Late Night Tales: Trentemoller on 2LP

2011 Series Release

Trentemøller is the Dane who did. He's been making electronic music of one kind of bent or another for decades, 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 Sharon Phillips secured his place as an artist with some serious chops. 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 Late Night Tales journey towards the Baltic by some heavy hitters like the Velvet Underground and 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," surrounded by the similarly inclined, takes on a funereal gait.

As he navigates 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 aptly encapsulated right there), Ekko and the Late Night Tales tradition, Trentemøller's cover of Chris Isaacs' "Blue Hotel," sung by Marie Fisker and Steen Jørgensen. Originally released in 2011 this mix has gone on to become a real classic of the series.