A CAREER IN GEAR
Trentemøller
The Dane rummages through his full-to-bursting arsenal and tells us what gets used most
© Karen Rosetzsky
Equally comfortable dialling enchanting techno rhythms into a drum machine as he is summoning intricate melodies from a reverb-soaked guitar, Anders Trentemøller has spent most of his career exploring the darker corners of synthwave, electronica, shoegaze and post-rock, as he continues to reinvent himself as an artist.
His latest album, Memoria, sees the Danish producer and multiinstrumentalist digging deeper into the sound that he perfected on 2019’s Obverse – broody guitar lines, shadowy synth tones, and cascading arpeggios – while honing his skills as a songwriter and lyricist. For our Career in Gear feature, Trentemøller selected five pieces of studio equipment that have been essential in defining his sound.