Trentemøller

Anders Trentemøller (; 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. 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 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.

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, 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, 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 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, 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.

Discography

Albums Year Album Peak positions Certification DEN AUT BEL (Fl) BEL (Wa) FRA GER NL SWI 2006 The Last Resort 5 — 62 — 148 — — — 2010 Into the Great Wide Yonder 2 — 27 79 142 37 86 41 2013 Live in Copenhagen — — — — — — — — Lost 2 63 40 40 152 65 85 38 2016 Fixion 16 — 24 40 167 53 — 47 2019 Obverse — — 158 128 — 99 — 65 2022 Memoria — — 111 136 — 69 — 71 2024 Dreamweaver

Compilations

2007 – The Trentemøller Chronicles 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

2003 – Djuma Soundsystem – Les 2004 – The Rhythm Slaves – The Light You Will See 2004 – Aphex Twin – Windowlicker (with Buda) (Unofficial) 2005 – Laid Back – People (with Banzai 2005 – Varano – Dead End Street 2005 – Pet Shop Boys – Sodom 2005 – Röyksopp – 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 – 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 – Modeselektor – The White Flash (feat. Thom Yorke) 2008 – Trentemøller – Miss You 2009 – Visti & Meyland – Yes Maam (All Nite Long) 2009 – Favelachic – Jungle-TV (with DJ T.O.M.) 2009 – Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (Unofficial) 2009 – Depeche Mode – 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 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 – Dorit Chrysler – Come On Home 2011 – M83 – Midnight City 2012 – The Drums – Days 2012 – Lower Dens — Brains 2012 – Medina – Forever 2012 – Mikael Simpson – Lad Det Staa 2012 – David Lynch – 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 – Mames Babegenush - A Woman (feat. Reculture) 2016 – Mellemblond - Nord 2016 – The Soft Moon - Black 2016 – Kira Skov - I Celebrate My Life 2016 – Jennylee - 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 2022 – A Place to Bury Strangers — I'm Hurt 2025 — The Cure — And Nothing Is Forever

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 52nd Grammy Awards for his remix of Franz Ferdinand's "No You Girls".