ATB – Contact (Album Minimix)

A-T-B. Three letters that have spawned a generation of creativity through the simple and audience-devoted soundscapes of Andre Tanneberger. Composing music since 1993, ATB has since released 8 artist albums, countless remixes, a Seven Years Compilation album, all besides the legendary “DJ in the Mix” series. The world awaits with bated breath as the German trance pioneer releases his highly anticipated 9th Studio album ‘Contact’ on the prestigious Kontor Records label this January the 24th!

ATB has released a special mini-mix that reveals the entire tracklist for the album besides a short sneak-peek into each track! What is immediately evident is the fact that ATB has collaborated with many artists on his new venture, using the services of JES, Taylr, Tiff Lacey, York, Vanessa, JanSoon and more, on the two CD album. The first CD goes on experimental grounds, as ATB explores various genres and tries to integrate them with the Trance atmospherics he’s so well renowned for. The second CD, however explores the various textures of Chill-out, Progressive & Trance – genres more closer to the heart of ATB. Here’s what ATB had to say about his ninth album.

“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 traditional songwriting process, in fact it is crucial.

“Contact is a musical collection of my experiences and travels from roughly the last three years, since my last album Distant Earth. 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.”

Interestingly, ‘Contact’ marks the longest period that the Trance legend has gone without the release of an album, with his previous album being released in 2011! With an insatiable hunger for innovation and the skill to dominate any crowd anywhere in the world, ATB has proved his mettle time and again as a versatile producer, and his ninth album is sure to reaffirm his status as L-E-G-E-N-D-A-R-Y! Check out the mini-mix followed by the tracklist below!

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CD1
01. ATB feat. Sean Ryan – When It Ends It Starts Again
02. ATB with Boss and Swan – Raging Bull
03. ATB and JES – Together
04. ATB feat. Stanfour – Face To Face
05. ATB feat. Boss and Swan – Beam Me Up
06. ATB and JES – Hard To Cure
07. ATB feat. JanSoon – Now Or Never
08. ATB feat. Sean Ryan – Straight To The Stars
09. ATB with Boss and Swan – Walking Awake
10. ATB and Taylr – Everything Is Beautiful
11. ATB feat. JanSoon – What Are You Waiting For
12. ATB feat. Tiff Lacey – Still Here (ATB’s Anthem 2014 Version)
13. ATB feat. Vanessa – Arms Wide Open
14. ATB and York feat. JES – Right Back To You

CD2
01. ATB – Contact
02. ATB – Trace Of Life
03. ATB feat. Stefan Erbe – When Angels Travel
04. ATB feat. Anova – Jetstream
05. ATB – Supersonic
06. ATB feat. Fade – Pacific Avenue
07. ATB – Red Sun
08. ATB – The Mission
09. ATB – Love The Silence
10. ATB – Cursed By Beauty
11. ATB – Galaxia
12. ATB feat. Anova – Breathe