ATB
ATB (* February 26, 1973 in Freiberg ( Saxony); civil André Tannenberger ) is a German DJ and music producer.
Childhood
Tannenberger lived up to about the age of ten with his parents in Brand- Erbisdorf. However, he spent most of his childhood with his grandmother in Obersaida in the Ore Mountains, where she learned to know and love the country life. Due to the limited freedom of movement in the GDR, presented his parents in the 80s an exit visa. After a brief stopover in Auerbach / Vogtl., The family moved into the Ruhr. In his new home arrived, he felt betrayed by his figure and his dialect initially as an outsider. In retrospect, however, it has strengthened according to his own testimony this.
Career
He ventured his first musical steps with the zither of his grandmother. Later, at 14, he learned to play the guitar. At 16, he moved to the keyboard and put a tape machine. Supported by Thomas Kukula he could make his first studio recordings and got his first record deal.
As of 1993 Tannenberger was part of the dance project Sequential One. His first solo single under the symbol " ATB " 9 PM (Till I Come ) ( 1998), reached number 1 in the UK and number 14 in the German charts. He thus made himself a name worldwide and achieved with this first single in Denmark, Australia, Sweden and England platinum status. In addition, he received Gold Awards in South Africa, Italy and Norway. The biggest distinguishing feature of the first ATB Singles was the unmistakable to this time ATB guitar, as they call the fans. The second single from his debut album Do not Stop Movin ' Melodies was another excellent one in Denmark and Sweden with platinum, and with the single Let U Go with singer Roberta Carter Harrison from Canada was followed by another in many countries in the charts of represented Tophit. 1999 Tannenberger was at the International Dance Project " United Deejays For Central America" with Jan Wayne, DJ Sakin & Friends, DJ Tomcraft, Hypertrophy, Kai Tracid, Kosmonova, Marc Et Claude, Moguai, Oliver Momm, Piet Blank & Jaspa Jones, Phil Fuldner, Red 5, Sash!, Woody van Eyden involved, who collected as a charity purpose, donations for the victims of Hurricane Mitch. In 2002, he sued because of the likelihood of confusion, German Euro dance band ATC because of its name, the lawsuit won Tannenberger, the band broke up under long name (" A Touch of Class " ) a year later completely.
After numerous nominations at the Dance Music Awards and other awards abroad Tannenberger eventually won the 2001 WDR 1 Live Krone Award in the category " Most Popular DJ ". There followed several studio albums, almost all of them made it into the Top 20 of the German album charts managed, such as the album Addicted to Music, the number 8 in the German album charts reached. Marrakech, the first single from the 2004 release album No Silence, the title song for the Hollywood movie " Mindhunters " by cult director Renny Harlin (such as Deep Blue Sea, Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger ) was. Furthermore, ATB was involved in the project "Trance Allstars ", an association of various German dance acts, which published remakes of older Dance titles. 2002 and 2004 he was, inter alia, In addition to the DJ's Slobodan Petrović, Axel Konrad Claus Terhoeven, DJ Sammy, Dominik De Leon, Jan Wayne, Jens Jordan, Jens Kindervater, Markus Gardeweg, Piet Blank, Ramon Roelofs, Roger P. Shah, Scooter, Shaun Baker, Silvy De Bie, Stefan Bossems, Sven Gruhnwald, Thomas Fenske, Tommy Schleh, Woody van Eyden and Wout van Dessel involved in the Charity Dance Act Dance United, with the single 's Reach Out and Help Asia!, donations for the floods in Central Europe in 2002 and the tsunami of collected 26 December 2004.
Stylistically, ATB moves most likely between Dream House and Trance. In a worldwide ranking of Djmag he finished 2006 with a ranking number 13 among the top DJs.
André Tannenberger lives and works in Witten. On July 7, 2005, he married his girlfriend Anna, the church wedding took place on July 8.
The end of 2008 founded André Tannenberger with his longtime friend and producer colleague Rüdiger Dittmann, better known under the pseudonym Josh Gallahan or Rudee, the label " Bloom Records ".
In 2008 he promoted Rudi Dittmann project " Jades " within the project idea sounds, an initiative that has set itself the goal of sustainable, long-term, regardless of the commercial rules of the music market to build the next generation of musicians. His song Wrong Medication appears on the first idea sounds compilation.
On January 24, 2014, the album "Contact " was released as a double CD with 26 tracks as well as so-called deluxe box with 33 tracks on three CDs.
Achievements
- 2000: ATB wins the " 1Live crown " in the category "Best Dance Act ".
- 2002: ATB Let U Go is nominated for the Echo in the category "Best Dance Act ".
- 2003: ATB I Do not Wanna Stop nominated for the Echo in the category "Best Dance Act ".
- 2004: ATB Marrakech single is the title song of the Hollywood strip Mindhunters.
- 2004: ATB wins www.atb -music.com the prize for the best site in the DJ Meeting.
- 2005: ATB is in the category " Best Artist " was nominated for the " 1Live crown ".
- 2005: ATB is nominated for two musical productions in two categories for the Grammy (ATB - Ecstasy and Madelin Zero - A Perfect Day to Lose )
- 2005: ATB is chosen world in a survey by the Canadian Internet Project " Tranceaddict " at No. 24 of the top 100 DJs.
- 2005: ATB is elected in October in the top 10 of the Top100 DJ votings of the English DJ magazine DJmag.
- 2006: ATB reached the Top100 DJ Voting by DJmag 13th place
- 2007: 3 weeks after its release the album reached gold status in Poland Trilogy.
- 2007: ATB receives from his Polish record label Magic Records for his last album triple platinum and gold.
- 2007: ATB will be awarded in Poland Eska Music Award.
- 2007: ATB reached the Top100 DJ Voting by DJmag 26th place
- 2008: ATB reached the Top100 DJ Voting by DJmag 25th place
- 2009: ATB is nominated at the International Dance Music Awards in three categories ( Best European DJ, Best Global DJ and Best Full Length DJ Mix)
- 2009: Already on the release day of the new album Future Memories album reached gold status in Poland
- 2009: ATB reached the Top100 DJ Voting by DJmag 11th place
- 2010: ATB also reached this time in the Top100 DJ Voting of " Djmag " 11th
- 2011: 2 weeks after its release, the album reached gold status Distant Earth.
- 2011: ATB reached the Top100 DJ Voting by DJmag 15th place
- 2012: ATB reached the Top100 DJ Voting by DJmag place 21
- 2013: ATB reached the Top100 DJ Voting by DJmag 33rd