In March 2006, Above & Beyond will showcase their unique songwriting and production talents on ‘Tri-State’, their debut artist album. The album will feature 10 original songs written by the guys, including the singles Air For Life (with Andy Moor) and Alone Tonight (release date Feb 27th, 2006). The album will also showcase the sublime vocals of Zoe Johnston, also known for her work with Faithless and Bent.
In the last 12 months, Above & Beyond have scooped Radio 1’s Essential Mix of the Year - prompting Pete Tong to describe them as the ‘UK’s new dance superstars’ - and were shortlisted in 3 categories at the Miami Winter Music Awards, including in the category of best dance group alongside the Chemical Brothers, Scissor Sisters & Basement Jaxx.
Above & Beyond - aka Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäki - first broke on the scene with their remix of Madonna’s ‘What it Feels Like For A Girl’. Madonna liked the remix so much she decided to use it on the video instead of the original ballad. Since then Above & Beyond have added the likes of Dido, Britney and Sarah McLachlan to their remix credits, but it is their solo productions which have really captured the imagination of dance music fans, with “Far From In Love” and “No One On Earth”, and OceanLab “Sky Falls Down” and “Satellite” becoming sing-a-long anthems the world over.
Meanwhile as DJ's Above & Beyond have rocked dancefloors all around the world, including at venues such as Godskitchen, Gatecrasher and Cream, and at festivals like Global Gathering, Creamfields and Dance Valley. The trio were ranked 19th in DJ Magazine’s recent poll of the world’s top 100 DJ’s.
In June 2005, Above & Beyond released ‘Anjunabeats Volume 3’, the latest in a series of mix albums designed to showcase the best music on their popular Anjunabeats label. Above & Beyond have also previously recorded under a number of different aliases including Aalto, Free State, Jono Grant, Nitromethane, Oceanlab, P.O.S and Tranquility Base.
