2LP, Compilation
LateNightTales (2014) UK
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 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 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’, surrounded by the similarly inclined, takes on a funereal gait. 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 aptly encapsulated right there), Ekko, Chimes & Bells and the Late Night Tales tradition, Trentemøller’s cover of Chris Isaacs’ ‘Blue Hotel’, sung by Marie Fisker and Steen Jørgensen.
Tracklist
A1 This Mortal Coil - Waves Become Wings
A2 Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - La Lliarona
A3 The Black Angels - Science Killer
A4 Low - (That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace
B1 Chimes & Bells - The Mole (Trentemøller Remix)
B1 Chimes & Bells - The Mole (Trentemøller Remix)
B2 Velvet Underground & Nico - Venus In Furs
B3 Vampire Hands - Safe Word
B4 The Shangri-La's - Walking In The Sand
C1 M Ward - Poor Boy, Minor Key
C2 Darkness Falls - Noise On The Line
C3 Papercuts - Unavailable
C4 We Fell To Earth - Lights Out
C5 Thee Oh See's - Ghost In The Trees
D1 Trentemoller - Blue Hotel (Exclusive Chris Isaak Cover Version)
D2 Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - The Proposition #1
D3 Eden Ahbez - Full Moon
D4 Ekko - Rehearsal
D5 Paul Morley - Lost For Words (Part. 1)