ATN

ATN aka Lars Frederiksen and Soren Weile decided that although listening to techno was fun, making it was better. So in 1990 they formed Zekt, producing hardcore techno. Three years later they got their first record deal with Adam & Eve in Germany. With the release of their second EP, they earned much acclaim for the track "External" which ended up on several German compilations, including the well-known Thunderdome series. After working with Adam & Eve they decided to broaden their horizon having tracks released with record companies through Europe and America.

Towards the end of 1998 they took a fancy to a new sound, trance. Trance from the UK and Holland provided new inspiration, and they left their hardcore tunes behind. The first track they released, "Light A Rainbow" under the new name Tukan reached number 4 in the German dance. In the UK it was signed to Incentive. and "Light A Rainbow" peaked at number 6 in the UK dance chart, and reached number 38 in the UK singles charts and featured on M.O.S' Clubbers Guide 2002, Judge Jules' Clubbed and The Annual 2002. It was made "Record of the week" by Dave Pearce and" Tried and Tested" by Judge Jules.

Tukan released their second track "When You Hear The Silence", which peaked at number 14 on the German dance chart and received ariplay all over Europe. At the end of 2002 things really started to take off, they were now remixing, writing and producing for others. Around this time they created another new sound by fusing the more harmonious trance tunes with the harder sound of their original productions from the 90's so they formed F&W (Frederiksen & Weile) which was well received by some of biggest DJ's around. In 2004 their new guise ATN was born and with it a new vision to the world of progressive trance.

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