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Above & Beyond’s Anjunabeats Drops Highlight Compilation, “The Yearbook 2022”
Anjunabeats is wrapping up another year of show-stopping music with their own year-end compilation. “The Yearbook 2022” is the iconic dance music label’s sonic highlight reel, showcasing what’s new and breaking from stalwarts of the industry and emerging artists alike. The quadruple disc effort can be heard as either a free-flowing continuous mix or as a collection of the original featured studio tracks. Either way, fans will hear the best of 2022 from Mat Zo, BLR, Ilan Bluestone and many more. Emerging talent on Anjunabeats included the savvy modular synth-driven duo Kasablanca, who had a barnstorming year on the imprint, arguably best showcased by their track “Immunity.” The record was named one of EDM.com‘s best songs of 2022. Me...
Above & Beyond’s “Group Therapy Weekender” Is Returning to the Gorge In Summer 2023
Legendary trance trio Above & Beyond are making an exciting return tot the Gorge Amphitheatre for their third “Group Therapy Weekender,” a three-day experience for trance fans taking place from July 21-23, 2023. The event will be headlined by Above & Beyond and will feature signees of the group’s Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep labels. Attendees will enjoy access to pop-ups, wellness and learning programs and artist meet-and-greets, among other initiatives. Above & Beyond are going to be working on new music for most of 2023, so the “Group Therapy Weekender” will be their biggest event of the year. “Our gathering at The Gorge is a bi-annual affair, but we’ve decided to bring the next one forward a year!” they said in a press release shared w...
Watch Above & Beyond’s Stunning Full Group Therapy 500 Performance
Three weeks after their sold-out Group Therapy 500 event, Above & Beyond have released their full performance for fans to watch at home. The massive two-day massive event, which took place at Los Angeles’ Banc of California Stadium last month, celebrated 500 episodes of the legendary trance trio’s Group Therapy Radio. One of dance music’s most tenured and dependable mix shows since 2012, Group Therapy showcases the latest trance and progressive house music to millions of fans around the world. The Group Therapy 500 event featured a pair of performances by the iconic group as well as sets from Ajundadeep hitmakers ALPHA 9, Andrew Bayer, Grum, Mat Zo and Olan. The live performance video, recorded on October 14th, spans two hours and includes the tracklist, which features 28 tracks ...
Above & Beyond Drop Hypnotic Progressive House Single, “Chains”
Iconic trance music trio Above & Beyond have returned with a new progressive house anthem, “Chains.” Premiered during the band’s Group Therapy 450 celebration at The Drumsheds London last September, “Chains” marks Above & Beyond’s third single with Marty Longstaff following 2019’s “Flying By Candlelight” and “Tightrope.” It’s also one of two original productions to appear on the group’s Anjunabeats Volume 16 compilation, alongside “Projection.” “‘Jump and the net will appear,’ a fleeting remark from a colleague of Tony’s at Warner Records, has always percolated during songwriting,” Above & Beyond said in a press statement. “With the uncertainty o...
Above & Beyond Announce Lineup for Group Therapy 500 Event In Los Angeles
The ink is dry on one of the biggest career milestones in the Above & Beyond saga. Group Therapy Radio, one of dance music’s most tenured and dependable mix shows, is surpassing 500 episodes this year. To celebrate, the iconic trio is planning a massive show in Los Angeles. The two-day celebration at Los Angeles’ Banc of California Stadium will feature a pair of Above & Beyond performances on the opening day, October 15th. The legendary trance trio have curated a lineup that meets the moment, inviting ALPHA 9, Andrew Bayer, Grum, Mat Zo and Olan to join them. Above & Beyond have also announced a bevy of celebratory pre- and after-parties. Launched in 2012, Group Therapy Radio was the spiritual successor to the group’s former program, Trance Around th...
Above & Beyond Usher In New Era Of Ambient Music With “Reflections” Imprint
Above & Beyond‘s new label imprint, minted for life’s ruminative moments, has arrived with its debut release. Christening the label themselves, the famed dance music trio has dropped “Morning in Deira” and “Time Heals” respectively. With the first taste of what the group’s new imprint will have to offer, it’s plain to see the creative direction for Reflections will be far different compared to that of Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep. Despite the stylistic differences, the group has certainly shown their tenacity in the competitive label space with their beloved Anjunabeats having surpassed over twenty years of operations in late 2020. In stark contrast to the more traditionally-defined dance music offerings of their existing imprint...
Above & Beyond Announce Third Anjuna Label, “Reflections” and Debut Singles
“Our two record labels, Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep, were born on the dancefloor,” wrote Above & Beyond in a press release. Now, with their newly announced Reflections banner, the prolific trio hopes to also set the soundtrack for the moments in between. “The mornings after, the nights apart, the journeys shared along the way. Those moments of reflection,” says Above & Beyond when speaking on their new venture. Launching on May 16th, 2022 with a pair of new Above & Beyond singles, Reflections will be geared toward ambient, downtempo, and alternative music from a range of established and emerging talent. This includes Yotto‘s forthcoming project, Erased Dreams, which will be the first album released on the label. ...
Madonna to Release “Finally Enough Love” Compilation With Remixes By Avicii, Above & Beyond, More
The Queen of Pop’s first project from her career-spanning global partnership with Warner Music is officially on the way: a retrospective album called Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones. Madonna remains the only recording artist to net 50 #1 hits on the Billboard charts. In celebration of the milestone, she will release the collection, which boasts 50 alternate versions and remixes of her music by some of electronic music’s most esteemed artists. Among the tracks is Avicii‘s beloved remix of “Girl Gone Wild,” a gem of the late dance music icon’s early era of mainstream success. Avicii and Madonna famously appeared together on the Ultra Music Festival Mainstage in 2012, a performance that marked the start of a working relationship which saw the two j...
Darren Tate and Above & Beyond’s Jono Grant Join Forces for Synthwave-Inspired Alias, JODA
Above & Beyond‘s Jono Grant has caught the synthwave bug. Working in secret alongside longtime friend and fellow trance producer Darren Tate, Grant has formulated a new collaborative alias, JODA. Dropping their debut track, “We Find Ourselves,” Tate and Grant say the single is inspired by 2011’s Drive soundtrack, one of the most acclaimed film scores of the modern era. The working relationship between Grant and Tate was first established nearly two decades ago. In 2003, they linked in the studio and produced two melodically dense, uplifting trance singles, “‘Let The Light Shine In” and “Nocturnal Creatures.” As Grant’s career began to take off with Above & Beyond and Tate’s solo career as DT8 prospered, the two...
Excision, Above & Beyond, More Announced for Denver’s Global Dance Festival 2022
After making its grand return to the spotlight after a pandemic-induced year off, Global Dance Festival is looking to double down with a stacked 2022 lineup. Covering many of dance music’s most popular sub-genres, organizers are bringing talent from all over the world to Empower Field at Mile High, the home of the Denver Broncos. Slated to take the stage this summer in the high-altitude stadium nestled in the Rocky Mountains are Excision, Above & Beyond, Liquid Stranger, Lane 8, Oliver Heldens, Adventure Club, AC Slater, Cosmic Gate, Sully, Wooli and many more. In the previous iterations of the festival, fans were treated to multiple stages, each representing the different genres represented in the lineup. For example, in 2021, the Summit Stage served as the “main stageR...
Above & Beyond Announce Two-Day Group Therapy 500 Event In Los Angeles
Planning is already underway for one of the biggest career milestones in the Above & Beyond saga. One of dance music’s most tenured and dependable mix shows, Group Therapy Radio is surpassing 500 episodes this year. To celebrate, the iconic trio is planning a massive show set to take place in Los Angeles. Launched in 2012, Group Therapy Radio was the spiritual successor to the group’s former program, Trance Around the World. Since the launch, Above & Beyond have celebrated each 50-episode milestone with a performance in a different city. Most recently, Group Therapy 450 celebrations took place in London late last year. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles The two-day celebration in Los Angeles will feature two Above & Beyond performances on the op...
Above & Beyond Create Cinematic Soundtrack for Climate Change Documentary, “The Last Glaciers”
This year’s World Water Day will arrive with an earnest message: our world’s glaciers are in a fragile state. Above & Beyond are contributing their production prowess to a new documentary, The Last Glaciers, which explores the effects of climate change on some of the world’s oldest landmarks. Spearheaded by Craig Leeson and Malcolm Wood, the 40-minute documentary takes viewers on a simultaneous journey through Antarctica, the Himalaya, Alps, and the Andes, home to the world’s most challenging and breathtaking environments. Above & Beyond’s soundtracking efforts mark the legendary trio’s first of their career. They find themselves in good company with classically trained British composer and producer Darren ...
