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 The DJ List, ATB is currently ranked fourth, only behind fellow German trance DJ Paul van Dyk and Dutch trance DJs Tiësto and Armin van Buuren. 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 has 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."

His third album, Dedicated, was released in 2002. It includes three top hits: "Hold You", "Let U Go" 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 release of his new single "Justify" was moved from November 2006 to April 20, 2007, although it is yet to be released, probably 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.

André is married to Anna Tanneberger, and dedicated the song "A Dream About You", off the album Trilogy to her.

Discography

1999 : Movin' Melodies
2000 : Two Worlds
2002 : Dedicated
2003 : Addicted to Music
2003 : The DJ in the Mix
2004 : No Silence
2004 : The DJ 2 in the Mix
2005 : Seven Years: 1998-2005
2006 : The DJ 3 in the Mix
2007 : Trilogy
2007 : The DJ 4 in the Mix