Took Time, out now on VIAVIA Records. 

This one took some time. It’s been lying around in folders since 2021. Funny enough, the voices in the track kept saying, “Take time, step back,” and so I think I actually listened. Took Time is a soulful, downtempo-house-inspired track and the first of my upcoming 7-track EP, Low Tide, set for release in 2025. I hope this track wraps you in a warm sonic hug. Now streaming on your favorite platform—link in bio. 

Took Time

Taken from 'Home Safe' by Crayon
Order and stream it: https://idol-io.ffm.to/homesafe

Lyrics written by Yamê & Jo Lowenthal
Music written by Crayon & Ingo Fischmann
Published by Universal Music Publishing, Copyright Control

Piano by Crayon
Synthesiser by Crayon
Bass by Samuel Fhima
Drums by Vincent Tortiller
Guitars by Ingo Fischmann
Strings by Serge Hirsch
Vocals by Yamé & Jo Lowenthal

Produced by Crayon
Mixed by Crayon
Mastered by Fred Deces
Artwork by Lossapardo

Executive Producer: Robert Raths

Home Safe

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Orchestra

Orchestra (feat. Amelia Barratt)

Looming (MindsEye Trailer)

Looming (HDT Remix)

Trentemøller’s remix of A Place to Bury Strangers, "Fear of Transformation,”out 1/21 on Dedstrange, takes the original to a whole new level. He transforms the track into his own, enhancing its dark intensity with banging beats. The song becomes an even more gripping conversation with the devil within, as fear and defiance collide. The remix conjures unearthly sounds that elevate the track into an abyss of tension and release. Trentemøller has truly made it his own, improving and deepening the experience for listeners across the world!

Fear Of Transformation (Trentemøller Remix)

PHONE. Full vers.2

🍯 Slow Like Honey – A Velvet-Soul Seduction

A sultry slow jam that melts in your ears like midnight heat.
“Slow Like Honey” drips with warm Rhodes, upright bass, and brushed drums, while muted trumpet and vintage guitar paint a scene of late-night temptation.
Pouting, breathy vocals float over the groove—inviting, teasing, lingering.
This is soul at its most intimate: slow-burning, soft-lit, and impossible to resist.

For lovers of touch, tone, and tension.

“Slow Like Honey”

[Verse 1]
Slide a little closer in the dark,
No need to speak—just let me spark.
Your breath is heat along my skin,
And I forget where I end, you begin.

[Pre-Chorus]
Mmmh… feel that velvet pace,
Mouth to mouth, no time, no space.
Ohhh… we don’t need to rush,
Let the silence turn to touch.

[Chorus]
Slow like honey, sweet and warm,
Melt into me, ride the storm.
Drip by drip, let it take control,
Moving deeper, soul to soul.

[Verse 2]
Your hands talk in foreign tongues,
Pulling songs from quiet lungs.
Every breath a soft command,
Every inch your sacred land.

[Pre-Chorus]
Mmmh… you undress my mind,
Layer by layer, slow and blind.
Ohhh… just don’t speak tonight,
Let your rhythm make it right.

[Chorus]
Slow like honey, sweet and warm,
Melt into me, ride the storm.
Drip by drip, let it take control,
Moving deeper, soul to soul.

[Bridge]
You don't need to try so hard—
The way you linger is your art.
One slow burn, no sharp edges,
Just soft surrender, no regrets.

[Final Chorus]
Slow like honey, don’t let go,
Take your time and let it flow.
Taste me fully, make it last—
No need to rush, we’re built to bask.

[Outro]
Mmmh… slow…
Sweet…

Slow Like Honey

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A new release this winter marks a landmark moment in an important musical story. Way back in little 2009, the label hfn music was born in Hamburg, and made its introduction to the world with the release of the Trentemøller compilation Harbour Boat Trips: 01 Copenhagen. 
Founder Tobias Lampe wanted to start a label that was more broad in scope than his previous, more electronic focussed projects, and the compilation provided the perfect opportunity to launch one. In the 10 years since then, the label has survived the whirlpool waters of the early 21st century’s constantly changing music industry, and released everything from pop to art-punk, with artists ranging from New York to the Faroe Islands. 
Now, they’re about to put out their 100th release. Fittingly, given the label’s focus on new and innovative music, and the historic aspect of the release, hfn100 sees one of hfn’s best songs of 2019 put into the hands of the man it all started with, Anders Trentemøller. His danish compatriots Blaue Blume’s new album Bell Of Wool is one of hfn’s standout releases this year, and so hfn100 sees Trentemøller remix one of that record’s standout tracks, the fragile, but soaring “Lovable”. 
In Blaue Blume’s original, “Lovable” is an airy, tormented song, a gossamer-delicate composition that carefully stitches together layers and layers of shining synths that gradually build up and up into a peak, before crashing into a subtle beat, a musical journey that mirrors vocalist Jonas Smith’s trip from anguish to numbness. Whereas the original’s music sounds woven together from light, Trentemøller takes it into darker territory. He hooks the song to a harsh, sparse beat leaving Smith’s vocals bare and isolated in the burnt out, dystopic musical landscape he creates. 
Trentemøller mirrors the original’s careful building up, adding new elements to fill in the song’s sound, before it collapses into a tough, noir disco groove. It’s a perfectly realised remix – Trentemøller keeps the original song’s skeleton and soul, but fills in the space with sonic touches that could be no one else’s but his. Ultimately, it’s a fitting song for hfn’s hundredth release. For a label that’s always been a platform for its boundary pushing artists, a collaboration between two of them, that sees an already innovative song pushed into a bold new shape is the perfect way for hfn to step into the next 100 releases.

Bell Of Wool

Lovable (Trentemøller Remix)

Blaue Blume - Lovable (Trentemøller Remix)

Menneskekollektivet

Love, Lovers

Founded by sonic architect and explorer Robert Raths aka ghostworker in 2007, Erased Tapes is a truly independent record label that has disrupted the industry and rejuvenated the musical landscape. The London-based label has consistently nurtured genre-defying artists from all around the world without losing its avant-garde ethos.

2015 saw BBC 6 Music radio presenter Mary Anne Hobbs stage an Erased Tapes evening featuring Nils Frahm and A Winged Victory For The Sullen at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the prestigious BBC Prom. It was the fastest selling ticket of the entire season. Shortly after Erased Tapes was awarded Best Small Label 2015 at the AIM Awards.

On February 5th 2017 Erased Tapes opened the doors to its new East London home, marking the 10th anniversary by introducing fans and the public to the new Erased Tapes Sound Gallery.

“Ten years of one of the most important record labels of the last few years“ — Gilles Peterson

"Over the last decade, Robert Raths’ label Erased Tapes has developed a sonic profile perfectly in step with the growing taste for quiet, meditative works on the cusp of ambient and chamber music" — The Independent

“The heart-string-tugging London label that floats gently between 20th century composition and ambient music” — Rolling Stone

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