ATB, One of My Top 3 Favorite House Djs

André Tanneberger is a German DJ, musician, and producer 
of trance music.  His stage name is ATB.  

He is super hot and a wonderful DJ.  I love his music.  His 
music is fun to dance to or just  and sit back and relax and 
listen to.

According to the official world DJ rankings governed by DJ Magazine, ATB was ranked #11 in 2009. 

He was born February 26, 1973 in Freiberg, Germany.

In the late 80s on the weekend Andre would always go to club Tarm Center in Bochum, to listen to the music of DJ Thomas Kukula aka General Base.  In 1992, he decided to do his own music composition.  He used equipment such as an Amiga computer and a small synthesizer. 

DJ Thomas Kukula offered to work in his recording studio to finish the song.

André Tanneberger started his music career at the dance music group Sequential One. 

                               

In February 1993, under the name of Andre Sequential One, they released their debut single "Dance" and "Let Me Hear You". These singles earned Tanneberger enough money to organize a mini-studio. 

In 1994 the band increased by 3 members: Ulrich Poppelbaum, Woody van Eyden and vocalist Morfa.  

After the great success in his native Germany, Sequential One gradually became known in other countries of Europe. The second album, "Energy" was released in Germany and in the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Hungary. 

Even after all the success and growing popularity of two members of the project: Woody van Eyden and Morpha still left him in 1998.  Then Andre and Ullrich were the only two left in the group. In 1999 Sequential One collapsed. 

Andre was still later able to release the last single "Angels".

In 1998, Tanneberger 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 that became hugely popular. This guitar sound 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.

I am totally guessing that the name ATB came from his real name. Andre TanneBerger

Here's a song by him, "Ecstasy"!!