Frankfurt native and internationally renowned DJ/producer Gregor Tresher has unveiled his new single “Le Meilleur Est à Venir” featuring Laurent Garnier, off his upcoming album, False Gods.
The highly anticipated record, his first in 8 years, will be out on November 29 via [PIAS] Électronique. Pre-order it here.
Widely regarded as a rare exception to electronic music’s trend-driven landscape, Tresher’s evolution from his early days in Frankfurt in the 90s to his standing today, having remixed and worked with modern greats in Depeche Mode, Moby or Extrawelt to name just a few, has brought with it a series of critically acclaimed albums – both under his real name and via his Sniper Mode alias. His latest long-player and serves up an introspective journey into the mind of one of modern electronic music’s most exciting minds… featuring a few friends along the way.
At 14, Tresher had his first proper ecstatic club experience and danced until dawn at Frankfurt’s legendary Omen. He’s never looked back. “That night was the initial reason I chose this profession. When I play a show today, I can only hope that there might be this one kid in the room that maybe gets a similar feeling of enlightenment.” That feeling. Call it magic or transcendence or getting the spirit. The pursuit of that elusive, indescribable quality drives Gregor Tresher to this day. And it reverberates throughout False Gods.
Fellow travelers from his decades on the techno scene – including Sven Väth, Laurent Garnier, and Josh Wink – helped to craft the lyrics, melodies, rhythms, and grooves. The album’s title winks at the adulation showered on superstar DJs while also harking back to one of his earliest memories of music listening to Depeche Mode’s Blasphemous Rumours.
“This album grew very naturally,” says Tresher about his first studio full-length in eight years. But working closely with other artists didn’t. “I always thought I was bad at collaborating because I had this arrogant state of mind: ‘If I do a track all on my own, it will sound exactly the way I want. I’m not gonna like it as much if I have to compromise by working with somebody else.’”
Take a listen below.
False Gods Tracklist:
- And So We Meet Again
- False Gods
- Le Meilleur Est à Venir feat. Laurent Garnier
- Once In A Lifetime
- Belong
- Agents Of Light feat. Sven Väth
- Ursa Minor feat. Dundov
- The Downside feat. rromance
- Power Games feat. Ruxpin
- Acid Black feat. Black Asteroid
- Homesick feat. Anja Schneider
- Lifeline feat. Mathias Kaden
- Spiralling
- Sin Eaters
- Distant Observer feat. Josh Wink
- Until We Meet Again
Photo credit: Gregor Tresher
