Dinner with a side of Beats

Anders Rhedin, Danish producer and
singer/songwriter behind Dinner, is a bit
of an enigma. The one-man act fearlessly
dances on stage—something to witness—
while sweating profusely in his bomber
jacket. The crowd is sucked in. Dinner
now controls the crowd and maintains
the engagement throughout the set, as he
croons in his resonant voice. At one point,
he motions the crowd to sit down and close
their eyes, beats now becoming a tool for
his impromptu meditation session.
“I really like to think of concerts as rituals,”
says Rhedin, who has been practicing
meditation for years and has recently
started to lead group meditations in an
abandoned art gallery in Eagle Rock every
few months. “I have a ritual approach to it
and the [elements] that I have enjoyed from
the world of hypnotism or meditation, I do
my best to incorporate that in a concert.”
With three LP’s and a guided hypnosis
tape, Rhedin’s full-length album Psychic
Lovers is the natural advancement to his
roster. Composed of upbeat ‘80s pop
sounds intertwined with soothing notes
and layered with abstract vocals, Psychic
Lovers makes for a danceable album—
much like his playlist. Rhedin blends old school
artists hailing from the ‘80s and ‘90s
scene such as Julian Cope, The Teardrop
Explodes and Ace of Base, along with the
more contemporary counterparts, like Sean
Nicholas Savage, Choir of Young Believers
and Prince Rama.