Trentemoller • The Forum • 4.14.07
Despite my lukewarm feelings towards his debut LP, The Last Resort, I regard Trentemoller as one of the most gifted talents in electronic music. As demonstrated by his impeccable remix work and the finer cuts off Resort (especially “Take Me Into Your Skin”, perhaps the most technically impressive song I’ve ever heard), what he does with sonic textures puts him in a league of his own as far as I’m concerned. Sure, he’s not quite there yet, but I feel that he could unleash one of the better electronic albums of all time further down the road in his career, and if his takeover of the Kentish Town Forum last Monday was any indicator, he’s well on his way.
It’s hard to find an entry point for discussion of such a performance, as it really doesn’t compare to anything I’ve ever seen. This certainly wasn’t a DJ set and it was way more than a mere live performance, shit was an experience. The night got off to an ominous start with an opening DJ whose set was just abysmal – aside from looking like a total douche, dude couldn’t mix for shit and his song selection was all over the place to say the least. But none of that mattered as soon as Trentemoller took the stage and brought the audience into a whole new world of sensory overload. Performing in the company of live guitars and percussion, Trentemoller stood before a monolith of synths and keyboards in front of a backdrop of some of the best visuals this side of The Knife’s much-hyped live show. Haunting monochromatic images created the perfect atmosphere within which to process the Danish maestros mind-altering soundscapes, taking already mindblowing tracks like “Take Me Into Your Skin” and “Moan” to new levels of otherworldliness.
His set was comprised predominantly of tracks off The Last Resort and a few excerpts from his remix work (a thirty-second teaser of his masterful “What Else Is There?” remix threw the crowd into a frenzy, but he quickly moved on before allowing the vocals to drop), and there wasn’t a weak moment to speak of. To me, Trentemoller’s the most technically impressive artist in the game right now, and this was very much on display as he strung together climax after climax for nearly 90 minutes, keeping the crowd in a constant state of nigh-on pandemonium. I’m not exaggerating when I say it was unlike anything I’ve ever seen: Monday night was more than just a concert, this shit was an all-out rave.
Closing with “Moan” and “Always Something Better”, I reckoned he didn’t have much more in his repertoire for an encore. How wrong I was. Returning to the stage minutes later, he took shit to a whole new level when he launched into an absolutely earth-shattering remix of “Seven Nation Army”, in which he repeatedly dropped the pressure like Zeus himself, raining down blows on the unsuspecting masses below. I’d heard he’s got all kinds of amazing bootlegs laying around his studio (including a rumored edit of “Toxic”), but I never expected anything of this magnitude. If this shit ever escapes the studio look out, I promise: You Are Not Ready.
Trentemoller appears to be operating on a whole new level right now, what he’s doing with electronic music is miles away from everyone else as far as I’m concerned. After Monday night he’s joined an elite pantheon of artists I’d travel to the ends of the earth to see, and if you’ve got any sense in you you’ll make an important point not to miss him if he rolls through your town on this tour. Trust me, it has to be seen to be believed.
MP3: “Take Me Into Your Skin” – Trentemoller
MP3: “What Else Is There?” (Trentemoller Remix) – Royksopp
In my efforts to unearth some of these alleged bootlegs Trentemoller seems to be so fond of making, I came across this jam. We’ve been dying to find a droppable remix of “Tainted Love” for ages and even recently started working on our own, but Trentemoller’s gone ahead and rendered our efforts wholly unnecessary. I don’t know what that “Co-pen-hay-gen” sample is from, but I do know this shit is GOLD.
MP3: “Tainted Copenhagen” – Trentemoller
You’ll hear that track and more if you come down to PUSH tonight, where Fresh Prints will once again be taking the decks, this time closing out the night upstairs after the likes of Noah & The Whale, Bombay Bicycle Club and White Lies spin on the 1’s and 2’s and Innerpartysystem does their thing on the main stage. This will be our last gig in London for a long-ass time, so if you want to see us stumble through an hour of shoddy mixing and drunken button-pushing, get your ass to Astoria 2 between 1:30 and 2:30 AM Saturday. See you there?
Also, there’s no better time than now to mention the blog superstars over at Transparent Magazine, as they’re the ones kind enough to be putting us on tonight. They’re running what’s easily the UK’s finest blog and also put on some brilliant shows around London, and their absence from our blogroll to this point is pretty much unforgivable. Show them some love.
April 19th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Nice to see Trentemøller getting some love outside of Denmark. I can recommend his remix of Mikael Simpson’s ‘Virus’, or Filur’s ‘You & I’. Both really solid remixes. ‘An evening with Bobi bros’ featuring DJ T.O.M. is also excellent.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
What’s with all the “we” and “our” and “us” you say now? Has Derek sold out and become a puppet?
April 19th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Anders is amazing.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Not sure what context you’re referring to, but I don’t really go to concerts by myself, so the we/our/us is generally appropriate there, Rya and I write this shit so if I’m referring to something we both like it again applies, and Fresh Prints is my room mate and I, so again, fully plural appropriate. But yeah, I’ve probably sold out somehow too.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Great article. Trentemoller owns.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:21 am
Agreed. Trentemøller really reinvents the electronic concert. Blew my mind too.
The track “Copenhagen” is by the 1970’s Danish punk band “The Sods” (now “Sort Sol”). The track exists as a remix on it’s own as well and it’s ace.
April 21st, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Trentemøller really is someone who im dying to catch live - for anyone interested in creating their own electronica music a live show like this really sets the benchmark - and i quite like that he had guitarists there too to please the muscial purists out there and to really ground the performance
April 24th, 2008 at 7:59 am
Can you, who wrote this review please drop me an email?
I’ve got something for you, that you’ll like.
Tomas
April 24th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
that ‘moan’ tune of his is a banger as well as this…
April 24th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
You guys really should visit Copenhagen a week or two..
Trentemoeller is indeed the peak of the electronic music in Denmark, as well as - in my opinion - the world, right now. He frequently has shows in Copenhagen along with other danish electronic artists as Kasper Bjørke (myspace.com/kasperbjorke), Mike Sheridan (myspace.com/mikeosheridan - and he’s only 18 years old) and of course Troels Abrahamsen aka. Supertroels (myspace.com/supertroelsmusic) the lead singer in the danish band Veto (myspace.com/vetosite).
How many of the readers at GWFA know danish music that well? Probably not that many, but I highly(!) recommend a visit to Copenhagen, or at the least a look at the pages linked above. It’s really good stuff !
I hope someone finds my comment useful, I know I would, if not being danish.
Stay sharp
And did I mention that I’m going to the danish club Vega at saturday to see Trentemoeller live with Kasper Bjørke, and the entrance is free of charge ! Enjoy your week - I sure will !
Malte
April 25th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Thanks for that Malte - ill go check out those links
Ill have to put a bit of money aside for copenhagen if it means a free trentmoller set
April 27th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Yeah, but it’s worth it !!
Been so hungover, but damn, Kasper and Trente really tore it up yesterday ! GOOD TIMES !
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May 25th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Hi, man. I’ve found the original song from Trentemöller — well, not only him. If you want it, please send an e-mail. think you’ll like it
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:10 pm
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