Guten Morgen zusammen,
dies ist nun mein 1. Threat *freu*. Komischerweise wurde Above & Beyond an dieser Stelle noch nicht vorgeschlagen, dabei gehören sie definitiv zur Elite des Uplifting-Trance! Die Qualität der Produktionen stimmt immer zu 100%. Aber dies gillt generell auf allen Produktionen, welche auf ihrem Label "ANJUNABEATS" herauskommen. Hervorzuheben ist noch deren Vocaltrance-Projekt "Oceanlab", hier wird mit den Weltbesten Trance-Sängerinnen gearbeitet, und dabei kommen Mega-Hits heraus...
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Above & Beyond
Real Name: Jonathan Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, Tony McGuinness
Profile: Above & Beyond are undoubtedly one of the most exciting talents in the global dance music scene today. Their genre-defining productions - often released on their own Anjunabeats label - have become an essential tool for the world's leading DJ's and have set the benchmark for the new generation of trance producers. Above & Beyond - aka Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäki - have recorded under a number of different aliases including Aalto, Free State, Nitromethane, Oceanlab, P.O.S and Tranquility Base.
Above & Beyond came together in 2000 originally to complete a remix of Chakra's club classic "Home" for WEA.
Jono Grant and Paavo Siljamäki had met at Westminster University and kicked off the Anjunabeats label in summer 1999 with 'Anjunabeats Volume 1', a massive club track which gained support from Pete Tong, Oakie and P.V.D.
Alerted to the pair by his brother Liam, producer Tony McGuinness called in Jono and Paavo to help him complete the Chakra remix while he was still working at Warners. They plucked the name Above & Beyond from a web page belonging to an American motivational trainer called Jono Grant which was stuck on the wall of the studio. Although they were unknown at the time, the Above & Beyond remix of Chakra 'Home' was picked over remixes by Rob Searle and Tilt to be the A side mix, and after plays on Pete Tong reached number one in the UK club charts.
In 2002 the boys began their DJ career in earnest, making their debut in Japan in front of 8,000 crazy Tokyo clubbers, on a bill featuring Ferry Corsten and DJ Tlesto. Pretty soon Above & Beyond were DJ'ing all over the globe, with residency at UK club Passion, dates for Gatecrasher in the UK and abroad, appearances at Godskitchen and tours of Canada, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Russia and the USA.
2004 was something of a breakthrough year for Above & Beyond. As DJ's they regularly rocked dancefloors at the likes of Godskitchen, Gatecrasher and Cream, as well as internationally. The boys also performed a critically-acclaimed 2 hour Essential Mix on Radio 1, leading Radio 1 resident Pete Tong to describe them as "the UK's new trance superstars'.
URLs: http://www.aboveandbeyond.nu
http://www.anjunabeats.com
http://www.myspace.com/aboveandbeyond
Aliases: Rollerball, Tongue Of God, Tranquility Base
Members: Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, Tony McGuinness
QUelle: Discogs!