Thank you very much. To form Atmogat results from a spontaneous idea. We played music as deejays mostly on illegal party. After some years we wanted to go deeper, a development which many people succeeded, if they occupy themselve with music. 2001 we fixed the idea and founded Atmogat. Our artist name is a combination of two words. The same way Juan Atkins did it with Cybotron. Atmosphere + aggregate = Atmogat. The idea behind is to create atmosphere by using electricity which you can feel and of course hear. The aggregate in this case is the engine producing electricity which keep things in motion.

Could you explain why your the first LP was released just now? How long it was created and what has inspired you on its creation?

We have a high claim for what music should transport and we don’t want to take any track we finished. We have chosen tracks which reflect us as best. This includes that these tracks contains many of our personality. That’s the reason why some of the finished tracks must wait years to be released. What has inspired us mainly is life. Many events and experiences we have made are expressed in our music. Further inspirations are other great musicians from the electronic music scene who incite us to create new music structures.

«Trigger Event» has seemed to me a conceptual album, but I have not caught an essence. Do you put any sense in names of tracks, in their sounding? Or have you preferred to leave the listener alone with the imagination and your music.

«Trigger Event» is definitely not a conceptual album. Some titles reflect the sound of the track f.e. «Indian Summer» and other tracks are titled by the feeling which we had over the time of the production. Some track titles are creations without any meaning.

How does your a creative process? Do you together work over creation of each track or bring each contribution separately?

Mostly a track is produced by one of us. If its finished we exchange opinions and sometimes took ideas from each other and realize them before we say this track is finished.

What’s more important to you in the music, the emotional component, the technical side and something else?

Exactly both, the emotional components added to futuristically programmed rhythms.

You also had your own label Trachanik Records, which released Einoma and you, why it closed?

Unfortunately, we didn’t have the financial background to keep things going. Furthermore, we don’t have the time to support the artist as professional as it should be. It’s difficult to produce good music, but it’s even harder to sell it.

Danny, you have a side project DNN, your album «Try To Feel» seemed to me very interesting. Does you plan to continue work on this project?

Yes, I try to continue but I don’t have a real plan and it’s not my intention to establish myself as solo artist. The album „Try To Feel“ was produced in a time filled with many changes and questions which I had for myself. I often felt insecure and I used music to express or better speak about all these feelings. My life is structured now and I’m grounded. This is good on the one hand but on the other hand it seems that I don’t have anything to tell through music. Anyway, I’m still working on tracks although it’s not easier now. So, it will take me a while to finish it, hopefully in 2010.

Your music sometime is pretty dark. In your life, are you also the same dark?

Not really. We know that our music sounds not very happy and we often hear that people interpret our music as dark. We still try to leave a slight touch to sound harmonically. And from our perspective the music sounds more seriously than dark.

When we can wait for your next album? Are you working over something?

There is no release date scheduled for the next album. We permanently produce music, but we can not say if the next album will come in one year or three years.

Do you plan to tour in support of «Trigger Event»? And if so, will you visit Russia?

No, there’s nothing planed. We have played in Berlin and included tracks from the album. At the moment no further live performances are planed except one gig in August this year here in Germany.

If you had the opportunity to work together with any musical group with whom you would like to do this?

Both of us got love for the music by Quench, Hecq, Subheim, but also Radiohead and further ones. Actually, we have problems to work continuously on our project. So it’s very difficult to work efficiently with other artist.

Is it possible to tell with confidence, that music is your life or you do something else?

Music is very important to us, but to keep it independent we have to do other jobs. Toni work as freelancer specialized in grafic and web design and Danny works for the united service union supporting employees rights.

Thanks that have found time for me. I wish you successes in creativity and inspiration. I hope you’ll continue to make the same beautiful and amazing music.

Thanks for having interests and for giving us the opportunity to talk about music.

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Our track reminds to older productions of Autechre which we still love.  So we hope you like our track. And as you already know, feedback is always welcome and appreciated.

More information unter www.elpamusic.lv

On the 31th of March 2010 Crazy Language is going to present a fine selection of artist at the Berghain Kantine in Berlin. Artists like Rec_Overflow, Jfrank, Xzicd and more will perform live underlined with visuals by Sarge Grafx and Lasal.

Before the live shows will begin Crazy Language offers a nice start by showing some video clips and short films.

Doors open at 9:00pm.

For more information check www.crazy-language.de

As usual the tracks shows how multifaceted the electronic music is. Tracks from minimal working sound, common arrangements to abstract and powerful perceptions. Sarge Grafx did a very great job with the artwork. So we are absoluteley pleased to be a part of it.

Atmogat has contributed a track for cromoart X-Mas Special.

Cromoart is a website made Toni [FKSD] and some friends and they offer a very nice ZIP-file filled with tracks by Huron, Dnn and Atmogat + a great selection of wallpapers and photos. We recommend the download. It’s absolutely worthwile.

Follow the Link here!

After we have released a couple of EPs for free and contributed to several compilations we are now publishing our first album titled “Trigger Event” which is released by the Greece label Impulsive Art. The album offers a selection of 11 tracks which we wrote and produced over the years. We kept some of them in our drawer because we thought they are worth to put them on our first album. The album offers a great retrospection of the way we produce our music and the sound we love.

“Trigger Event” includes remixes by Nikka from Spain and by Access To Arasaka from USA. Both of them did a great job and reinterpreted the tracks by backfilling these with their typical sound that we adore. We don’t want to forget to mention that “Trigger Event” comes in a nice Digipack CD desgined by FKSD. A special thanks to all.

Please, check the trailor below to get a little entrance of “Trigger Event”.

Atmogat - Trigger Event is released by Impulsive Art.

More information under www.impulart.com.

Press Feedback

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Igloo Magazine [USA]

“…Each track featured on Trigger Event contrasts deeply industrial soundscapes, with synth lines and quiet melodies that allude to a softer emotional quality in music’s recent past…”

Connexion Bizarre [Spain]

“Danny Prusseit and Toni Polkowski prove themselves as masters in the field of IDM carving a niche with this latest release from Impulsive Art, “Trigger Event”, a release which sets the mood for waltzes through dark flickering hallways in a neon metropolis. This is the soundtrack for the modern cyberpunk fan…”

Wounds of the Earth [USA]

“After several free digital EPs, Atmogat returns with their full-length “Trigger Event”. The music on Trigger Event sounds like a natural progression from their last EP “Neutro Bionic”, as the listener is again presented with downtempo-yet-complex ambient idm with big atmospheres and hints of melody. Compositionally, this isn’t too different from previous Atmogat releases; it’s more clicks, buzzes, blips and beeps, but that’s all par for the course…”

Side Line [Belgien]

“Toni Polkowski and Danny Prusseit are the operators behind Atmogat. This German project has already released several EP’s and made some noticeable remixes. They’ve now just released their debut full length on the small, but interesting Impulsive Art. This label recently released the excellent “Thesis”-sampler, which I think is a must have for all lovers of intelligent electronic music…”

Gothtronic [Netherlands]

“Atmogat is a fairly new project, although they exist from somewhere around 2005. After some mp3 and EP releases and a decent amount of compilations, this is their first proper release. This is also the third cd release on the fairly new Greece label Impulsive Art, who also released the excellent debut album from IP Neva (‘Symbiosis Of Contradictions’). Atmogat promises to be very melodic and deep IDM, ambient and glitch, so expectations run high…”

Electronic Attack [Germany]

“Images of “Bladerunner” flicker in you mind when Toni Polkowski and Danny Prusseit pull you deep into imaginary hallways. Slowly creeping industrial loops and moody synthlines and ambiences lead through a digital, inhuman lanscape. Like Connexion Bizarre says “This is the soundtrack for the modern cyberpunk fan”…”

Norman Records [UK]

“Now for some solid, futuristic electronica/IDM. The type of which is becoming relatively rare these days, in terms of new releases. It’s a sound that I’m always interested in and these German producers do a fine job with their slightly tough industrial percussion. The production is crystal clear and the melodies hover nicely in the mix. It all sounds very digital and would definitely do the job chilling out late at night after a mental party…”

Medienkonverter [Germany]

“Die beiden Berliner Toni Polkowski und Danny Prusseit haben unter dem Namen Atmogat ca. 8 Jahre nach Gründung des Projekts und 4 Jahre nach Erscheinen ihrer ersten EP (der noch 7 weitere gefolgt sind) beim Impulsive Art-Label “endlich” ihr Debut-Album vorgelegt. Ihr Stil bewegte sich im Laufe der Zeit vom ursprünglichen Minimal Techno hin zu vertrackterem Beatwork und weitläufigerer Atmosphäre, wodurch sich “Trigger Event” den relativ unscharf umgrenzten Gefilden des IDM bzw. Electronica zuordnen lässt…”

Chroniques Electroniques [France]

“Si l’on en croit ce qui est inscrit sur leur myspace, Atmogat n’apprécie pas vraiment que l’on catalogue ou tente éperdument de décrire leur musique. On va donc prendre le minimum de risques. Chroniques électroniques a pour habitude de ménager les egos…”

alien e zine [Slovakia]

“Dalsou perlickou na momentalnej spicke greckeho IMPULSIVE ART je nemecke duo ATMOGATE, ktore uz svojim nazvom evokuje k atmosferickej brane a slusnym elektornickym konfrontaciam, ktore sa vlnia vo vodach idm. Prenikave rytmy doprevadzane plnymi basovymi linkami a syntetickymi blokmi…”

arrhythmia [Russia]

“К своему первому альбому немецкий дуэт Atmogat шёл ни много ни мало, а целых восемь лет. Группа появлялась на различных сборниках, издавалась на своём лейбле Trachanik Records, и, в конце концов, обосновалась на Impulsive Art. Музыку этих людей можно описать как даунтемповый idm с мрачноватой мелодикой и механистичной атмосферой. Звук в целом не перегружен деталями и в то же время является достаточно сложным. На мой взгляд, баланс здесь выверен очень точно, и вообще «Trigger Events» производит впечатление зрелой работы. Как хороший триллер, он держит вас в напряжении, волнует и слегка тревожит. Треки хоть и связаны какой-то общей тематикой, но каждый немного отличается от другого, каждый словно рассказывает свою небольшую сторию…”


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“DROP_ed OUT”

Thesis features sound compositions by Andrey Kiritchenko , Mad EP, Keef Baker, Larvae, Spyweirdos, Moogulator, Atmogat, Tapage, Mobthrow, IP Neva, Abstractive Noise and Nole Plastique.

Thesis released by Impulsive Art in 2009.

FORMAT: CD - Compilation

TRACKLIST: IP Neve -Artificial Crisis | Atmogat - Distorg | Tapage - Last Inhale | Keef Baker - Sapphire | Spyweirdos - The Oldest Door | Mad EP - Wahnbriefe | etc.

Years go by and Atmogats passion for abstract beats and wide atmospheres come to the fore. The style which is generated today is difficult to describe. Influenced by artists like Autechre, Bola, Funckarma and Einóma, the music by Atmogat is unerringly Electronica and IDM, but definetly in all variations. So, if you would ask both what they think about categorisations the answer might be “difficult, mostly useless and disliked.”

Atmogats music usually demonstrate a dark character, but it is not that kind of destructive darkness. Mostly it is combined with a very sinsible feeling for harmony. The sound offers a well leveled combination of advanced beat- programming and mind grab[-ing] textures.

Photos by Stefan Brütt and Jana Rahmlow.

Emerging Organisms 2 released by Tympanik Audio in 2008.

FORMAT: 2 x CD - Compilation

TRACKLIST: Hecq - The Glow | Access To Arasaka - 400 Bloc Overground | Subheim - Take Me Back | Marching Dynamics - Even Blod Is Not Enough | Tapage - The Unspoiled | Atmogat - Mi.Interface | etc.