Atlantis Jordan got his start in 1996, using first generation music software he bought on clearance for just $20 at a computer software store. This opened the door for expressing himself through music.
For a Music Appreciation course assignment in college, he teamed up with a few fellow classmates to form "Dante's Inferno" in 1997. The group's collaborative efforts paid off with the creation of an old skool hip hop-influenced album, Let It Go, that helped them pass the assignment.
Afterwards, the Group stayed together to produce Swing 2 The Music, which showcased their growing skills at production and arrangement. A remix album, Swing 2 The Remixes, also was made that featured updated and remixed versions of select tracks from both Let It Go and Swing 2 The Music in 1998.
During this time, Atlantis started experimenting on his own with his first solo collections, The Genesis Project and Atlantis Rising, which focused on the Electronica genre. Around the turn of the millenium, Dante's Inferno broke up which resulted in the unfinished follow-up to Swing... called Black Reign. Atlantis released this set after adding his own creations and collaborations with other amateur artists for filler material. He also joined MP3.com in early 2000 and released the single, Human Nature, from The Genesis Project album. Because of the good reception of the single, Atlantis remixed the track and renamed it, Take Me Higher. A 9 minute long dance song that garnered him quite a few fans who encouraged him to release a whole album... which he did under the same title in the summer of 2000. Take Me Higher spent 8 weeks at #1 on the North American Dance charts (MP3.com). A great feat considering he had no formal training and was not a fan of dance music until just a few months prior to producing the track.
After taking time out to work on experimental projects and collaborations with new styles of music (Multiples Of One, The Sans Nom Project), he returned with the long-awaited follow up to Take Me Higher. In early 2002, Atlantis released the track, The Phoenix from Return Of The Phoenix. In less than a week, the track became a smash hit. The great thing about MP3.com (prior to 2003) was the fact that you could copyright and sell your music effortlessly through them. They made, packaged and shipped CD's for you. Atlantis ended up selling close to 15,000 albums by the close of the year (thanks to the success of subsequent singles Body & Soul, Nothing Ever Bright, Mars Needs Women and Come As U Are). This led to an offer from two of small independent record labels which he turned down. Up til this point, his involvement as an artist was strictly recreational and had no desire to go mainstream.
A strong fan base brought opportunities to collaborate with other artists as well. Atlantis produced tracks for various amateur artists, mostly from Europe and Australia, and even helped his cousin, Najah with her demo tape which resulted in an EP called When The Rain Falls. Atlantis had never sang (in public) before so this was a huge step for him. After Rain, he went on to collaborate with his vocal coach on his first commercial release, Ride With Me, through his coach's label. The album had some success in certain parts of the United States and in Australia but failed to meet the expectations of the record label. Afterwards, Atlantis asked to be released from his contract to return to independent status.
Atlantis didn't produce much new material after Ride With Me. MP3.com was bought out by Vivendi Universal and the site was shut down for awhile to amateur artists. Equivolent sites failed to meet the same quality as MP3.com so Atlantis went back to just working on tracks as a hobby and selling his own content. 2006 brought the release of End Game which was to be his last public album. He found a home with Mzeus.com which revived his interest in music creation. To date, he has no plans to release new material but has been working on several unfinished projects for possible release in the near future.