Anders Trentemøller - This Danish composer has tried himself in many genres. Nevertheless, electronic music brought him fame and glory. Anders Trentemoeller was born on October 16, 1972 in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. Passion for music, as often happens, began in early childhood. Trentemøller has been playing drums and piano in his room since the age of 8. The teenager brought a lot of noise to his parents.
Getting older, Anders begins to try himself in youth groups. He spends quite a lot of time doing this. In the period of the late 80s and early 90s, the music of British rock bands was on the wave of popularity. Therefore, the bands that Trentemøller was a member of performed mostly post-punk and noise pop. Often these were covers of songs by famous bands: Joy Division, The Smiths, The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen. Anders has repeatedly noted that these performers are still a source of inspiration for him to this day.
The first musical group of the future composer Flow was founded when all members were no more than 16 years old. No one had the necessary musical skills. Therefore, the guys tried themselves in a variety of styles, often imitating their favorite bands.
As Trentemøller himself notes, DJing, although it gave him fame, was primarily a way to make money. In this way, he could not be constrained by means and play in groups calmly. He liked this job better.
The rise of Anders Trentemøller's career
For the first time the general public learned about Trentemøller as a DJ in the late 90s. Then, together with DJ TOM, they created a house project "Trigbag". There were many trips with performances throughout Denmark and abroad. However, the group did not last long and broke up in 2000.
Debut album by Anders Trentemöller
As Trentemøller the musician announced himself in 2003, releasing a compilation of the same name. The tracks were highly acclaimed by critics, for which the musician received many prestigious awards. The debut album "The Last Resort" was released in 2006 and very soon went platinum in Denmark. The album was called one of the best music collections of the decade, and various publications rated it 4-5 points.
A year later, Trentemøller went on tour in Europe and the USA. This time he is accompanied by drummer Henrik Vibskov and guitarist Michael Simpson. As part of the tour, the band visits music festivals in the UK, Denmark, Germany and a number of US cities. The audience especially remembered their performance due to the abundance of special effects from director Karim Gahwagi.
New success for Anders Trentemøller
A more or less significant album Trentemøller comes out 3 years later in 2010, after creating his own record label In My Room. The new album is called "Into the Great Wide Yonder" and included more than 20 musical compositions. This record was also positively received by critics and listeners, and reached the second place in the Danish chart.
By this point, the group had grown to 7 members, and the world tour included many more cities. The best performance, according to the British publication New Mucian Express, was in 2011 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Trentemøller stunned everyone present at the festival and became almost its symbol that year.
Following this, Trentemøller releases a collection of remixes of tracks by UNKLE, Franz Ferdinand, Depeche Mode. Thanks to the increased popularity, eminent directors begin to use the composer's music in their films: Pedro Almodovar - "The Skin I Live In", Oliver Stone - "People Are Dangerous", Jacques Audiard - "Rust and Bone".
From 2013 to 2019, Trentemøller releases 3 albums: "Lost", "Fixion" and "Obverse", which were nominated by the association of independent music companies IMPALA as the best albums of 2019, but none won.
Anders Trentemöller style
In an interview, Trentemøller said that he prefers to compose music "the old fashioned way", without looking at the computer. The musician calls keyboards his main instrument: he writes most of the music for albums while sitting at the piano or synthesizer in the studio.
Although Trentemøller is known for his electronic music, he simply refers to himself as a musician. He prefers the real sound of guitar, drums and keyboards to any computer sounds. Anders often writes music by ear, without going into details on the monitor.
According to Anders, in the 90s, electronic music freed itself from the shackles of large studios. It became possible to write it while sitting at home. This resulted in both good and bad consequences. The main drawback was that the music collected in the program was often similar to each other. Trentemøller was determined to make his own unique melodies.
The artist's early music was inspired by 90s rock bands. Trip-hop, minimal, glitch and darkwave were present in her sound. In the later work of Trentemøller, the music smoothly turned into synthwave and pop.
Current creativity
On June 4, 2021, two singles "Golden Sun" and "Shaded Moon" were released, which became the first after more than a year's break. It is clearly noticeable that Trentemøller has returned to a full instrumental performance.
At the moment, almost nothing is known about the release of the new album, but judging by the established trend, a new compilation from Trentemøller is likely to see the light of day in the next couple of years.
