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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...
Kasablanca Release Capstone Single, “Crucible” After Breakthrough Year
Kasablanca are putting the finishing touches on a year that has tested the duo’s ability to go the distance. The aptly titled “Crucible” marks the emerging triple-threat’s final Anjunabeats single of 2022. Proving themselves as producers, live performers and vocalists, Kasablanca are sitting pretty in the year ahead. There’s no better reminder regarding where the duo’s strengths lie than “Crucible.” The track incorporates the ethereal mix of artistic influences they’ve made uniquely their own, derived from synthwave, trance, house and more. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles The pulsing bassline clips along as Kasablanca’s ecosystem of melodies bloom with vibrant color. From lush, reverberating trance chords to the...
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...
MIT Student and Electronic Music Producer Nourey to Present Research on Climate Change With Anjunabeats
On the same weekend she performed at Above & Beyond‘s Gorge Weekender, Nourey was also conducting research on climate change. When she’s not creating music, the Egyptian-born electronic music producer is working hard on her studies as a PhD student at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After sharing her art with fans onstage at the Gorge, Nourey conducted a 16-hour study at the weekend-long event, with the objective to educate attendees on how they can help the fight against climate change on a personal level. Now, she’s joining forces with Anjunabeats and her school to present her findings. Using an augmented reality-powered “art wall,” Nourey was able to gather over 400 responses to a climate change ...
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...
Andrew Bayer Announces New Anjunabeats Double Album, “Duality”
Trance music vet Andrew Bayer has announced Duality, an ambitious double album set for release via his longtime home of Anjunabeats. Bayer says the upcoming record will run the gamut of the wide spectrum of electronic styles that have shaped his unique sound through the years. “Since day one, I have always struggled with how to present myself. I love making these experimental home listening albums of electronica and indie sounds, but I also love DJing and making trance bangers,” Bayer said in a press statement. “On my last album, I had to remix the album in full after it was released to make the worlds fit. This time around I wanted to capture all the breadth, depth, and tension within that duality under one single project.” Cover art of Andrew Bayer’...
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. ...
Above & Beyond and Mat Zo Drop Long-Awaited Group Therapy ID, “Always Do”
Above & Beyond and Mat Zo have finally dropped one of 2021’s most anticipated Group Therapy IDs. The Anjunabeats veterans today released “Always Do,” an acid-soaked progressive house single. Tinctures of haunting vocals guide listeners through an atmospheric, dark arrangement, which is highlighted by pulsing bass. Fans got their first taste of the track back in September 2021 at the Group Therapy 450 outing in London—and they’ve been awaiting its official release ever since. Check out the riveting single below. Recommended Articles Earlier in the week, the Anjunabeats Twitter account teased that the trio had an upcoming collaboration on the way with a “label star.” This, of course, was Zo, who shared his excitement to work with the trio. Be...
Mat Zo Teases New Collaboration With Above & Beyond
It looks like Above & Beyond‘s next high-profile collaborator has revealed himself. A stalwart of the Anjunabeats imprint, Mat Zo has taken to social media to tease his involvement in the legendary trance trio’s upcoming collaborative single. Yesterday the official Anjunabeats account tweeted that the week ahead will see the release of a new Above & Beyond single alongside someone they described as a “star” of the label. Mat Zo then quote-tweeted with a singular “curious” emoji, but despite not elaborating further, the interaction has already sparked the intrigue of watchful fans. Zo’s journey on Anjunabeats is certainly worth noting. In fact, the producer’s debut album Damage Control projected him to meteoric success, even landi...
Swedish House Mafia, REZZ, RÜFÜS DU SOL, More Curate New Year’s Eve Playlists for Amazon: Listen
Whether you’ll be ringing in 2022 from the club, your couch or your parents’ couch, a new playlist initiative by Amazon Music has guaranteed your speakers will stay thumping ’til midnight, no matter the setting. The “Choose Your New Year’s Eve DJ” series includes 13 sonically diverse playlists curated by some of the scene’s top artists, including REZZ, RÜFÜS DU SOL, TOKiMONSTA and Moore Kismet. Swedish House Mafia contributed an exclusive extended mix of “Moth to a Flame” (with The Weeknd) to their selections, and Sonny Fodera added a never-before-heard VIP remix of “Silhouettes” (with Poppy Baskcomb) to his tracklist. The endeavor also includes a 67-minute collection by Above & Beyond, which includes Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep re...
Listen to Above & Beyond’s 10-Year Anniversary Remix Album of “Group Therapy”
After announcing that a remix album for Above & Beyond‘s seminal Group Therapy was on the way earlier this month, the group have finally unveiled the record with the help of a stacked roster of artists recreating some of their most iconic songs. Each of the artists selected to rework Group Therapy did a phenomenal job at paying respect to the original while adding their own unique spin. There is no singular theme throughout the album’s 12 remixes, which provide listeners with a familiar experience filled with twists and turns. Opening with CRi’s emotive remix of “Filmic,” the album quickly shifts gears with a fast-paced rework of “Sun & Moon” by trance music luminary Ilan Bluestone. This dynamic and swift change is mirrored by H...
How It All Started: Dance Music’s Most Influential Labels Reflect On Their First-Ever Release
Dance music wasn’t always this popular. In fact, the sights and sounds we now associate with the genre were once considered taboo. They were the emblems of a counterculture forced to blossom not out in the open, but in the safe confines of arcane nightclubs and warehouse raves. So how did electronic music break through the glass ceiling? Before the songs of Above & Beyond, Roger Sanchez, Armin van Buuren, and other legendary producers rattled the world’s biggest festival stages, they were auditory ugly ducklings on a quest to reach their full potential. The music always had the potential to fly, but without the help of the gutsy independent record labels willing to back it, its wings would forever remain clipped. And after all these years, those indies have proven...
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