Challenging The Purists - Trentemoller

The criticism from the genre fascists who simply can't see his vision and would prefer everyone boxed into their own little musical worlds is nothing new for Anders. Fortunately he's dedicated and passionate enough to ignore it. "In the beginning there was a lot of DJs saying 'what is this? This is not techno,'" he explains. "There was a lot of people writing me on MySpace dissing me and saying 'why are you doing this rock thing?' and 'this is not pure techno'. And rock people wrote to me saying 'what is this? This is not rock!' There will always be people who don't get it, who just listen to one type of music all their life."

Interestingly he tells a story of one his musical inspirations, the new wave punk/electronic band Suicide, who also had a big affect on Primal Scream. "They were beaten up several times because other punks thought it was totally unacceptable that they used electronic instruments.” Punks playing at electro? I ask the electro kid playing with punk if he's had any similar bother from techno purists. "No, no, no, thankfully!"

It was probably not surprising that the electronic producer who grew up listening to the Smiths and Mazzy Star would one day return to some of these influences for his music. When asked about other artists he rates he doesn't answer with acclaimed artists from his field like Michael Mayer or Gui Boratto, preferring instead to talk about innovative rock and indie artists using new production methods to blend electronics with their sound. He constantly references Thom Yorke and praises his solo album, 'Eraser'. "I would love to hear that album live because it really brings together the good singer-songwriting and his voice. The melodies are so unique and then he brings electronic atmospheres and the whole electronic universe together and that melts together just perfect. I think Thom Yorke is doing one of the best jobs using both the rock and electronic world and mixing it together."

Having already provided acclaimed remixes for Moby and Pet Shop Boys - Neil Tennant is at the Forum tonight for the gig - the newest Trentemøller mix is a song featuring Thom Yorke, Modeselektor's 'White Flash'. "It will be out in three weeks I think," says Anders enthusiastically. "It was a big thing for me doing this remix so I've been spending all my time on that." This should then be followed by a Trentemøller mix of Roxy Music. "Bryan Ferry is going to sing on the next album, which is quite fun. I think it was his management that wrote to me that Bryan wanted me to remix an old Roxy Music track and if I did it for free he wanted to sing on my next album, so I said yeah, that's a cool deal!"

Anders will also feature on the forthcoming, highly anticipated, Lulu Rouge album, 'Bless You'. And then there's the first Trentemøller film score round the corner. Having already drawn upon the drowsy moods of David Lynch and Vangelis's Bladerunner score in tracks such as 'the Very Last Resort',  Anders provides the music for taut, political thriller 'What No One Knows', the new film by Dogma member Søren Kragh-Jacobsen.

One collaboration still alludes him though. Anders has been trying to track down his hero, Mazzy Star's illusive chanteuse Hope Sandoval. The thought of her dessert blues vocals and Trentemøller's rich production is captivating. Anders believes his new record will be out in a year, so if you have her number you'll find Anders Trentemøller in Copenhagen taking the next wave of dance music forward, annoying the purists wherever he can.