"Drifting in a sleepless dream / Shadows falls in air and it shakes / Flowing through the night, oh no / Drown, not to linger on..."
The mystical dream theater of "Nightfall", by Danish composer, musician, and producer Trentemøller and featuring Icelandic artist / vocalist DíSA, is a study in internal visions blossoming into external imaginings. The result runs the artful gamut of delicate percussive swings, pearly sort of surfy noir guitar lines, transient synthetic keystrokes and, of course, DíSA's vocal countenance, a thing of ghostly beauty, a floating entity that, at times, feels translucent.
As with all Trentemøller's compositions, their is a potent arc starting from a sleepy dream to evergrowing visions full of tensions and drama around sonic corners and "Nightfall" is no exception. Not only that, but the full mix, full sound here, feels potent on one hand but softened too, a bit like the sound waves are underwater and like the eerie feeling of whale songs their is that alien presence here too. Gorgeous but mysterious like an alien abduction. In this way, I feel certain connections to some of The Cure's most vast creations, like "Nightfall" might be the slower dream dance to "Fascination Street" or something like that.
"Nightfall" exists onTrentemøller's latest LP "Dreamweaver" that dropped in September via his own In My Room label and is paired with an Official Video set incredibly to edits of Maya Deren’s entrancing ‘Meshes Of The Afternoon’ (1943).
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In May, fans got to hear the first new music from Trentemøller since 2022. “A Different Light” showcased a stunning blend of psychedelia, space rock, and folk, and came with news of a new full length album: Dreamweaver out in September, on Friday the 13th, via Trentemøller’s own In My Room label. The second track from the forthcoming full-length, “Dreamweavers,” came into the world in June. Today, “Nightfall,” the third single from Dreamweaver arrives as a final, shimmering preview of the album.
The music and lyrics are the work of Anders Trentemøller, while the vocals are delivered by the inimitable Disa. The Icelandic chansonnier has been in Trentemøller’s circle since the Memoria tour, where she stunned audience members with her own reimagined versions of songs from the catalog, then lent her talents to two singles preceding the Dreamweaver sessions.
“Nightfall” sits upon a steady, hypnotic post-rock guitar riff which lays the bedrock for vocal melodies to wander where they may. Two guitar lines, echoing from a remote canyon, vie for attention — one arpeggiating, reflecting the sparkling of the stars above, while the other’s slide pattern mimics a distant, plaintive, early morning howl — before both convene, isolated, yet connected. Gentle, yet deliberate, delicate in a way that masks its power, “Nightfall” is a glacier inching across this desert.
Untethered by the rules of typical song structure, the bridge arrives late in the song, as strings place a lift in the track interrupting what at first seemed like a fade out. At the song’s conclusion, after turning around to meet the arrival of some supernatural presence, we’re met with a resolving chord which, while vague, gracefully, confidently settles like dew, and hints at something hopeful, yet ineffable.
Though perhaps belied by the relatively economical sonic palette of “A Different Light,” both “Nightfall” and “Dreamweavers” prove that Dreamweaver is an absolutely lush endeavor. Repeated listens promise new rewards; from geysers of white noise propelling songs further forward, to jarring otic dissonance playing against honeyed vocals, and jangling guitar bends blanketed in tidepools of reverb. With Disa along for the ride again after featuring on two singles in 2022 (“Into The Silence,” and a cover of The Raveonettes “Cops On Our Tail”) her contributions sit in the balance between vocal performance and instrumentation. Dreamweaver is a production tour de force, even by Trentemøller standards, that gives the impression no idea was left unexplored.
"Nightfall" exists onTrentemøller's latest LP "Dreamweaver" that dropped in September via his own In My Room label and is paired with an Official Video set incredibly to edits of Maya Deren’s entrancing ‘Meshes Of The Afternoon’ (1943).
"Nightfall" feels more than a song to me but also a sonic pill to drift off to sleep to, a dream stimulant.
Lyrics:
"Drifting in a sleepless dream
Shadows falls in air and it shakes
Flowing through the night, oh no
Drown, not to linger on
There's no shortcut to the sky now
It's another kind of blue
Shadows falls in air and it shakes
Flowing through the night, without you
I know tomorrow is not the end
There's the nightfall
Life does not feel
And give into the world
Give into the world
Without you
Feels like I'm right on, I swear
There's the nightfall
Life does not feel
And who's inside of you (Who's inside of you)
Who's inside of you
One last time
Every sin that are sold
They are gone too deepness
I need the sun to move to you
I need the sun to move to you
As I say, I'm children of the world
As I say, I'm children of the world
Falling into a sleepless dream
Into a sleepless dream
Into a sleepless dream
Into a sleepless dream"
Flowing through the night, oh no
Drown, not to linger on
There's no shortcut to the sky now
It's another kind of blue
Shadows falls in air and it shakes
Flowing through the night, without you
I know tomorrow is not the end
There's the nightfall
Life does not feel
And give into the world
Give into the world
Without you
Feels like I'm right on, I swear
There's the nightfall
Life does not feel
And who's inside of you (Who's inside of you)
Who's inside of you
One last time
Every sin that are sold
They are gone too deepness
I need the sun to move to you
I need the sun to move to you
As I say, I'm children of the world
As I say, I'm children of the world
Falling into a sleepless dream
Into a sleepless dream
Into a sleepless dream
Into a sleepless dream"
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In May, fans got to hear the first new music from Trentemøller since 2022. “A Different Light” showcased a stunning blend of psychedelia, space rock, and folk, and came with news of a new full length album: Dreamweaver out in September, on Friday the 13th, via Trentemøller’s own In My Room label. The second track from the forthcoming full-length, “Dreamweavers,” came into the world in June. Today, “Nightfall,” the third single from Dreamweaver arrives as a final, shimmering preview of the album.
The music and lyrics are the work of Anders Trentemøller, while the vocals are delivered by the inimitable Disa. The Icelandic chansonnier has been in Trentemøller’s circle since the Memoria tour, where she stunned audience members with her own reimagined versions of songs from the catalog, then lent her talents to two singles preceding the Dreamweaver sessions.
“Nightfall” sits upon a steady, hypnotic post-rock guitar riff which lays the bedrock for vocal melodies to wander where they may. Two guitar lines, echoing from a remote canyon, vie for attention — one arpeggiating, reflecting the sparkling of the stars above, while the other’s slide pattern mimics a distant, plaintive, early morning howl — before both convene, isolated, yet connected. Gentle, yet deliberate, delicate in a way that masks its power, “Nightfall” is a glacier inching across this desert.
Untethered by the rules of typical song structure, the bridge arrives late in the song, as strings place a lift in the track interrupting what at first seemed like a fade out. At the song’s conclusion, after turning around to meet the arrival of some supernatural presence, we’re met with a resolving chord which, while vague, gracefully, confidently settles like dew, and hints at something hopeful, yet ineffable.
Though perhaps belied by the relatively economical sonic palette of “A Different Light,” both “Nightfall” and “Dreamweavers” prove that Dreamweaver is an absolutely lush endeavor. Repeated listens promise new rewards; from geysers of white noise propelling songs further forward, to jarring otic dissonance playing against honeyed vocals, and jangling guitar bends blanketed in tidepools of reverb. With Disa along for the ride again after featuring on two singles in 2022 (“Into The Silence,” and a cover of The Raveonettes “Cops On Our Tail”) her contributions sit in the balance between vocal performance and instrumentation. Dreamweaver is a production tour de force, even by Trentemøller standards, that gives the impression no idea was left unexplored.
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