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Above & Beyond Live Trance & Progressive DJ-Sets Compilation (2001 - 2023)

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All DJ-Sets are provided in High-Quality MP3 Digital-Audio Format and are organised in folders on the media provided.  

You will receive all the DJ-Set's in this Compilation on a series of high quality MP3 Discs.

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FAQ 1 - WHAT FORMAT WILL THE COMPILATIONS ARRIVE?

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Most packages will only contain Digital Audio however some will also contain Digital Video as well where stated.

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You will receive all the DJ-Set's in this Compilation on a series of high quality High Quality MP3 Discs or Portable USB Devices depending on your choice.

Sending in Digital Audio Format means that far more music can fit on each Media Disc and you can copy to your Portable Music Player easier.

DJ-Sets will be labelled using in the same Professional Format and placed within folders on the discs for ease of use.

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This DJ-Sets Package will play on any Home Entertainment System, MP3-Compatible Player, Games Console or your Home PC / Apple Mac.

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We are the only ones offering these packages, so rest assured that All Packages are Brand New and Not Copies.

FAQ 4 - CAN I OBTAIN CD-AUDIO FORMAT VERSIONS?

All DJ-Sets are given in MP3 Digital Audio Format. However you can convert the DJ-Sets to CD-Audio Format using your PC once you have them

Alternatively you can request Custom DJ-Sets in CD-Audio Format by contacting us.

FAQ 5 - HOW CAN I COPY THE DJ-SETS TO MY PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER?

You can easily transfer the DJ-Sets into iTunes and then to your Portable Music Player like your Smart Phone or Tablet to take with you on your travels.

1. CREATE MUSIC FOLDER - Create a Music Folder on your PC for your music using Windows Explorer.

2. COPY DISC CONTENTS - Copy All Music Files from the discs provided to your new Music Folder on your PC.

3. COPY INTO ITUNES - Now copy the files from your Music Folder into iTunes then onto your Portable Music Device.

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Please note that all discs Do Not Come With Any Covers, they will arrive in plastic cases with each disc labelled.

This is both to keep the delivery costs down and also because a lot of customers simply want to copy the contents of the packages onto their Digital Music Players

However if you do want Covers Creating and Sending then please let us know when you purchase and the covers will be created and sent at no extra charge.

ABOUT DJ-SETS ONLINE STORE

We having been offering DJ-Sets Compilations for nearly two decades now and now include over 400 DJ's & Groups and over 125 Events & Clubs These go back to the very early sets from the 1970's right up to the new DJ's on the circuit, so there really is something for all fans of Electronic Dance Music.

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Extensive Choice of DJ-Sets

We have over 20,000 Live Electronic Dance Music DJ Sets to choose from, covering All Genres of Dance Music, as well as including all Top DJ's from all over the Globe

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All DJ-Sets listed in the DJ Set Compilations can be purchased any time and are always available to send out straight away, as soon as payment is received. As well as this, the site is Constantly Updated with the very latest DJ-Sets.

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All DJ-Sets are sent out on CD's, DVD's, Blu-Ray's, Portable USB Drives or Portable USB Hard Drives straight away after payment, saving you the time and effort needed to download them all from a server, this eliminates the need for fast Internet connections to obtain the sets.

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We have Exceptional Customer Service Levels which we have built up over the last 20 Years, and we aim to keep it that way. All DJ Sets sent out will be of the Highest Quality and any damaged sets will be replaced.

Exclusivity of DJ-Sets

We have many Very Rare DJ Sets dating back to the 1970's that you will not find anywhere else. As well as offering over 1,000 different DJ-Set Compilations and Blu-Ray Specials that you will not find anywhere else, you can also place Custom Orders to match your needs as well.

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DJ-SET COMPILATIONS

We have well over 20,000 Electronic Dance Music DJ-Sets in total to choose from.

We have 100's of DJ-Set Compilations containing 1,000's of DJ-Sets on offer in our eBay Store.

Please use the Main Menu to browse through all of the DJ-Set Compilations available.

CLASSICS - Features older DJ-Set Compilations from the early years before the year 2000 and is broken down into Chicago HouseItalian Disco, Classic HouseClassic TranceClassic Drum & Bass and Classic Electronica.

ELECTRONIC DANCE - Features DJ-Set Compilations from the Breaks, DubstepDrum & Bass and Electronica.

HOUSE - Features DJ-Set Compilations including Funky HouseElectro House, Progressive House and Tech House.

RAVE & HARDCORE - Features offers older DJ-Set Compilations from the Rave and Hardcore years of the 1980's and 1990's and includes Rave & Hardcore Artists, Rave & Hardcore Events, Rave & Hardcore Venues and also Rave & Hardcore Years.

TECHNO & MINIMAL - Features DJ-Set Compilations including Hard & Funky Techno, Detroit & Minimal Techno and Minimal.

TRANCE - Features DJ-Set Compilations including Hard & Tech Trance, Euphoric & Uplifting Trance, Psy-Trance and Progressive Trance.

EVENTS & CLUBS - Features DJ Set Compilations from various DJ's playing at all the best known Global Events and Global Clubs from all around the World as well as collections from Ibiza Clubs

RADIO SHOWS - Features Complete Yearly Collections of DJ's playing all around the World at events and live on the weekly Radio 1 Essential Mixes, the A State of Trance Shows and Transitions Shows.

SHIPPING & RETURNS

We now offer a wide variety of different delivery types in which you can obtain your DJ Sets from use, including CD-R's, DVD-R's or Blu-Ray's as well as Portable USB / Hard Drives.

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Above & Beyond (2001 - 2023)
Live Trance & Progressive DJ-Sets Compilation

168 Live DJ-Sets - With 330 Hours of Music

 

Please Choose 32B USB-Drive or Quality Blu-Ray's

DJ-SETS COMPILATION LISTING

We have put together this Quality Collection of DJ-Sets which offers the buyer a great chance to purchase this fantastic series of DJ Sets from one of the best DJ's/Group's on the planet all in one Convenient Affordable DJ-Sets Compilation.

You will receive all of the following DJ-Sets in this DJ-Sets Compilation.

 

ABOUT THE DJ-SET SPECIALS COMPILATIONS 

These DJ-Sets Special Collections offer the Best Possible Series of DJ-Sets for a particular Artist/Group or Club/Event at the Best Possible Price

Most of these collections have taken well over a decade to collect, catalog, and put together so you won't find a better collection of DJ Sets from this Artist/Group or Club/ Event anywhere else on the planet, in these discounted packages exclusive to ourselves.

This DJ-Sets Compilation gives you a choice to purchase this package on either a series of High Quality BDR's, or a Portable USB Drive. 

 

CHOOSING YOUR SELECTED MEDIA TYPE

Kindly let us know your preferred media type from either Blu-Ray Media & Professional Covers or a Portable USB Drive

You can simply leave a Note with your Payment. However if no choice is made, we will send the Media option for you.

If you opt for the Portable USB Version the full price must be paid to cover the additional costs. 

 

PLAYING THE DJ-SET AUDIO & VIDEO SPECIALS 

USB-DRIVE - You can plug this DJ-Sets USB-Drive into any free USB Port on your Smart-TV, DVD Player, Blu-Ray Player, Home Computer, Games Console, Apple Mac, In-Car MP3-Player, Portable Music Player or DJ Mixer so offers a variety of ways to play.

BLU-RAY - The DJ-Sets Discs will play on any MP3-Compatible DVD / Blu-Ray Player, Games Console or your Computers Blu-Ray Drive.

 

ABOVE & BEYOND 2001 - 2002 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live on ID&T Radio (17.11.01) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Ministry of Sound in London (25.05.02) - 1 Hour

ABOVE & BEYOND 2003 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ Global DJ Broadcast (20.03.03) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Global DJ Broadcast (23.06.03) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Global DJ Broadcast (04.08.03) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live on DI FM Radio (12.05.03) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live on DI FM Radio (17.03.03) - Hour
Above & Beyond - Live on DI FM Radio (09.06.03) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live on Nova 969 in Sydney (14.12.03) - 45 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Generator (21.11.03) - 2 Hours

ABOVE & BEYOND 2004 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ Trance Escape (09.01.04) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live Trance Classics Mix (2004) - 4 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Melomania Deluxe (19.04.04) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live on Radio 1 Essential Mix (06.06.04) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ the Trancemission (26.06.04) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Trance Escape (09.01.04) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Global DJ Broadcast (05.05.04) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live on Ministry Radio (24.08.04) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live on Ministry Radio (31.08.04) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Trance Around The World (07.09.04) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ MAD (24.09.04) - 45 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Ministry Of Sound (03.02.04) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Trance Around The World (14.09.04) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Gatecrasher Party in Russia (26.09.04) - 90 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live on ID&T Radio (14.11.04) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live On Nova 969 in Sydney (14.12.04) - 45 Mins

ABOVE & BEYOND 2005 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live on ID&T Radio (01.01.05) - 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Extravadance (05.06.05) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Global Gathering 2005 (31.07.05) - Video
Above & Beyond - Live @ Space in Ibiza (14.08.05) - 1 Hour

ABOVE & BEYOND 2006 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ Technoclub (09.02.06) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Trance Energy 2006 (11.02.06) - 75 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Maximal on SSL Radio (14.04.06) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Miami WMC 2006 (24.03.06) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Nocturnal Sessions (22.04.06) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Anjunabeats Classics (09.06.06) - 150 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Ministry of Sound (04.08.06) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ HI-FI Festival in Ireland (05.08.06) - 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Salmiakki Sessions (17.08.06) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Sensation White (22.10.06) - 90 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Lovefest 2006 in Ireland (2006) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Cafe Mambo in Ibiza (20.07.06) - 20 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Fistral Beach in Newquay (06.08.06) - 20 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live on JJJ Mixup (29.07.06) - 1 Hour

ABOVE & BEYOND 2007 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ Kristina Sky (08.02.07) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Anjunabeats Promo Mix (2007) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ After Hours on 1FM (02.06.07) - 1 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live on Bora Music (02.02.07) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Planet Love in Ireland (09.09.07) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Expedition 100 Celebration (30.09.07) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Nature One 2007 (03.08.07) - 75 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Puresound Sessions (14.11.07) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Tendence 2007 (04.11.07) - 135 Mins

ABOVE & BEYOND 2008 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live on Global Warmup (12.04.08) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ GOA in India (04.01.08) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live on Global Warmup (12.04.08) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Godskitchen in Wroclaw (05.04.08) - 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Global Gathering in Russia (03.08.08) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Vangogh Club in Ekaterinburg (11.07.08) - 1 Hour
Judge Jules & Above and Beyond - Live @ Global Warmup (13.09.08) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Groove Radio International (15.08.08) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Anjuna Beats Promo (29.08.08) - 1 Hour

ABOVE & BEYOND 2009 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ The Mainroom Mix Session (12.03.09) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ UMF 2009 I (28.03.09) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live on Groove Radio (03.03.09) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Club FG (29.05.09) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live on UMF Radio (30.10.09) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Blow Ya Speakers (22.10.09) - 1 Hour

ABOVE & BEYOND 2010 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live on the Dance Floor (07.03.10) - 2 Hours 
Above & Beyond - Live @ WMC 2010 in Miami (24.03.10) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Global Warmup (09.04.10) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ EDC 2010 in Los Angeles (26.06.10) - 90 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Electric Zoo (22.07.10) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Liberty Parade 2010 (24.07.10) - 3 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live on UMF Radio (27.08.10) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Electric Zoo in New York (03.09.10) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Electric Zoo in New York (05.09.10) - 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Electric Zoo Radio (26.08.10) - 1 Hour

ABOVE & BEYOND 2011 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ 10 Years of Anjunabeats (10.02.11) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ WMC 2011 in Miami (25.03.11) - 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ ASOT 500 in Den Bosch (09.04.11) - 90 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Best of UMF Radio (24.03.11) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Tightspace in London (17.11.11) - 45 Mins

ABOVE & BEYOND 2012 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ M20 Heroes (16.02.12) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ M20 Heroes (16.02.12) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Electric Zoo in New York (31.08.12) - 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Club FG on Radio FG (09.09.12) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Club FG on Radio FG (23.09.12) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Electric Zoo in New York (02.09.12) - 30 Mins

ABOVE & BEYOND 2013 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ Surrender in Las Vegas (26.05.13) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Kiss Present's (14.03.13) - 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ UMF 2013 in Miami (17.03.13) - 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Electric Zoo 2013 in New York (30.08.13) - 20 Mins 
Above & Beyond - Live @ ASOT 600, UMF 2013 in Miami (23.03.13) - 90 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Stereosonic 2013 in Sydney (01.12.13) - 1 Hour

ABOVE & BEYOND 2014 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ UMF 2014 in Miami (29.03.14) – 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Surrender in Las Vegas (26.05.13) – 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ The Budweiser Hotel in Rio (12.06.14) – 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ EDC 2014 in Las Vegas (22.06.14) – 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Thank You Festival in Columbia (26.06.14) – 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ UMF 2014 in Croatia (11.07.14) – 75 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Tomorrowland 2014 in Boom (26.07.14) – 75 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Burning Man in Nevada (30.07.14) – 45 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Beyond Wonderland in SF (20.08.14) – 20 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Radio 1 Party, Privilege in Ibiza (02.08.14) – 75 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Lollapalooza in Chicago (27.11.14) – 75 Mins

ABOVE & BEYOND 2015 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ WMC 2015 in Miami (25.03.15) – 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ UMF Radio 300 (06.02.15) – 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ EDC 2015 in Las Vegas (20.06.15) – 75 Mins

ABOVE & BEYOND 2016 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ UMF 2015 in Croatia (16.07.16) – 20 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam (24.09.16) – 1 Hour

ABOVE & BEYOND 2017 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ UMF 2017 in Miami (25.03.17) – 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Sirius Music Lounge in Miami (23.03.17) – 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Nature One 2017 in Germany (04.08.17) – 90 Mins

ABOVE & BEYOND 2018 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ ASOT 850, UMF 2018 in Miami (25.03.18) – 90 MIns
Above & Beyond - Live @ UMF 2018 in Miami (25.03.18) – 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ House of Chill in Miami (22.03.18) – 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Tomorrowland 2018 in Boom (20.07.18) – 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Tomorrowland 2018 in Boom (28.07.18) – 1 Hour

ABOVE & BEYOND 2019 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ EDC 2019 in Las Vegas (17.05.19) – 90 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Electric Zoo 2017 in New York (31.09.19) – 90 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ WMC 2019 in Miami (27.03.19) – 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Transmission in Sydney (16.03.19) – 90 Mins

ABOVE & BEYOND 2020 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ UMF Virtual Festival 2020 (20.03.20) – 30 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Electric Zoo Festival 2020 (06.09.20) – 1 Hour

ABOVE & BEYOND 2021 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - LIve @ Dance Again Virtual Festival (28.05.21) – 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Guatape Colombia For Cercle (13.12.21) – 90 Mins

ABOVE & BEYOND 2022 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ Lights All Night NYE 2021 (01.01.22) – 75 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep House in Buenos Aires (12.04.22) – 5 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ For Cercle in Guatape, Colombia (16.05.22) – 90 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Reflections Special Continuous Mix (16.06.22) – 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Brooklyn Mirage in Brooklyn (21.08.22) – 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Group Therapy 500 in LA (29.10.22) – 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Radio 1 Wind Down Reflections (10.12.22) – 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Contact 2022 in Vancouver (29.12.22) – 90 Mins

ABOVE & BEYOND 2023 TRANCE DJ SETS

Above & Beyond - Live @ EDC 2023 in Las Vegas (19.05.23) – 90 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Electric Forest 2023 (25.06.23) – 90 Mins
Above & Beyond - Live @ Transmission in Netherlands (02.12.23) - 90 Mins

ANJUNADEEP LOCKDOWN SERIES

2020 ANJUNADEEP LOCKDOWN SERIES
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (20.05.20) – 5 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (27.05.20) – 5 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (05.06.20) – 4 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (27.06.20) – 5 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (05.07.20) – 4 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (27.07.20) – 4 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (26.08.20) – 4 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (02.09.20) – 4 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (10.09.20) – 5 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (02.10.20) – 5 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (12.10.20) – 3 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (09.12.20) – 5 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (15.12.20) – 5 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep Special (23.12.20) – 10 Hours

2021 - 2022 ANJUNADEEP LOCKDOWN SERIES

Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (17.01.21) – 6 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (25.02.21) – 6 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (03.03.21) – 6 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (12.03.21) – 5 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (06.04.21) – Extended Special – 10 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (26.04.21) – 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (08.06.21) – 5 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (05.11.21) – 6 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (07.12.21) – 2 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (21.03.22) – 7 Hours
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (26.04.21) – 1 Hour
Above & Beyond - Live @ Deep Set Anjunadeep (25.09.22) – 4 Hours

ARTIST'S PROFILE

Current Location :: London, UK

Real Names :: Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness & Paavo Siljamäki

Music Genres :: Trance

Allias/Collaboration :: AALTO, Dirt Devils, Freestate, Nitromethane, POS, Tranquility Base, Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, Ooceanlab

There are DJs who can rock a party, a club, a festival. And there are acts that can write songs that will bring out the goose bumps in you. But there’s only one group that can do both: Above & Beyond.

The best moment at ABGT250, Above & Beyond’s skyscraping open-air festival staged in front of 23,000 fans at Washington state’s Gorge Amphitheatre in September? Ask the three men at the heart of it, you get three different answers.

Paavo Siljamäki: “One day I was having lunch on my own in the winery – I know, a winery! – next to The Gorge and heard these two couples chatting. They didn’t know each other beforehand, but as I sat there eavesdropping I realised I was listening to them becoming friends. They’d been drawn together by ABGT250. That was the essence of the weekend for me."

Jono Grant: "I was in a car heading off the site with [singer] Zoë Johnston, and there was a long stream of fans leaving The Gorge. Zoë and I asked the driver to stop the car on a bridge that was above the flowing river of fans, and we got and waved goodbye to them as the walked through the tunnel. Everyone were screaming like crazy and it was a really fun moment. It never ceases to amaze me both how much love and dedication the fans have towards it all.”

Tony McGuinness: “Paavo was doing an 11am yoga set and I went with him. So, 2000 people in front of the yoga stage doing the downward dog, then a couple thousand more just enjoying the tunes he was playing, then a six-abreast stream of people in Anjunabeats and Above & Beyond t-shirts walking from the campsite – seeing all that for the first time, and seeing our family, if you like, in broad daylight and bright sunshine, brought home to me the enormity of our community. They were coming together in the spirit of openness and warmth and music. Let’s just say I was glad I was wearing sunglasses because, honestly, I was choking up.”

Three answers, one unifying theme: for their latest (ad)venture, hosted to mark their 250th Group Therapy radio show, Above & Beyond had crystallised something that lay at the heart of everything they’ve achieved over their 17 years together. From developing that groundbreaking radio show to touring the world’s best clubs and most illustrious venues; from establishing a thriving, multi-artist label to building a peerless catalogue of artist albums; from creating iconic dance anthems to curating soulful acoustic rerubs, one thing stands out.

That is: Above & Beyond have carved out a unique space in music and culture, one that reaches far beyond their electronic roots. In so doing, Jono, Paavo and Tony have created something special: a common ground where all sorts of people and ideas can come together. Celebration, kinship, community – it’s the A&B way.

Presenting, then, Common Ground. The trio’s fourth electronic album is the follow-up to 2015’s Grammy-nominated We Are All We Need, and comes in the wake of sell-out shows at totemic venues ranging from Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre to London’s O2. It features a quartet of guest vocalists, a couple of them longstanding members of the family, a couple of them valued newcomers. And it’s an album born from everything they’ve done so far, most recently the glorious Gorge happening and the band’s 2016 orchestral tour in support of their second acoustic album.

“We were just absolutely spoiled with every venue on that tour,” says a still-buzzing Paavo. “The Sydney Opera House was emotional because that was the end of the whole tour. But I never thought we could do a show at a Broadway theatre, or the Hollywood Bowl or the Royal Albert Hall – the ultimate homecoming gig for any band based in London. It was really the stuff of dreams.”

“It was great opportunity to make real in a live band universe – which means a lot to me – everything we’ve done with Above & Beyond so far,” continues Tony. “Us playing keyboards and guitars, and all those live strings and horns, consolidated my fantasy about everything Above & Beyond can and should be.”

When it came to writing the songs for their next album, that tour, he adds, had an immediate,

“The success of the acoustic tour has relaxed us even more in terms of what we can do and what we can use.”

Less than 18 months since the end that most recent world tour, and only two months since The Gorge, an energised and invigorated Above & Beyond are already almost ready for their next chapter. The finishing touches are being made to Common Ground in the band’s London studio, but the songs are already firmly in place.

An early keeper was the heartfelt, bittersweet Cold Feet, written and recorded with returning vocalist Justine Suissa in Paavo’s new studio in his Finnish homeland. “By the end of summer 2016 we had had some really good writing sessions,” he explains. "Then Justine came over to Finland in January to write songs with me. We were swimming in a frozen lake, then popping indoors to write a song with a piano and a mic in this totally isolated place. It was a fantastic place to be creative together."

Beyond that, two teaser tracks have already been rapturously received. First up is the bleak-but-beautiful Tightrope, a big club track that Tony wrote with Martin Longstaff. “I met Marty at Chris Difford’s songwriting workshop at Glastonbury a couple years ago. I was just blown away by him.” Welcomed into the A&B brood as a guest vocalist, his writing skills were too good an opportunity for the ever-curious band to pass by. “Writing Tightrope together was a fantastic experience, and it just shows a slightly different side to us. It’s quite dark but still glorious because of his angelic voice.”

Then there’s the euphoric My Own Hymn, which features A&B favourite Zoë Johnston. “She’s just an absolute thrill to work with,” says Paavo, “and to see how her mind works – she’s one of the most creative people I know. And that song is really a result of one of these days where we just sit down with some ideas and at the end of the day we have a song.”

Tony describes Common Ground’s second single as his favourite track on the album. “As well as being this wonderful earth mother to all of us, Zoë has a lovely independent streak. And this song puts into words that feeling that everyone can write their own script if they want to. It has depth and a fantastic inspirational side. We’re so lucky to have her in the band.”

Now, teeing up the album’s January 2018 release – as well as a pair of landmark, turn-of-the-year shows at New York’s Barclays Centre and the Los Angeles Convention Centre (followed by a full spring US tour) – comes new single Northern Soul. Tony wrote it in 2014 after the band shot the On A Good Day video in Detroit. He wanted to hymn the qualities of a once great, then neglected and now resurgent heartland American city.

“There’s a sense of hope when you go to Detroit now,” he notes, “and I knew I wanted to write a song about that.”

Less immediately clear was who would be the singer. Exploring all their options, the band tried out (in Tony’s estimation) ten singers. All were great in their own ways, but none fitted the bill exactly. Then he had the brainwave of sounding out one of the trio’s foundational singers. Richard Bedford was the voice of some of Above & Beyond’s cornerstone songs, notably Sun & Moon and Thing Called Love, before going off to do his own thing.

“I just thought, sod it, I’ll give him a shout, see if he’s up for coming back,” relates Tony. He was, and he did, “and it immediately sounded and felt right. He’s got one those voices that has a really lovely balance of power and vulnerability. And because he’s one of our original singers, it’s like he owns the song. It’s great to have back in the family.”

Bedford’s involvement speaks to another dynamic at work on Common Ground. As they approach their 18-years-young birthday, Above & Beyond are refreshing their roots to reach new heights.

As Paavo says, “working with Richard for the first time in ages has that feeling of us looking back at our beginnings – and Northern Soul definitely covers again that happy-sad territory. It sounds like something really old and something really new mixed together.”

On Northern Soul, at least, the threesome are coming full circle. But as for the rest of Common Ground? On previous form, it’ll showcase Above & Beyond not so much circling as spiralling upwards, outwards and onwards – not least on the not-quite-completed Is It Love (1001) a track which features another brand new vocalist.

“Yeah, Jono sings that,” chuckles Tony, “which is something he’s never done before. He’s very, very critical of his own singing, but in terms of the music he likes to emulate, that Eighties pop thing, his voice is absolutely perfect on this.”

"I didn’t originally want to sing it, but the guys seemed to like it,” begins Jono by way of (humble) explanation. The backstory, he continues, is that the song was always meant to be a vocal track. “But the lovely folk at the offices at Anjunabeats rushed it to release, so it first came out as an instrumental. Musically, it’s a mix of synth pop with a strange combo of trance and almost a French disco feel to the crunchy claps in the chorus. I’d put some scratch vocal melody ideas down a long time ago, and then later we came back to it with Tony writing the lyrics to fit the melodies around my original 'it’s the same way down' demo lyric. I am a big Eighties synth pop fan,” he acknowledges, "so I wanted to do something with that kind of aesthetic."

In its own small way, Is It Love (1001) and its deft, smartly realised vocal left-turn sums up again that A&B way. As Paavo cheerfully puts it in conclusion, “we do get bored quite quickly. When we’re busy and creative, we’re excited. And we want to remain excited, and that means moving sideways, moving forwards…”