Trentemøller
# Trentemøller

Anders Trentemøller (Danish:; 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 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 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 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).

## 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, and Depeche Mode.

## Discography

### Albums

| Year | Album | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Certification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Album | DEN | AUT | BEL (Fl) | BEL (Wa) | FRA | GER | NL | SWI | Certification |
| 2006 | The Last Resort | 5 | — | 62 | — | 148 | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | Into the Great Wide Yonder | 2 | — | 27 | 79 | 142 | 37 | 86 | 41 | |
| 2013 | Live in Copenhagen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2013 | 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 | |

### 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

* 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 – 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 – 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 – Pet Shop Boys – Sodom
* 2005 – Sharon Phillips – Want 2/Need 2
* 2005 – Unai – Oh You and I
* 2005 – Martinez – Shadowboxing
* 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 – 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 – Modeselektor – The White Flash (feat. Thom Yorke)
* 2008 – Trentemøller – Miss You
* 2008 – Booka Shade – Outskirts
* 2009 – Mikael Simpson – 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 – 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
* 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 – 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

### 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".

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2004 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish Up Front Release of the Year | Trentemøller EP | Won |
| 2005 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish Producer of the Year | | Nominated |
| 2006 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish Artist of the Year | | Nominated |
| 2006 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish Remix of the Year | Röyksopp - "What Else Is There?" (Trentemøller Remix) | Won |
| 2006 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish DeeJay Favourite of the Year | "Rykketid" | Won |
| 2006 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish Producer of the Year | | Won |
| 2006 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish Up Front Release of the Year | "Rykketid" | Won |
| 2007 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish Artist of the Year | | Won |
| 2007 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish Album of the Year | The Last Resort | Won |
| 2007 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish Remix of the Year | Moby - Go! (Trentemøller Remix) | Won |
| 2007 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish Producer of the Year | | Won |
| 2007 | Danish Music Award | Danish New Act of the Year | | Nominated |
| 2007 | Danish Music Award | Danish Electronica Release of the Year | The Last Resort | Won |
| 2007 | Danish Music Award | Danish Producer of the Year | The Last Resort | Won |
| 2007 | Steppeulv | Album of the Year | The Last Resort | Nominated |
| 2007 | Steppeulv | Musician of the Year | | Nominated |
| 2007 | Steppeulv | Composer of the Year | | Won |
| 2007 | Steppeulv | Producer of the Year | | Nominated |
| 2008 | Steppeulv | Live Act of the Year | | Won |
| 2008 | Beatport Music Award | Best Chillout Artist | | Won |
| 2008 | Beatport Music Award | Best Electronica Artist | | Won |
| 2008 | Beatport Music Award | Best Minimal Artist | | Nominated |
| 2008 | Beatport Music Award | Best Tech House Artist | | Nominated |
| 2008 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish Artist of the Year | | Won |
| 2008 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish DeeJay Favourite of the Year | "Moan" (feat. Ane Trolle) | Nominated |
| 2008 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish Up Front Release of the Year | "Moan" (feat. Ane Trolle) | Won |
| 2010 | P3 Guld | The P3 Live Award | Roskilde Festival 2009 | Nominated |
| 2010 | Grammy Award | Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical | Franz Ferdinand - "No You Girls" (Trentemøller Remix) | Nominated |
| 2010 | Danish DeeJay Award | Danish Remix of the Year | Franz Ferdinand - "No You Girls" (Trentemøller Remix) | Nominated |
