“Sleeper” (Trentemøller song) – Queen City Sounds and Art

Trentemoller1_crop — Trentemøller, photo courtesy the artist

On “Sleeper,” Trentemøller has crafted a soundtrack for what feels like dream gliding on waves of clouds away from the sunset over the ocean in twilight. The gentle pulsing tones in the beginning launch your mind into a state of tranquility and away from the demands and distractions of modern life into a realm of contemplation of enjoying being and not have to answer for anything for the duration of the song as ethereal swells of luminous tones draw your attention toward an elevated state of emotion and then set down in soothing well of calming white noise like the wind of your consciousness attaining the deepest rest. The artist’s most recent album was a fantastic example of how post-punk can evolve into something more experimental, “Sleeper” is an expansion on his earlier, purely electronic work and one of the more truly emotionally transporting pieces of music I’ve heard this year. Eno wrote Music For Airports and brilliantly captured the unreality of those places. This is music for spaceports.