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Above & Beyond are an English trance music group formed in 2000 and consists of the members Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Paavo Siljamäki. They have their own record label Anjunabeats, which releases trance and progressive music, and they also host their own weekly radio show Trance Around the World.The group's tracks are regularly played by DJs around the world, including Armin van Buuren, Gareth Emery, Ferry Corsten, and Kyau & Albert. On 20 October 2011 DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Above & Beyond placed at #5 in the world.
Early in 2006 the band released their debu
Above & Beyond are an English trance music group formed in 2000 and consists of the members Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Paavo Siljamäki. They have their own record label Anjunabeats, which releases trance and progressive music, and they also host their own weekly radio show Trance Around the World.The group's tracks are regularly played by DJs around the world, including Armin van Buuren, Gareth Emery, Ferry Corsten, and Kyau & Albert. On 20 October 2011 DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Above & Beyond placed at #5 in the world.
Early in 2006 the band released their debut artist album, "Tri-State". UK Dance magazine DJ Mag gave the album a 5 Star review, saying "A blend of sleek electronic rhythms, lush filmic textures and old-fashioned song writing. 'Tri-State' is the fulfillment of any dance act's ultimate album aspiration: a padding-free, skilled, diverse long-player. In a word, 'Brilliant'."
Singles from the album include "Air For Life" (with Andy Moor) which won "Best Underground Dance Track" at the 2006 Miami Winter Music Conference and was Tune of the Year for 2005, as voted by the listeners of Armin Van Buuren's radio show A State of Trance. Alone Tonight (featuring Richard Bedford) was nominated for best progressive house/trance track at the 22nd International Dance Music Awards held at the 2007 Miami WMC, reaching number 4 in the Finland National Singles chart and number 5 in the UK Dance Chart. Above & Beyond performed Alone Tonight at Global Gathering 2005 broadcast live on Radio One in the UK. Their single "Can't Sleep" was included on A State of Trance in episode 280, which featured at number 3 on the best 20 tracks of 2006 according to the fans that voted in its polls. Above & Beyond "Good For Me" (featuring Zoë Johnston) was voted Tune of the Year in 2006 on Armin Van Buuren's A State of Trance Radio show. In 2008, Above & Beyond won Best Underground Dance Track at IDMA Awards at the Winter Music Conference with their single 'Home'.
In 2002 the team began their DJ career in Tokyo in front of 8,000 clubbers, on a bill featuring Ferry Corsten and DJ Tiësto. After a slow start to their DJ career, they are now considered headline acts and make regular appearances at some of the worlds biggest trance festivals and clubs including Creamfields and Godskitchen Global Gathering in the UK and Amnesia in Ibiza. Furthermore, on 31 December 2007, Above & Beyond unofficially hosted the largest DJ gig ever on Barra Beach, Rio de Janeiro, where they reportedly played to an estimated 1 million people.
Above & Beyond have won the BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix of the Year twice in 2004 and 2011. They are the only people to have won Essential mix of the Year twice.
Above & Beyond were ranked #4 in the DJ Mag top 100 poll from 2008 and 2009, having entered at #39 in 2004. In 2010 and also in 2011, they placed #5 in the DJ Mag Top 100 Poll.
Above & Beyond are also involved in radio broadcasting. Their "Trance Around The World" show is known to 30 million listeners in 35 countries who tune into the show weekly, making it one of the most listened to radio shows in the world.[9] TATW also enables Above & Beyond to promote new artists on their renowned Anjunabeats label. There have been various special programmes since the creation of TATW, including live Above & Beyond sets from festivals, and radio episodic milestones, such as 400th episode celebrated in November 2011 in Beirut, Lebanon bringing artists like Gareth Emery and Mat Zo alongside the band.
Above & Beyond have also appeared numerous times on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix since their debut in June 2004. Their mixes proven to be successful as they have been voted twice the winners of "Essential Mix of The Year" in 2004 and 2011 respectively. Both mixes have been the only studio Essential Mixes delivered by Above & Beyond. Furthermore, Above & Beyond have also featured on the Essential Mix during live sets, in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010.
Above & Beyond are also responsible for marketing and production behind Anjunabeats label and therefore are credited for creation of the Anjunabeats Worldwide radio show.
Above & Beyond's first artist album Tri-State was released in March '06, along with the single "Alone Tonight". The album features collaborations with the likes of Zoë Johnston, Richard Bedford and Andy Moor, known for his work with Tilt and as half of Leama & Moor. The first single from the album, "Air for Life", was released in July '05. In July '08 Above & Beyond released the album Sirens of the Sea under the artist name OceanLab, one of Above & Beyond's side projects. Then in July '09 they released "Sirens Of The Sea Remixed", a remix album for the OceanLab album Sirens of the Sea. Above & Beyond released their second album titled Group Therapy on 6 June 2011. The first single from this album, was "Sun & Moon" featuring the vocals of Richard Bedford.
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