ÄTNA

There are small private objects on board every space station that remind us of life on Earth and are intended to help us cope with homesickness. In the case of ÄTNA, it is the other way around. They regularly remind us of the vast, unimaginable and their musical visions fuel our curiosity about everything beyond the stratosphere. That’s roughly what the multiverse sounds like. We just can’t prove it yet. It was already clear from their 2020 debut “Made By Desire” that this was no standard German pop. ÄTNA presented themselves as an avant-garde, interdisciplinary duo with a precise feel for catchy hooks, driving rhythms and impressive imagery. After features with Solomun, MEUTE and Marteria as well as collaborations with the NDR Bigband in Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, there was no longer any doubt about the versatility of the two. Although the look and the concise synth pads seem futuristic and are almost extraterrestrially unique in the local music landscape, the basis of all transcendence in ÄTNA is handcrafted perfection.