Contact

There are not too many artists who can claim to have a significant influence on the dance scene today - the sheer volume of output from countless producers has made it that much more difficult. Andre Tanneberger aka ATB has been doing his own thing for some 15 years now, beyond the constraints of trends and fashions. He may not have a secret formula, but he certainly is one of those artists who defies categorization.
He draws on his worldwide tours as inspiration for new tracks, his music is the language he uses to communicate and stay in contact with his fans around the globe. Contact is the word of the moment, a fitting title for what is ATB’s ninth studio album - CONTACT will be released on the Kontor Records label on 24th January 2014.
"CONTACT is a musical collection of my experiences and travels from roughly the last three years, since my last album DISTANT EARTH," Andre Tanneberger explains. "I've covered a lot of miles again in this phase, sought out contact with fantastic, inspiring people, which made the choice of album title almost inevitable. It's the contact, the interaction with the fans which makes my music what it is, especially when it comes to performing. It doesn't matter whether I'm playing a club gig or a festival, it is really important for me to get close to my crowd and engage with the audience directly. It's an exchange of emotions and energy, they feel what I feel, I feel what they feel. They are an integral element in what I do and what I have now created in album form."
Tradtional songwriting is a highly valued part of the process for Andre. Not for him a simple selection of sound structures, synths and noise, but personal music, created in collaboration with other singers and songwriters, committed to paper and then developed meticulously with typical ATB sounds.
"Sadly, electronic music often has a tendency to sound too impersonal, too rational. Hard and danceable, that's all. For me, I want to convey emotions, so I consciously begin with the tradtional songwriting process, in fact it is crucial."

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