lowenz
12-08-2005, 13:09
Ebbene sì :D
Ho deciso finalmente di aprire questo thread come costola del thread "Compilation Techno-Trance" per parlare specificatamente di quello che a mio avviso è uno dei più geniali e soprattutto prolifici artisti nel panorama "Dance/Trance/Lounge di alta qualità" degli ultimi 7 anni, ovvero
André TanneBerger, in arte http://stat.discogs.com/A/5797-003.jpg
http://stat.discogs.com/A/5797-002.jpg
Sito ufficiale: http://www.atb-music.com
Fan Site principale: www.dontstop.co.uk
Discografia completa: http://www.discogs.com/artist/ATB
Per chi non lo conoscesse affatto ecco un veloce riassunto preso da wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Tanneberger)
André Tanneberger (pseudonym ATB) is a German musical artist. He is a DJ, musician, and producer of trance and dance music. Among his most famous songs is "9 P.M. (Till I Come)", which topped the charts in the United Kingdom in 1999. 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 (2000) is a two-disc album based upon the concept of different types of music for different moods, with titles such as The World of Movement and The Relaxing World.
ATB's latest hits include uplifting Ecstasy and chilling Marrakech, both from the album No Silence (2004) and also released as singles.
In 2005, ATB released Seven Years, a compilation of 20 songs, including many greatest hits such as The Summer, Long Way Home, and I Don't Wanna Stop. Additionally, Seven Years includes six new tracks: Humanity; Let U Go (2005 Rework); Believe In Me; Trilogie Pt. 2; Take Me Over; and Far Beyond.
Discography
9 P.M. (Till I Come) - Single (1998)
Killer - Single (1999)
Don't Stop! - Single (1999)
Movin' Melodies - Album (1999)
The Summer - Single (2000)
The Fields Of Love - Single (2000)
Two Worlds - Album (2000)
Let U Go - Single (2001)
Hold You - Single (2001)
Dedicated - Album (2002)
You're Not Alone - Single (2002)
Long Way Home - Single (2003)
I Don't Wanna Stop - Single (2003)
Addicted to Music - Album (2003)
Marrakech - Single (2004)
No Silence - Album (2004)
Ecstasy - Single (2004)
Believe In Me - Single (2005)
7 Years - Album (2005)
Humanity - Single (2005)
He has also released his remix album The DJ (In the Mix) and The DJ 2 (In The Mix), in which he mixes songs by other artists.
La prolificità come artista di André è veramente incredibile, anche solo considerando le sue personali produzioni (quindi senza contare la marea di remix/collaborazioni ai quali ha lavorato), da quando iniziò la sua carriera col progetto "Sequential One" nel lontano 1993 e tuttora attivo col nome di SQ-1 (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Sequential+One).
Come pochi è riuscito ad innalzarsi sopra le masse di dj produttori proprio grazie alle sue produzioni INCONFONDIBILMENTE riconoscibili come sue: il suo stile è una vera e propria firma, è impossibile non riconoscere al primo ascolto quel mix di energia e delicatezza che riesce perfettamente a creare nei suoi lavori. La delicatezza in particolare non si esprime solamente a livello melodico col sapiente uso e pianoforte e chitarra (che non mancano quasi mai nelle sue tracce personali) ma - ahimè cosa poco considerata a livello di critica nel genere musicale di cui è alfiere - nei testi: quasi tutti sono permeati da un invito a riflettere sul passato; l'imagine di ATB non è certo quella un euforico rave-dj, anzi 'è l'emblema del produttore che nella musica infonde quel senso di malinconia che rende appunto così "magici" tutti i suoi pezzi.
Eppure questa musica tutt'altro che euforica riesce a smuovere interi dancefloor! Ma non solo: ATB è radiofonicamente passabilissimo, non eccede quasi mai in produzioni spiccatamente club-oriented o, quando lo fa, rende disponibili gli "Original Mix" delle tracce, tipicamente molto più calmi e "cullanti".
In particolar modo la piena e consapevole "maturità musicale" si è avuta con gli ultimi 2 album (7 Years è più un "Greatest Hits"), sebbene già apparisse dal primo album una capacità di spaziare su più generi musicali elettronici (e non solo, anche pop-rock, come testimonia la bellissima traccia nascosta presente in Addicted to Music, "Ruby"): vi si possono trovare brani trance, eurodance, pop e anche lounge-downtempo.
Riassumento pochi artisti dance sanno essere poliedrici come ATB è e meno ancora sanno farsi apprezzare fuori dal genere di cui principamente di occupano.
Ci tengo a far notare che la lista dei COLLABORAZIONI o REMIX fatti da ATB con/per colleghi DJ (ma non solo, basta pensare alla collaborazione con Enigma) è immane e costellata anch'essa da capolavori (nel genere): per farsene un'idea basta guardare qui, nel pragarafo "Remixes": http://www.discogs.com/artist/ATB
Una delle più grandi capacità di ATB sta poi nella scelta dei/delle vocalist: un esempio ne è Roberta Harrison, sicuramente una delle più belle voci del panorama mondiale.
Riporto anche questa presentazione da: http://www.thedjlist.com/djs/ATB/
Few international artists who create their own style manage to make each of their songs sound different. You know the feeling when you hear a song on the radio for the first time and you immediately associate it with an artist. Andre Tanneberger, however, manages to give each of his tracks its own spirit while still surprising fans and always remaining ATB. That is exactly what it takes to make an internationally successful producer.
From time to time in each music genre, artists turn up who manage to stir up the scene and thrill the audiences. On the international dance scene, ATB is without a doubt an example of this type of producer and artist.
After over eleven years and five ATB albums, the last three of which all made it into the German Top 10, Andre has become a leading musician and producer. Not just on the dance scene. International stars like Heather Nova, Moby, William Orbit and Michael Cretu from Enigma have called on his services. He also performed with Bryan Adams at Rock in Rio, supplied remixes for pop legends like A-ha and has traveled all over the world to play as a DJ.
But what makes ATB so different? What has shaped his style?
Andre has a unique skill in combining ambient and trance with a wide variety of musical influences. He delivers dance songs with melancholic hooks and wonderful harmonious, smooth and relaxed sounds that carry you away. Andre has repeatedly laid milestones in modern club music. While many struggle throughout their careers, Andre immediately went into overdrive with his first ATB track "9 P.M. (Till I Come)", which reached the top of the UK charts in 1999 and brought his music to all continents of the globe.
His single "Marrakech", taken from the album "No Silence", sees Andre change his sound again completely, but still characteristically remain ATB. The song is a great club track that sends out a summer feeling to get us all ready for that sunny beach holiday. It even impressed Hollywood as "Marrakech" was chosen to be the title track for the action thriller "Mindhunters", coming to German cinemas on 24 June. (The film stars Christian Slater, Val Kilmer and LL Cool J).
Andre has worked with various artists again on his fifth album "No Silence". The first single "Marrakech" was recorded with British vocalist Tiff Lacey, who previously worked with trance legend Paul Oakenfold. Canada's Roberta Carter Harrison, who sang on "Let U Go", "I Don't Wanna Stop" and "Hold You", is also back on board.
"Todays hectic life and high level of stress is having an extreme effect on people. Music can provide us with calm, distraction and relaxation," claims Andre Tanneberger. If you take the time to listen to "No Silence", you will understand the real purpose behind ATB's way of making and living music. The melancholic and spherical beats combined with charismatic female vocals create an environment where your mind can drift away.
You can also see how important ATBs message is due to the fact that he not only produces the music himself and takes his songs to the masses as a DJ, Andre Tanneberger also wants to share his knowledge and skills. He has therefore set up the SEAP in Bochum with his producer partner and friend Woody van Eyden. The "School for Engineering and Audio Producing" is a production school where young ambitious producers can find their way to a professional career in the music business. The SEAP also provides a platform for those wanting to perfect their hobby and move beyond their previous musical and production horizons
Ecco quindi un po' di recensioni/interviste:
http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/interviews/a/IntATB.htm (3 pagine)
http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/ATBNoSilence.htm
http://www.kalporz.com/recensioni/singoli/yourenotalone.htm
http://www.kalporz.com/recensioni/singoli/letugo.htm
http://www.kalporz.com/recensioni/singoli/holdyou.htm
Spero di non essere l'unico fan (perchè è proprio il caso di usare questo termine per me) di André.....e se lo sono spero almeno di aver suscitato in qualcuno la curiosità verso questo (imho) grandioso artista. :)
Lowenz
P.S.: se qualcuno mi chiedesse "quale è il pezzo che preferisci di lui" non saprei dare una risposta definitiva, ma indubbiamente mi ricordo lo stupore che provai nell'ascoltare la prima volta l'originale di Let U Go (reperibile nell'album "Two Worlds").
Ho deciso finalmente di aprire questo thread come costola del thread "Compilation Techno-Trance" per parlare specificatamente di quello che a mio avviso è uno dei più geniali e soprattutto prolifici artisti nel panorama "Dance/Trance/Lounge di alta qualità" degli ultimi 7 anni, ovvero
André TanneBerger, in arte http://stat.discogs.com/A/5797-003.jpg
http://stat.discogs.com/A/5797-002.jpg
Sito ufficiale: http://www.atb-music.com
Fan Site principale: www.dontstop.co.uk
Discografia completa: http://www.discogs.com/artist/ATB
Per chi non lo conoscesse affatto ecco un veloce riassunto preso da wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Tanneberger)
André Tanneberger (pseudonym ATB) is a German musical artist. He is a DJ, musician, and producer of trance and dance music. Among his most famous songs is "9 P.M. (Till I Come)", which topped the charts in the United Kingdom in 1999. 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 (2000) is a two-disc album based upon the concept of different types of music for different moods, with titles such as The World of Movement and The Relaxing World.
ATB's latest hits include uplifting Ecstasy and chilling Marrakech, both from the album No Silence (2004) and also released as singles.
In 2005, ATB released Seven Years, a compilation of 20 songs, including many greatest hits such as The Summer, Long Way Home, and I Don't Wanna Stop. Additionally, Seven Years includes six new tracks: Humanity; Let U Go (2005 Rework); Believe In Me; Trilogie Pt. 2; Take Me Over; and Far Beyond.
Discography
9 P.M. (Till I Come) - Single (1998)
Killer - Single (1999)
Don't Stop! - Single (1999)
Movin' Melodies - Album (1999)
The Summer - Single (2000)
The Fields Of Love - Single (2000)
Two Worlds - Album (2000)
Let U Go - Single (2001)
Hold You - Single (2001)
Dedicated - Album (2002)
You're Not Alone - Single (2002)
Long Way Home - Single (2003)
I Don't Wanna Stop - Single (2003)
Addicted to Music - Album (2003)
Marrakech - Single (2004)
No Silence - Album (2004)
Ecstasy - Single (2004)
Believe In Me - Single (2005)
7 Years - Album (2005)
Humanity - Single (2005)
He has also released his remix album The DJ (In the Mix) and The DJ 2 (In The Mix), in which he mixes songs by other artists.
La prolificità come artista di André è veramente incredibile, anche solo considerando le sue personali produzioni (quindi senza contare la marea di remix/collaborazioni ai quali ha lavorato), da quando iniziò la sua carriera col progetto "Sequential One" nel lontano 1993 e tuttora attivo col nome di SQ-1 (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Sequential+One).
Come pochi è riuscito ad innalzarsi sopra le masse di dj produttori proprio grazie alle sue produzioni INCONFONDIBILMENTE riconoscibili come sue: il suo stile è una vera e propria firma, è impossibile non riconoscere al primo ascolto quel mix di energia e delicatezza che riesce perfettamente a creare nei suoi lavori. La delicatezza in particolare non si esprime solamente a livello melodico col sapiente uso e pianoforte e chitarra (che non mancano quasi mai nelle sue tracce personali) ma - ahimè cosa poco considerata a livello di critica nel genere musicale di cui è alfiere - nei testi: quasi tutti sono permeati da un invito a riflettere sul passato; l'imagine di ATB non è certo quella un euforico rave-dj, anzi 'è l'emblema del produttore che nella musica infonde quel senso di malinconia che rende appunto così "magici" tutti i suoi pezzi.
Eppure questa musica tutt'altro che euforica riesce a smuovere interi dancefloor! Ma non solo: ATB è radiofonicamente passabilissimo, non eccede quasi mai in produzioni spiccatamente club-oriented o, quando lo fa, rende disponibili gli "Original Mix" delle tracce, tipicamente molto più calmi e "cullanti".
In particolar modo la piena e consapevole "maturità musicale" si è avuta con gli ultimi 2 album (7 Years è più un "Greatest Hits"), sebbene già apparisse dal primo album una capacità di spaziare su più generi musicali elettronici (e non solo, anche pop-rock, come testimonia la bellissima traccia nascosta presente in Addicted to Music, "Ruby"): vi si possono trovare brani trance, eurodance, pop e anche lounge-downtempo.
Riassumento pochi artisti dance sanno essere poliedrici come ATB è e meno ancora sanno farsi apprezzare fuori dal genere di cui principamente di occupano.
Ci tengo a far notare che la lista dei COLLABORAZIONI o REMIX fatti da ATB con/per colleghi DJ (ma non solo, basta pensare alla collaborazione con Enigma) è immane e costellata anch'essa da capolavori (nel genere): per farsene un'idea basta guardare qui, nel pragarafo "Remixes": http://www.discogs.com/artist/ATB
Una delle più grandi capacità di ATB sta poi nella scelta dei/delle vocalist: un esempio ne è Roberta Harrison, sicuramente una delle più belle voci del panorama mondiale.
Riporto anche questa presentazione da: http://www.thedjlist.com/djs/ATB/
Few international artists who create their own style manage to make each of their songs sound different. You know the feeling when you hear a song on the radio for the first time and you immediately associate it with an artist. Andre Tanneberger, however, manages to give each of his tracks its own spirit while still surprising fans and always remaining ATB. That is exactly what it takes to make an internationally successful producer.
From time to time in each music genre, artists turn up who manage to stir up the scene and thrill the audiences. On the international dance scene, ATB is without a doubt an example of this type of producer and artist.
After over eleven years and five ATB albums, the last three of which all made it into the German Top 10, Andre has become a leading musician and producer. Not just on the dance scene. International stars like Heather Nova, Moby, William Orbit and Michael Cretu from Enigma have called on his services. He also performed with Bryan Adams at Rock in Rio, supplied remixes for pop legends like A-ha and has traveled all over the world to play as a DJ.
But what makes ATB so different? What has shaped his style?
Andre has a unique skill in combining ambient and trance with a wide variety of musical influences. He delivers dance songs with melancholic hooks and wonderful harmonious, smooth and relaxed sounds that carry you away. Andre has repeatedly laid milestones in modern club music. While many struggle throughout their careers, Andre immediately went into overdrive with his first ATB track "9 P.M. (Till I Come)", which reached the top of the UK charts in 1999 and brought his music to all continents of the globe.
His single "Marrakech", taken from the album "No Silence", sees Andre change his sound again completely, but still characteristically remain ATB. The song is a great club track that sends out a summer feeling to get us all ready for that sunny beach holiday. It even impressed Hollywood as "Marrakech" was chosen to be the title track for the action thriller "Mindhunters", coming to German cinemas on 24 June. (The film stars Christian Slater, Val Kilmer and LL Cool J).
Andre has worked with various artists again on his fifth album "No Silence". The first single "Marrakech" was recorded with British vocalist Tiff Lacey, who previously worked with trance legend Paul Oakenfold. Canada's Roberta Carter Harrison, who sang on "Let U Go", "I Don't Wanna Stop" and "Hold You", is also back on board.
"Todays hectic life and high level of stress is having an extreme effect on people. Music can provide us with calm, distraction and relaxation," claims Andre Tanneberger. If you take the time to listen to "No Silence", you will understand the real purpose behind ATB's way of making and living music. The melancholic and spherical beats combined with charismatic female vocals create an environment where your mind can drift away.
You can also see how important ATBs message is due to the fact that he not only produces the music himself and takes his songs to the masses as a DJ, Andre Tanneberger also wants to share his knowledge and skills. He has therefore set up the SEAP in Bochum with his producer partner and friend Woody van Eyden. The "School for Engineering and Audio Producing" is a production school where young ambitious producers can find their way to a professional career in the music business. The SEAP also provides a platform for those wanting to perfect their hobby and move beyond their previous musical and production horizons
Ecco quindi un po' di recensioni/interviste:
http://dancemusic.about.com/cs/interviews/a/IntATB.htm (3 pagine)
http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/ATBNoSilence.htm
http://www.kalporz.com/recensioni/singoli/yourenotalone.htm
http://www.kalporz.com/recensioni/singoli/letugo.htm
http://www.kalporz.com/recensioni/singoli/holdyou.htm
Spero di non essere l'unico fan (perchè è proprio il caso di usare questo termine per me) di André.....e se lo sono spero almeno di aver suscitato in qualcuno la curiosità verso questo (imho) grandioso artista. :)
Lowenz
P.S.: se qualcuno mi chiedesse "quale è il pezzo che preferisci di lui" non saprei dare una risposta definitiva, ma indubbiamente mi ricordo lo stupore che provai nell'ascoltare la prima volta l'originale di Let U Go (reperibile nell'album "Two Worlds").