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English electronic music group. Above & Beyond came together in 2000 originally to complete a remix of Chakra's club classic "Home" for WEA.
Initially producing Trance music, the trio gradually moved forwards Progressive Trance & Progressive House sounds, occasionally releasing Downtempo / Ambient tracks.

Jono Grant and Paavo Siljamäki had met at Westminster University and kicked off the Anjunabeats label in summer 1999 with a track titled "Volume One", This track was released in 2000 under the artist name "Anjunabeats". For the duo's second track release in 2000 titled "Different Ways" and their third in 2001 titled "Release" they went under the artist name of "Free State" and Anjunabeats remained as the label name.

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. With Grant and Siljamäki teaming up with McGuiness to form a trio, Above & Beyond became their artists name. 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.
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aboveandbeyond.nu, Facebook, instagram.com, Twitter, MySpace, Wikipedia, mixcloud.com, SoundCloud, YouTube, equipboard.com, songkick.com
Aliases:
Rollerball, Tongue Of God, Tranquility Base
Members:
Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, Tony McGuinness
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ANJCD004 Above & Beyond - Tri-State album art Above & Beyond Tri-State (Album) Anjunabeats ANJCD004 UK 2005 Sell This Version
ANJDCO-006 Above & Beyond - Tri-State Remixed album art Above & Beyond Tri-State Remixed (Album, Comp) Anjunabeats ANJDCO-006 UK 2007 Sell This Version
ANJCD010 Above & Beyond - Sirens Of The Sea album art Above & Beyond Presents OceanLab Above & Beyond Presents OceanLab - Sirens Of The Sea (Album, Comp) Anjunabeats ANJCD010 UK 2008 Sell This Version
ПРЗ CD02362 Above & Beyond - Group Therapy album art Above & Beyond Group Therapy (Album) Anjunabeats ПРЗ CD02362 Russia 2011 Sell This Version
ANJCDS037, ANJCDS037PAL Above & Beyond - Acoustic album art Above & Beyond Acoustic (Album) Anjunabeats ANJCDS037, ANJCDS037PAL UK 2014 Sell This Version
none Above & Beyond - We Are All We Need album art Above & Beyond We Are All We Need (Album) Anjunabeats none UK 2015 Sell This Version
HH73621 Above & Beyond - Acoustic II album art Above & Beyond Acoustic II (Album) Anjunabeats HH73621 Singapore, Malaysia & Hong Kong 2016 Sell This Version
ANJCD053D Above & Beyond - Acoustic - Live At The Hollywood Bowl album art Above & Beyond Acoustic - Live At The Hollywood Bowl (Album) Anjunabeats ANJCD053D UK 2018 Sell This Version
ПРЗ CD910533 Above & Beyond - Common Ground album art Above & Beyond Common Ground (Album) Anjunabeats ПРЗ CD910533 Russia 2018 Sell This Version
ANJCD070BD Above & Beyond - Flow State album art Above & Beyond Flow State (Album) Anjunabeats, Anjunabeats ANJCD070BD UK 2019 Sell This Version

Singles & EPs
ANJ-009 Above & Beyond - Far From In Love album art Above & Beyond Far From In Love (Single, EP) Anjunabeats ANJ-009 UK 2002 Sell This Version
ANJ-034 Above & Beyond - Surrender album art Above & Beyond Present Tranquility Base Above & Beyond Present Tranquility Base - Surrender (Single) Anjunabeats ANJ-034 UK 2004 Sell This Version
ANJ-029, ANJ 029 Above & Beyond - No One On Earth album art Above & Beyond Feat. Zoë Johnston Above & Beyond Feat. Zoë Johnston - No One On Earth (Single) Anjunabeats ANJ-029, ANJ 029 UK 2004 Sell This Version
none Above & Beyond - Razorfish (Remixes) album art Above & Beyond Pres Tranquility Base Above & Beyond Pres Tranquility Base - Razorfish (Remixes) Anjunabeats none UK 2005 Sell This Version
ANJ-042 Above & Beyond - Getting Away album art Above & Beyond Pres. Tranquility Base Above & Beyond Pres. Tranquility Base - Getting Away (Single) Anjunabeats ANJ-042 UK 2005 Sell This Version
ANJ049 Above & Beyond - Air For Life album art Above & Beyond Vs. Andy Moor Above & Beyond Vs. Andy Moor - Air For Life (Single) Anjunabeats ANJ049 UK 2005 Sell This Version
ANJ-062 Above & Beyond - Can't Sleep album art Above & Beyond Can't Sleep (Single) Anjunabeats ANJ-062 UK 2006 Sell This Version
ANJ-059 Above & Beyond - Alone Tonight album art Above & Beyond Alone Tonight (Single) Anjunabeats ANJ-059 UK 2006 Sell This Version
DMDEUPH072, euphonic72.3 Above & Beyond - Good For Me / World On Fire album art Above & Beyond Good For Me / World On Fire euphonic DMDEUPH072, euphonic72.3 Germany 2007 Sell This Version
ANJ098 Above & Beyond - Buzz album art Above & Beyond Pres. Tranquility Base Above & Beyond Pres. Tranquility Base - Buzz (Single) Anjunabeats ANJ098 UK 2007 Sell This Version
euphonic82.3 Above & Beyond - Home album art Above & Beyond Home (Single) Anjunabeats euphonic82.3 Germany 2007 Sell This Version
ANJ 077 Above & Beyond - Good For Me album art Above & Beyond Feat. Zoë Johnston Above & Beyond Feat. Zoë Johnston - Good For Me (Single) Anjunabeats ANJ 077 UK 2007 Sell This Version
ANJ-080 Above & Beyond - Tri-State Remixes album art Above & Beyond Tri-State Remixes (Single) Anjunabeats ANJ-080 UK 2006 Sell This Version
ANJ091 Above & Beyond - Oceanic album art Above & Beyond Pres. Tranquility Base Above & Beyond Pres. Tranquility Base - Oceanic (Single) Anjunabeats ANJ091 UK 2007 Sell This Version
BLT 172-2P Above & Beyond - Sampler album art Above & Beyond Sampler ‎(CD, EP, Promo, Smplr) Ultra Records BLT 172-2P US 2007 Sell This Version

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Mik82

Mik82

November 24, 2020
Above & Beyond started their career in 2000, and absolutely dominated the trance scene for at least a decade, delivering a ton of timeless masterpieces in the process.
Since the very beginning, they made Ferry, Armin, Paul, Tiesto and other big names of that time look like amateurs.
Above & Beyond really took the trance genre to another level.

Ten years later, they started changing their sound... and their post-2012 productions just can't compare with their earlier works. It's still good music considering the general decline of trance music over the years and the huge amount of trash releases we see nowadays, but it's really disappointing to see how they lowered their standards, knowing what they are capable of.

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Iceferno

Iceferno

January 16, 2020
I know it's sort of expected to talk about a Trance artist's decline (Discogs should just cut out the middle man and let you review the genre itself), but I'm going to opt to focus on the more favourable early years of Above & Beyond.

I discovered the trio in 2004, when "Satellite" was fresh onto the scene. Naturally, I went back a few years and found some exceptional productions and remixes. To name a few, you have "Razorfish", "No One On Earth", and remixes of Madonna - What It Feels Like For A Girl and Ayumi Hamasaki - M. My absolute favourite creation of theirs is "Getting Away", from their side-project Tranquility Base. A perfect build, with beautiful flourishing chord progression.

Between the Anjunabeats label-runners and Swedish Trance producer Airbase, I learned a lot about what Trance was in the noughties, which served, in part, as encouragement to get into music composition myself. Melody, emotion, progression, and character. Obviously, it will never be as it was, due to changing trends in the scene itself, but we can at least look back fondly on what is now part of the "classics" era.
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Yuukaa_Sa

Yuukaa_Sa

August 3, 2018
edited over 3 years ago
They used to be "Above & Beyond".....however after 2011ish they have been known as "Below & Behind" for me. Very mediocre releases from them. There is still a few good ones here and there that I don't mind....but for the most part they are not who they used to be in the 2002-2010 period.
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psytranchill

psytranchill

March 4, 2018
edited over 3 years ago
The most famous and influential trance act of all times, Above & Beyond and their side monikers, along with their side project with Justine Suissa, OceaLab, were certainly the main responsible for defining what trance would become in the mid of the 2000's (the "era" when the genre reached its pinnacle for many trance fans, and I would rather say for most of them): an even better kind of electronic music, more melodic and less "festive" in comparison to what it used to be in the 90's, with more beautiful and soulful arrengements and vocals (though, sadly, this is often called "cheesy" by some, and when I read things like this I can't avoid but to agree with Vangelis: we are living a musical era when you can't turn on the radio without having to take an aspirin – that's what happens when melody, the most important aspect of music, becomes "cheese"). Even though trance evolved and took a different direction around the 2010's (what will always happen), and so did A&B and most other trance acts, those three guys (and that girl) will always deserve our respect!
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Trance88

Trance88

April 21, 2013
I became a fan of Above & Beyond in 2005 after hearing such tracks as "Air For Life" and "Alone Tonight". Since they changed their sound around the time of their "Group Therapy" album, I've felt there have been far fewer tracks released by them that I like. I'm afraid they've left their "epic/uplifting" melodic trance style that I loved so much behind and are now focusing more on electro and progressive house. It's a shame that they just completely dropped their roots and trademark style for a more commercial sound.
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tonumaa

tonumaa

August 24, 2012
edited over 6 years ago
The remix they did for Madonna is epic.
Thanks guys!
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ohyaimcoolest

ohyaimcoolest

January 28, 2012
edited over 9 years ago
words can never show just how much emotion is in the sounds that above and
beyond creates. the atmosphere of this music will help you fly... when you need therapy,
this music is here, (and it gives me that) when you need inspiration, clear guidance,
anything... you want a review? I can't say enough about this group.

above and beyond is some of the greatest trance you'll ever hear in your lifetime.

I own 2 above and beyond cd's, still haven't picked up the newest cd but I have heard it. (getting it soon)
I usually don't pick up a album from an artist unless there's more than a couple songs that I
like hearing again. with A&B I'm never left feeling like I just wasted my money on
a cd that'll be in the cd player only a few times in my lifetime. I've enjoyed most of the
tracks as they've made me so happy with countless moments of joy, my life is so enhanced by
this music. The cd's and LP's are worth every penny, trust me... just listen to the effort in the
producing, this group pours they're whole beings into the music, you can feel it.
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Srbine

Srbine

December 4, 2005
edited over 15 years ago
Above & Beyond has one of the biggest trance label Anjuna Beats and always brings the best for the trance scene. Their biggest hit that made them stars of the trance scene is their remix on Madonnas : What is feels like for a girl and since that day they are one of the biggest names in the elecronic dance music world. They also work with the amazing singe Justine Sussia under the alias Oceanlab that many of the biggest djs always plays. They also have theit weekly radio show Trance Around the World on Ministry of sound every Tuesday 9am (CET). They have truely earned a spot in the electronic history...
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Mrmilano

Mrmilano

September 11, 2004
edited over 16 years ago
Above and Beyond, are not the up and coming Trance act, they Are and will be a cornerstone in trance music for generations to come. Magic is weaved into the melodies they mix. A great set is spun everytime they DJ. But most important, is the greatness created after mixing regular pop artists such as Madonna, and Britney. The music becomes a poetic melody! Anjunabeats Volume 1 is a must for fans. HIGHLY recommended.
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