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ATB (born
André Tanneberger on
February 26,
1973 in
Freiberg, Saxony,
Germany) is a
German DJ,
musician and
producer of
electronic dance music. According to the official world DJ rankings, governed by
DJ Magazine, ATB is currently ranked #4. Privately, ATB is known to be very good friends with trance producer
Sash! and is also known to prefer listening to chill out trance rather than upbeat and vocal trance.
Musical career
Andre Tanneberger started his music career at the dance music group Sequential One. He was the brain in the group from 1993 to 2002. In 1998, Andre also started a solo project named ATB. His first track under this name was "
9pm (Till I Come)", included in the
Movin' Melodies album, which topped the
United Kingdom music charts in 1999 and is widely regarded as the UK's first
trance number one. The track features a
guitar riff which became hugely popular. This guitar sound, which he accidentally found while experimenting with a new producing deck, became the trademark of his early hits. ATB continues to evolve and change with every album. His current style involves more vocals and varied sounds, with frequent
pianos.
Despite only releasing a few more singles in the UK, namely "
Don't Stop!" (No.3, 300,000 copies sold) and "Killer" (No.4, 200,000 copies sold), he still regularly releases music in his native Germany and in other parts of
Europe, where he's scored big hits such as "I Don't Wanna Stop" and his cover of
Olive's 1996 hit "You're Not Alone".
Two Worlds (released in 2000) was his second studio album. It is a two-disc album based upon the concept of different types of music for different moods. The titles of the two CDs are: "The World of Movement" and "The Relaxing World". This album includes two songs featuring
Heather Nova: "Love Will Find You" and "Feel You Like a River." Also the song "Let U Go" features on the "The World of Movement" disc featuring the vocals of
Roberta Carter Harrison from the Canadian pop band
Wild Strawberries.
His third album,
Dedicated, was released in 2002. It includes two top hits: "Hold You" and "You're Not Alone". The title refers to the 9/11 events, so the album is dedicated to that tragedy. In 2003 ATB released
Addicted To Music, which included hits such as "I Don't Wanna Stop" and "Long Way Home". The same year, ATB's first DVD was released,
Addicted To Music DVD. It features all his videos, a tour documentary, photos and many more.
ATB's latest hits include uplifting "Ecstasy" and chilling "Marrakech", both from the album
No Silence (released in 2004) and also released as singles. "Marrakech" was also included on the soundtrack for the movie
Mindhunters.
In 2005, ATB released
Seven Years, a compilation of 20 songs, including all his singles. Additionally,
Seven Years includes six new tracks, including the single "Humanity" and the 2005 rework of "Let U Go". Many of ATB's recent albums have featured vocals from Roberta Carter Harrison, singer for the Canadian band
Wild Strawberries.
His latest album,
Trilogy, was released on
May 4,
2007. The single "Justify" was released from
The DJ 4 in the Mix compilation. The single "Renegade" was released on April 12, and features
Heather Nova. The third single was "Feel Alive", released in July the same year.
In a Trance.nu interview on
May 11,
2007. ATB considered
Don't Stop! to be his worst production to date, and he no longer stands by it anymore, due to it having to be similar to his first hit,
9pm (Till I Come).
André is married to Anna Tanneberger, and dedicated the song "A Dream About You", off the album
Trilogy to her.
Discography
Albums
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