U:Move

    Anders Trentemoller, better known as simply Trentemoller, has exploded on to the EDM scene over the past few years. He started producing original works and doing remixes 10 years ago. Starting with 2006’s release of his first album “The Last Resort,” it has been go time for the Danish globetrotter ever since. His stage show is focused on not only the audio aspects of his music but also a longing to present something visually special for the audience. He has toured the world playing festivals, most notably his recent performance at the California music festival, Cochella.

    KansasCityTechno.Com resident Mr. Nuro got a chance to catch up with Anders. The two discussed Trentmoller’s current projects and also a little about what he is going to be presenting for the audience at Liberty Hall in Lawrence KS October 19th. His tour is only doing 13 stops in the USA this Fall, so this will be a very special show that you will not want to miss.

u:move - How long have you been DJing and or producing electronic music?

Anders - DJing for me isn’t what I mainly do, and it is not what I am going to do on the US tour. Im going to come with a full six man band. But DJing, I’ve been doing that for the last four years. But remixing and producing I’ve been doing for the last 10 years, I think, but its been over the last 6 years that things have really exploded.

u:move - Where has been your favorite place in the world to play?

Anders - Actually one of the best gigs we have had so far with the band was the Cochella Festival that we played this year. It was fantastic because we didn’t know what to expect. I was really looking forward to play that special festival because many of my favorite bands played there and it is kind of a legendary festival. They had a fantastic concert with people going crazy. I think there were about 15-20,000 people, and they were really into the music. We were somehow a bit surprised that so many people showed up because we didn’t know if anybody knew about us in the states.

u:move - If there was some place in the world that you would like to play that you haven’t played yet, where would that be?

Anders - We have been so lucky to play a lot of places but it would be really cool to go to Japan. I have only DJ’ed there but never with the band. Japan could be great, it’s a really fantastic and different culture.

u:move - When you produce your album do you produce it with the band or by yourself?

Anders - Actually, I do it all by myself, and most of the instruments are also played by me. So it’s quite a lonely process doing that because everything is done in my studio. Then sometimes it’s actually quite weird to try and go out and rehearse it with a band because we are six people, sometimes seven in the states. So going from sitting in my own world in my studio to on the road with this band and playing for a lot of people is really special because I lose some of the control with the music and get the feedback both from the crowd but also from the other people in the band.

u:move - So when you write the music for the album do you think in the back of your mind “How is this going translate into a band?” or do you just make what comes naturally and translate it afterword?

Anders - That is quite a good question because when I am writing and producing for my album, I never think of how we could play live afterwords, maybe that would be a good idea to do next time. It was quite a challenge for me to kind of transform the music from the album to the live stage. Of course it was somehow easy because there were a lot of things that I played like the drums and the guitars and all the keyboard stuff. So i could somehow to show the musicians how i wanted it to be played, and then it was cool to have their feedback and they played it differently and that was very nice because sometimes and often they played it better than I could have.

u:move - When people come out to see you on this tour what can they expect to see?

Anders - I think we have quite a special show because I have also used a lot of time and energy have cool visual things going on also. So other than we are six people on stage playing I built this kind of space design to give it a lot of drama. The stage design was done by a man named Henrik Vibskov and he has built this really cool space design that makes the stage kind of, its really hard to explain, but it makes this feel that its a bit 3-Dimensional. So we are not working with visuals that are projected but it something that is built on stage. Because most of my music is instrumental, and we don’t have a lead singer its very important that the instrumental music is backed up with visual aspects.

u:move - Other than music, is there anything that you collect?

Anders - Actually I am a big fan of Woody Allen, so I have all of his movies and also many written things about him.

u:move - When you go to the bar to get a drink, what do you order?

Anders - Vodka and ginger ale. That is actually what the whole band is drinking, I don’t know if I actually persuaded them to do but that’s what the band drinks. So every time before we go on stage we always share just one glass of the vodka ginger ale, that always helps us play very good.

Trentemoller will be performing with his live band Wednesday October 19 at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS.  Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster.