The 13 tracks on "Addicted To Music" do not only demonstrate ATB’s courage, they consciously show his development as an artist. If you like your ambient and trance to be influenced by a wide range of music, you will love the new album from ATB. Also despite all of the innovation away from the dance floor, André Tanneberger does not forget his origins and has again set milestones in modern club music as on his previous albums. Dance songs with melancholic hooks and wonderful harmonious, smooth and relaxed sounds, in which you can lose yourself. Seventy minutes of emotional rollercoasting - simply ATB.
"I love making tracks sound as different as possible," says André. "After every song, I turn everything to zero and start all over again so there is no risk of sampling myself." André gives the ups and downs of his private life last year as an explanation for the obvious melancholy of the album. "I completed my third US tour, which was, of course, very satisfying. But not only positive things happened." He had to deal with private setbacks - a long-term relationship failed and André also had to come to terms with the loss of a very close friend. "These are all things that I definitely overcame with music. If I was a writer, I would have dealt with all of it in a book. I’m a musician though, therefore some songs certainly have a therapeutic basis."
Nevertheless, ten years after the first successful single with Sequential One, "Dance" (released in February 1993), André Tanneberger has become one of the most respected and established dance musicians and producers. He broke the UK charts in 1999 with the number one hit "9 P.M. (Till I Come)", worked with big artists such as Michael Cretu from Enigma, Heather Nova, Moby and William Orbit, appeared with Bryan Adams at Rock in Rio, remixed tracks for pop legends like A-ha and travelled all over the world to perform as a DJ. There is no doubt that this extraordinary artist as well as his career will continue to develop. André Tanneberger asks himself, "Who knows where I’ll be in ten years time?" One thing is certain, he has moved on and has come closer yet again to what, in his heart, he considers to be complete music.
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