UK-based DJ Magazine gave the album a five-star review, saying, "A blend of sleek electronic rhythms, lush filmic textures and old-fashioned song writing. In 2006, Above & Beyond released their debut artist album, Tri-State.
Known to be one of their break-through tracks in the early days of producing, it reached No. In 2004, OceanLab's fourth single, "Satellite", was released. The Gabriel & Dresden Remix of this song was voted Tune of the Year for 2004 in Armin van Buuren's trance radio show A State of Trance. Other remixes included Britney Spears' single " Everytime", Dido's " Sand in My Shoes", and Delerium's " Silence".Ībove & Beyond's single "No One On Earth", featuring the vocals of Zoë Johnston, soon followed. In 2003, Above & Beyond remixed DJ Tomcraft's " Loneliness", Motorcycle's " As the Rush Comes", as well as being asked back by Madonna to remix " Nobody Knows Me". As their fan base increased, the trio began to make regular appearances at some of the world's largest music festivals and clubs, including Rockness, Glastonbury and Creamfields in the UK and Amnesia in Ibiza, Spain. In 2002, Above & Beyond made their DJ debut in Tokyo performing for 8,000 clubbers alongside Ferry Corsten and Tiësto. In 2001, Above & Beyond produced a club mix for Madonna's single " What It Feels Like for a Girl", and also remixed select tracks by Delerium, Three Drives, and J-pop artist Ayumi Hamasaki. These tracks served as the foundation for Above & Beyond's reputation as one of the UK's leading vocal trance remixers. Interest in Above & Beyond soon emerged from established trance labels and new remixes were requested: the trio remixed Aurora's "Ordinary World", Fragma's "Everytime You Need Me", Perpetuous Dreamer's "The Sound of Goodbye", and Adamski's "In the City". Problems playing this file? See media help. Other collaborators in the band's early stages include Andy Moor and vocalists Carrie Skipper, Ashley Tomberlin, Zoë Johnston, and Richard Bedford.Įarly productions and DJ career debut (2001–2005) In addition to Above & Beyond's production work, the trio also established the vocal trance group OceanLab with Justine Suissa. Although the group was relatively unknown at the time, their remix of Chakra's "Home" was picked over remixes by Rob Searle and Tilt to be the A-side mix, and, after plays by Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1, it reached number one in the UK club charts. The slogan used by the motivational trainer was "Above & Beyond", and they decided to use that as their name. When the group was searching for a name to use for their Chakra remix, the inspiration came from a web page belonging to an American motivational trainer coincidentally named Jono Grant. Having been commissioned to remix Chakra's "Home", Tony McGuinness recruited Grant and Siljamäki to help him complete the remix. Liam had purchased a sample library that Grant had created for Yamaha and got in touch with Jono.
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įollowing the success of "Volume One" and a string of singles and remixes under their Free State and Dirt Devils alter egos, the marketing director & manager of Warner Music Group, Tony McGuinness, was alerted to the duo by his brother, Liam McGuinness. The original mix of "Volume One", packaged with their Tease Dub Mix, received immediate attention in various dance clubs and quickly gained support from DJs such as Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold, Judge Jules, and Paul van Dyk, after Grant and Paavo Siljamäki personally handed a dub plate of the song to Paul Oakenfold in 2000 at Home, the now-defunct London nightclub. Since the label acquired the same name as their production alias, however, they started to release music under different names, most notably as Dirt Devils and Free State. Initially, the Anjunabeats record label was founded as a medium to release their own music. Following Siljamäki's suggestion, they set up the Anjunabeats label in the summer of 1999 with the release of their first single, "Volume One", under the alias Anjunabeats.
Having discovered a common mutual interest for electronic music, they decided to collaborate in writing music together. Grant and Siljamäki met at the University of Westminster.
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