Originally posted by Spirit5
His vocal stuff is pretty bad IMO, except maybe some of the vocal tracks on "Two Worlds". I rate his albums this way...
1. Movin' Melodies
2. Two Worlds
3. No Silence
4. Dedicated
5. Addicted To Music
IMO, he's a poor version of Chicane. As Chicane was able to make a more sophisticated, yet melodic and at points mainstream sound (except IMO he's gone the cheesy route with his new stuff) ATB makes a sound that would be considered less mature, more playful and fun. It's summery, but in a more youthful and silly type of way. At points he gets kind of sappy, but I feel his more ambient chill-out tracks like "Circular Symetry" are brilliant and if he made more of those types of tracks, IMO he'd be a better rated producer.
He can definitely produce memorable melodies and if your looking for uplifting, his music is almost guranteed to be. You wont find him producing many "dark" tracks, which kind of makes people accuse him of being "cheesy" and just a crappy producer. Surely there's better produces out there, but he's not bad. As a DJ....very poor though. I'll give him that. He can't mix music very well. Just because your a decent producer, doesn't mean you can be a good DJ (the same with BT, i've heard his DJing isn't all that great).
i think he pretty much said it. imo hes not a "dog shit producer" hes just nothing special, ian van dahl are dog shit producers, not atb
Mar-12-2007 07:28
charlie lloyd
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: worcestershire
i was unfortunate enough to witness an ATB live performance on milenium eve. i think the stigma attached to that stuff he made sticks to his reputation so whatever he may do now (i havent listened to him personally so i cant give an opinion directly) he will always be seen in a certain way by people who remember his "9pm", "killer", "dont stop" stuff with the camp piano sample.
Mar-12-2007 09:16
charlie lloyd
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: worcestershire
i was unfortunate enough to witness an ATB live performance on milenium eve. i think the stigma attached to that stuff he made sticks to his reputation so whatever he may do now (i havent listened to him personally so i cant give an opinion directly) he will always be seen in a certain way by people who remember his "9pm", "killer", "dont stop" stuff with the camp piano sample.
Mar-12-2007 09:16
superglo
shake well before use ...
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: in between the sheets
quote:
Originally posted by djdk
Im sorry, what?
Every set Ive heard from him has been utter wank, questionable tunes and seriously bad mixing.
+1.
i was thoroughly dissapointed when i saw him play. thankfully dj montana who came on after him made up for it.
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
There are some good remixes of ATB tracks (most notably the X Cabs Remix of "Don't Stop" and the Matt Darey and Signum remixes of "9 PM"), but most of his early tracks and remixes followed exactly the same guitar formula with somewhat questionable production values. After he dropped the guitar, his tracks got even worse. "Hold You" is a true abomination - horrible synths, horrible bass, awful vocal. One of the worst pieces of electronic music I've ever heard. "Let U Go", "You're Not Alone", "I Don't Wanna Stop" and "Long Way Home" were all very poor also. Haven't listened to any of his original productions since then, and I have no intention of doing so.
Before producing as "ATB" he was behind the awful eurodance act Sequential One.
Mar-12-2007 17:46
Lunar Phase 7
Not a Flying Toy.
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Zone 4
Please a sample of his mixing...
I've yet to experience the power!
Mar-12-2007 18:00
TwistedDUO
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2006
Location: Las Vegas, NV
quote:
Originally posted by the gamemaster
i think he pretty much said it. imo hes not a "dog shit producer" hes just nothing special, ian van dahl are dog shit producers, not atb
I think this pretty much sums it up for me as well. I mean, I'm not a total ATB basher. Back when 9pm came out, I rocked it on the decks, too. I'd like to check out some of his lesser known ambient pieces.
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Mar-12-2007 18:22
idoru
You Can Call Me Al
Registered: May 2004
Location: Cascadia
Gateway music.
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Mar-12-2007 18:26
montana
dub come save me
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: södertälje. sweden
some of the tracks on the first album still does it for me, mainly being "kayama", "obsession" and then you have EFF - Beach Vibes, which is immense. as for his other stuff, well, decent at best. for "let u go" he ruined it by chucking in an godawful synth. He also made a godawful remake of Olive's You're Not Alone
there have been plenty of good remixes of his stuff, X-Cabs remix of Don't Stop, Bent's remix of 9pm, Trisco's remix of Let U Go
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