Future Memories

{{distinguish|Future Memories: Last Christmas}} {{Infobox album | name = Future Memories | type = Studio Album | artist = [[ATB (DJ)|ATB]] | cover = Cover_of_ATB's_future_memories_album.jpg | alt = | released = 1 May 2009 (Europe) | recorded = 2008–2009 | venue = | studio = | genre = {{plainlist| *[[Trance music|Trance]] *[[Dance music|dance]] *[[chill-out]] }} | length = | label = [[Kontor Records|Kontor]] <small> (Germany) </small> | producer = ATB | prev_title = [[Trilogy (ATB album)|Trilogy]] | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = [[Distant Earth]] | next_year = 2011 | misc = {{Singles | name = Future Memories | type = Studio album | single1 = What About Us/LA Nights | single1date = May 2009 | single2 = Behind | single2date = July 2009 }} }}

'''''Future Memories''''' is the seventh studio album by [[Germany|German]] artist [[ATB (DJ)|ATB]], released on 1 May 2009.

Just like ''[[Two Worlds (ATB album)|Two Worlds]]'' (2000) and ''[[Trilogy (ATB album)|Trilogy]]'' (2007) before it, this album also features two [[Compact Disc|CDs]]. The first CD consists of dance songs, while the second one features chill-out tunes. Similarly to ''Trilogy'', ''Future Memories'' also features 26 tracks in total and is released in two different versions: a normal one with two CDs, and a limited edition, which includes a DVD.

On the iTunes version of the album there are two bonus tracks, a full-length club remix of "L.A. Nights" and a 12-minute minimix featuring most songs from the album. This minimix was used to promote the album on [[YouTube]].

==Overview== ATB made almost all announcements concerning this new album on his [[MySpace]] blog. The first thing he said was that the album would not be promoted in the old-fashioned way, and a [[Single (music)|single]] would not be released before the album. Instead, there would be three tracks released at the same time (two of which are "What About Us" and "L.A. Nights") to represent the main album, and all three of them were going to have their own music videos. Also, four tracks on the album were going to have more than 160 [[beats per minute]] (bpm), rare in ATB's songs, but they were not anything close to the [[UK Hardcore|hardcore]] genre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=36101463&blogId=475610413 |title=Album details |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view |archivedate=2009-02-07 }}</ref> The reason for some of the songs' high bpm was that for the first time in ATB's repertoire, he has incorporated [[drum and bass]] elements into some of the songs such as "What About Us" and "My Everything".

The opening to the song "Gravity" is similar melodically to the opening track on ATB's first album ''[[Movin' Melodies]]'', entitled "The First Tones".

On 30 March 2009 ATB published a preview on YouTube that featured 10 selected tracks from the album, including "What About Us", "My Everything", "Summervibes with [[9pm (Till I Come)|9PM]]" and others.

Many singers and artists collaborated with ATB on this album, including Josh Gallahan, Haley Gibby (from Summer of Space), Betsie Larkin, Aruna, [[Tiff Lacey]], Roberta Carter-Harrison (from [[Wild Strawberries (band)|Wild Strawberries]]), [[Apple&Stone]], Jades and Flanders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=36101463&blogId=475760983 |title=Collaborations |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view |archivedate=2009-02-07 }}</ref>

==Track listing== ATB announced the official track list on 27 March 2009 on his MySpace blog.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=36101463&blogId=479433346 |title=Tracklist announcement |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view |archivedate=2009-02-07 }}</ref>

{{Track listing | extra_column = | total_length= | headline = ''Future Memories'' {{nobold|– CD 1}}

| title2 = What About Us | note2 = feat. Jan Löchel | writer2 = Tanneberger, Jan Löchel | length2 = 5:35

| title3 = Swept Away | note3 = feat. [[Roberta Carter Harrison]] | writer3 = Tanneberger, Ken Harrison | length3 = 6:40

| title4 = A New Day | note4 = feat. [[Betsie Larkin]] | writer4 = Tanneberger, [[Elizabeth Larkin]] | length4 = 4:59

| title5 = My Everything | note5 = feat. [[Tiff Lacey]] | writer5 = Tanneberger, [[Tiff Lacey]] | length5 = 5:04

| title6 = Summervibes With 9PM | note6 = | writer6 = Tanneberger | length6 = 5:30

| title8 = Luminescence | note8 = ATB presents [[Josh Gallahan]] | writer8 = [[Rudi Dittmann]] | length8 = 4:29

| title10 = Future Memories | note10 = | writer10 = Tanneberger | length10 = 5:57

| title11 = Still Here | note11 = feat. Tiff Lacey | writer11 = Tanneberger, Lacey | length11 = 5:36

| title12 = My Saving Grace | note12 = feat. [[Aruna Abrams]] | writer12 = Tanneberger, [[Aruna Abrams]], Dittmann | length12 = 4:08

| title13 = Terra 260273 | note13 = | writer13 = Tanneberger | length13 = 5:47

| title14 = Communicate | note14 = ATB presents Jades feat. Jan Löchel | writer14 = Tanneberger, [[Jan Löchel]], Dittmann | length14 = 4:05 }} {{Track listing | extra_column = | total_length= | headline = ''Future Memories'' {{nobold|– CD 2}}

| title1 = Talismanic | note1 = | writer1 = Tanneberger, Dittmann | length1 = 5:46

| title2 = Missing | note2 = feat. Tiff Lacey | writer2 = Tanneberger, [[Ben Watt]], [[Tracey Thorn]] | length2 = 4:16

| title3 = Horizon | note3 = | writer3 = Tanneberger | length3 = 6:24

| title4 = Voices | note4 = | writer4 = Tanneberger | length4 = 4:33

| title5 = Behind | note5 = ATB's Ambient Version) (ATB presents Flanders | writer5 = Alessandro Bunetto, Francesco Abbate, Giuliana Fraglica, Marco Giudice, Vincenzo Callea | length5 = 3:42

| title6 = Authentic Reaction | note6 = ATB presents [[Apple & Stone]] | writer6 = [[Róbert Janíček]] | length6 = 3:55

| title7 = Careless | note7 = | writer7 = Tanneberger, Dittmann | length7 = 7:07

| title8 = Twilight | note8 = | writer8 = Tanneberger, Dittmann | length8 = 6:38

| title9 = Listen To Me | note9 = | writer9 = Tanneberger | length9 = 4:09

| title10 = Living Life Over | note10 = | writer10 = Tanneberger, Dittmann | length10 = 5:37

| title11 = Silent Meaning | note11 = | writer11 = Tanneberger | length11 = 5:34

| title12 = Malibu Road | note12 = | writer12 = | length12 = 4:22 }} {{Track listing | extra_column = | total_length= | headline = ''Future Memories'' {{nobold|– Europe and Asia Limited Edition DVD}}

| title1 = The World Behind | note1 = Travelogue | writer1 = | length1 =

| title2 = The World Behind | note2 = Making The Album | writer2 = | length2 =

| title3 = What About Us | note3 = The Video | writer3 = | length3 = }}

==Charts and certifications== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Chart (2009) ! Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Germany|12|id=109317|artist=ATB|album=Future Memories|rowheader=true|accessdate=26 August 2024}} |- {{album chart|Poland|14|artist=ATB|album=Future Memories|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 May 2009|id=513}} |- {{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|14|artist=ATB|album=Future Memories|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 May 2009}} |- |} {{col-2}}

=== Certifications === {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|relyear=2009|certyear=2009|title=Future Memories|artist=ATB|type=album|award=Platinum}} {{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true}} {{col-end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{YouTube|Vkaa7i7ttfE|Album preview}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view Future Memories cover] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091226171154/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=36101463 ATB's MySpace Blog] * [https://atb-music.com ATB's official website]

[[Category:2009 albums]] [[Category:ATB (DJ) albums]]