With his new Late Night Tales compilation fresh out, here’s the Danish producer playing at D-EDGE…

More top guests and films from the Sao Paulo club, this time with Anders Trentemøller behind the decks and chatting. Check out his new Late Night Tales album for more of his unique sound – here’s what the press release says about it…

Occasionally you encounter an artist for whom it’s not simply about mere taste, but about atmosphere and Trentemøller is surely among their number. For his is a sound that evokes frosty Belgian cathedrals filled with Flemings praying for salvation; or a wintry plain somewhere in Denmark, with the car broken down, walking aimlessly in the hope that another human might take pity. This is Gothic pop with a side order of tremolo arms.

Trentemøller is the Dane who did. He’s been making electronic music of one kind of bent or another for over 15 years, first making his name as part of Trigbag, a live house act that toured extensively. But it’s his solo material that has impacted on the dance community – and beyond. ‘La Champagne’ was a game-changer and his remixes of artists like Depeche Mode and Royksopp secured his place as an artist with some serious weight. But that’s not all he is. You can hear that yearning in his productions and it’s evident here, a sort of Protestant northern European melancholy.

He is aided on his journey towards the Baltic by some heavy hitters, of course: Velvet Underground, Mazzy Star, This Mortal Coil. But that’s not the story, it’s not where the plot comes from, it’s not where we’re going. It’s just a little indicator to reassure you we know the way. No. For it’s in the dark beauty of Low’s tremulous ‘Amazing Grace’ or even the way that the Shangri-Las’ ‘(Remember) Walkin’ In The Sand’, that Trentemøller takes on a mournful step.

As we navigate the flatlands of your mind, we’re helped along by a generous sprinkling of Anders’ fellow Danes, like Darkness Falls (the atmosphere of this mix perfectly encapsulated here), Ekko, Chimes & Bells and the Late Night Tales tradition, Trentemøller’s cover of Chris Isaacs’ ‘Blue Hotel’, sung by Marie Fisker and Steen Jørgensen.

Do not play this music to children, for it will terrify them. Do not play it in supermarkets, their sales will fall dramatically. Do not play this music to the frivolous, the faint of heart and weak of resolve. This is music for music lovers. This is music for those like their black to be truly noir. Danish style.

1. This Mortal Coil – Waves Become Wings
2. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds – La Lliarona
3. The Black Angels – Science Killer
4. Chimes & Bells – The Mole (Trentemøller Remix)
5. Low – (That’s How You Sing) Amazing Grace
6. Mazzy Star – Mary of Silence
7. Velvet Underground & Nico – Venus In furs
8. Vampire Hands – Safe Word
9. The Shangri-La’s – Walking In The Sand
10. Jacqueline Taieb – 7 Heures Du Matin
11. M.Ward – Poor Boy, Minor Key
12. Darkness Falls – Noise On The Line
13. Papercuts – Unavailable
14. We Fell To Earth – Lights Out
15. Thee Oh See’s – Ghost In The Trees
16. Trentemøller – Blue Hotel (Exclusive Chris Isaak Cover Version)
17. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – The Proposition #1
18. Eden Ahbez – Full Moon
19. Ekko – Rehearsal
20. Paul Morley – Lost For Words – part. 1 (Exclusive Spoken Word Piece)

Late Night Tales – Trentemøller is out now. Visit www.anderstrentemoller.com and www.latenighttales.co.uk

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