Anders Trentemøller is a consummate producer – his music is indicative of a person who conceptualises in arrangements rather than constructing a song like a metaphorical building as most musicians do. In 2013 Trentemøller has released Lost, a paradoxically titled release considering on this album Trentemøller has in fact found the perfect mix of the organic and inorganic, typified by it featuring guest vocalists on seven of the album’s songs.
Opening song The Dream shows off his depth as a composer and producer with its mix of alt-country, post-goth and ambient. The song features collaboration with American slowcore act Low.
The first single to be released from Lost, called Never Stop Running, features a widely regarded indie vocalist in The Drums Jonny Pierce. The sonic bed created by Trentemøller for Pierce’s crisp new-romantic tones and dark lyrics is textured bass heavy post-punk arrangement that’s driven by a consuming fuzz.
Other guest vocalists include Brooklyn based hyper-trendoids Ghost Society on the hypersynth proto-goth number River Of Life but this is about where the highlights end and the album descends into a very comfortable mediocrity when compared to the highpoint of the aforementioned collaboration with Low.
Trentemøller is a hell of producer but as soon as he started collaborating with geniuses he set the bar so high that when it’s just him or a no-name guest vocalist those efforts pale in comparison resulting in an inconsistent release.
BY DENVER MAXX
Best Track: The Dream
If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Black Noise PANTHA DU PRINCE, Kleerup NORTHERN LIGHTS, News From Nowhere DARKSTAR
In A Word: Inconsistent
