trio with Joey Baron and Thomas Morgan. In the fall of 2016 the trio released the album ''Streams'' ( ECM). Bro also works with Palle Mikkelborg and Bro/Knak, ...

— Terrace Place * 2014 – Reptile Youth – JJ * 2014 – Jenny Wilson – Pyramids (Rose Out of Our Pain) * 2014 –

Eliot Sumner Eliot Paulina Sumner (born 30 July 1990) is an English singer, songwriter and actor. Career I Blame Coco Sumner began writing songs at the age of 15, and signed a multi-record deal with Island Records at age 17. They spent six months writing ...

- Information * 2014 – Fraser Mcguinness - The Sun Moves On * 2014 –

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feat. Benoit Pioulard - Revenant * 2014 – RA - Prism * 2014 – Trentemøller — River Of Life * 2014 – Trentemøller — Come Undone * 2014 – Trentemøller — Deceive * 2014 – Mames Babegenush - A Woman (feat. Reculture) * 2016 – Mellemblond - Nord * 2016 – The Soft Moon - Black * 2016 –

Kira Skov Kira Skov (born 6 June 1976) is a Danish singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of rock band Kira & The Kindred Spirits. Early life Kira was born in the town of Rødovre, and became interested in classical music through her aunt ...

- I Celebrate My Life * 2016 –

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- Boom Boom * 2016 – Trentemøller — River In Me * 2016 – Savages - Surrender * 2017 – UNKLE — Looking for the Rain * 2017 – TOYDRUM 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 – The KVB — Lumens * 2022 – Luster — IT FOLLOWS YOU NOW

Awards and nominations

Trentemøller has received two

Danish Music Award The Danish Music Awards (DMA) is a Danish award show. The show has been arranged by IFPI since 1989, and was originally called ''IFPI-prisen'' ("IFPI-Award") until 1991, when it changed its name to ''Dansk Grammy'' ("Danish Grammy"). It was chang ...

s 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

52nd Grammy Awards The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards took place on January 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009. Neil Young was honored as the 2010 MusiCares P ...

for his remix of

's " No You Girls".

References

External links

Official Trentemøller website

/ Label website
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