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Anjunabeats
Anjunabeats (, ) is a British record label started in 2000 by producers Jonathan "Jono" Grant and Paavo Siljamäki of Above & Beyond. Initially, Anjunabeats was only a trance music label, and it started releasing trance-edged house in 2011. The name Anjuna comes from the name of a beach in Goa, India. History In 2000, Anjunabeats released its first 12" record, titled ''Volume One'', which was released under Grant and Siljamäki's alias ''Anjunabeats''. As the label got the name Anjunabeats, they decided to produce under different aliases, such as Free State and Dirt Devils. They were soon joined by Tony McGuinness in 2000 after he was asked to collaborate on a remix of Chakra's "Home" and formed Above & Beyond. In 2005, Above & Beyond launched the sub-label Anjunadeep, aimed at releases that do not fit under the main label's trance focus, allowing more diversity within Anjunabeats. On 3 October 2017, Anjunabeats announced a collaboration with Beatport to host a productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Above & Beyond (band)
Above & Beyond are an electronic music group consisting of English musicians/DJs Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness and Finnish musician/DJ Paavo Siljamäki. Formed in 2000, they are the owners of London-based electronic dance music labels Anjunabeats, Anjunadeep and Anjunachill, and also host a weekly radio show titled ''Group Therapy Radio''. The trio has been consistently ranked among ''DJ Magazine's'' Top 100 DJs Poll; coming at their highest position of No. 4 in 2008, with their most recent position of No. 53 in 2024. History Formation (1999–2000) Grant and Siljamäki met at the University of Westminster. Having discovered a common mutual interest for electronic music, they decided to collaborate in writing music together. 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. Initially, the Anjunabeats record label was founded as a medium to release the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Bayer
Andrew Michael Bayer (born 1987) is an American DJ and Grammy-nominated music producer. He is best known for working with Anjunabeats as a multi-genre artist and English deep house sublabel Anjunadeep. Born in Washington, D.C., Bayer was piano-educated as a child before graduating with a degree in music synthesis at the Berklee College of Music. His first professional music projects involved working with Scottish producer Alan Nimmo as trance music duo Signalrunners and releasing multiple extended plays and remixes through Anjunadeep. Bayer's first studio album, ''It's Artificial'', was released in 2011 and seen as a multi-genre musical record. His second album '' If It Were You, We'd Never Leave,'' which comprised a more downtempo sound, was released in 2013. The record was supported by lead single "Lose Sight" and peaked at number 19 on the US Dance charts. Bayer's third studio album, ''In My Last Life'', was released in August 2018. Besides being involved in Signalrunne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony McGuinness (English Musician)
Anthony Patrick James McGuinness (born April 23, 1969) is a British trance musician. He is known for being in the electronic music group Above & Beyond. He is also a guitarist/songwriter with cult indie band Sad Lovers & Giants. Biography Tony McGuinness plays guitar with English indie band Sad Lovers & Giants, appearing on three albums between 1988 and 2002 and is still an active member having toured US and Europe regularly with them since 2009. McGuinness was an advertising executive working for Bosse, Massimi & Podia (BMP) until, in 1989, he joined the Warner Music Group as a marketing specialist. He won awards for his campaigns for Madonna, R.E.M., Mike Oldfield, and Simply Red. While working at Warner, McGuinness shifted away from alternative rock towards electronic dance music. He worked as A&R for a number of dance artists, including William Orbit and Hysteric Ego. McGuinness and his brother Liam teamed up to create electronic dance music under the alias Nitrometha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boom Jinx
Øistein Johan Eide (; born 10 September 1974 in Bergen), better known by his stage name Boom Jinx, is a Norwegian music producer and DJ. Career In 1989, Boom Jinx started making music with SoundTracker developed for the Commodore Amiga computer. In 1991, he was hired as a freelancer to create music for a US game developer. In 2005, after a career in advertising, video games, television and film, he turned to dance music. Boom Jinx's track "Manipulator" was featured as "a hot new track" on BBC Radio 1, and was licensed to the soundtrack of the television show '' CSI: Miami''. In 2009, Boom Jinx collaborated with San Francisco-based Trifonic to write music for Electronic Arts' '' Need for Speed: Shift''. Tracks co-written with Trifonic were later licensed to '' CSI Las Vegas'' (episode #1215) in February 2012. The music video for his 2013 single "When You Loved Me" was added to a playlist on MTV Dance. DJ Boom Jinx has performed as a DJ in North and South America, Europe, As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arty (musician)
Artem Stolyarov (, ; born 28 September 1989), known professionally as Arty and Alpha 9, is a Russian DJ and music producer. He has collaborated with Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, BT, Paul van Dyk, Mat Zo, OneRepublic and Matisse & Sadko. His debut album, '' Glorious'' (2015), peaked at number 14 on the US Dance/Electronic Albums charts. Early life Arty was born on 28 September 1989 in Engels. At the age of eight years old, his grandmother insisted that he should attend music school, from which he graduated aged just fourteen. After that he considered applying for music college, but eventually decided against it, as the chance of becoming a professional pianist was really small and because he no longer enjoyed playing. Instead he learned to use FL Studio sequencer, and his love of video games and electronics led to his keen interest in production equipment. Eventually, he began to be influenced by artists such as The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers and The Crystal Metho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jono Grant (DJ)
Jono Grant (born 16 November 1979) is an English DJ, musician and vocalist, better known as a member of electronic music group Above & Beyond (alongside Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäki) and duo JODA (with Darren Tate). He is also a part owner of London-based electronic dance music labels Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep. Personal life Grant attended the University of Westminster where he met fellow Above & Beyond member Paavo Siljamäki and discovered a mutual interest in Electronic Music. Grant married his wife Giselle in Miami. Grant's sister, Charlotte, died in early 2015 on her 42nd birthday. The passing of Charlotte led the group to create the 'Little Something fund', designated to help perinatal mental health and encourage and empower women on their road to recovery. Music career After meeting Siljamäki, in 2000, they released their first single, "Volume One" under the name Anjunabeats, which would also be the name of the label they founded. Above & Beyond then teame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audien
Nathaniel "Nate" Rathbun (born January 11, 1992), better known under his stage name Audien, is an American Disc jockey, DJ and electronic music producer. Audien has released many singles and remixes for Electronic music, electronic record labels including Enhanced, Perceptive, Armada Music, Armada, Black Hole Records, Black Hole, and Nervous Records (US), Nervous. His tracks have appeared on ''Ferry Corsten, Corsten's Countdown'', ''Tiësto's Club Life'', ''Above & Beyond (group), Above & Beyond's'' ''Trance Around The World'', and Armin van Buuren's ''A State of Trance'' compilations. Career Rathbun was born in Mystic, Connecticut, into a musical household. His mother is a jazz aficionado. In 2008, he was introduced to electronic dance music through Trance music, trance songs in video game soundtracks. Fascinated by the sound of trance, he learned to recreate songs from Armin van Buuren, Armin Van Buuren's ''A State of Trance'' podcasts. At age 17, Audien was first signed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paavo Siljamäki
Paavo Olavi Siljamäki (born 25 April 1977) is a Finnish writer, producer and DJ, comprising one-third of the British trance band Above & Beyond. "P.O.S" is his solo project. He has also made music for various artists. Together with his bandmates, he has founded the trance music label, Anjunabeats. History Based out of London since 1997, Siljamäki attended the University of Westminster where he met fellow Above & Beyond member Jono Grant. The duo discovered a mutual interest in Electronic Music. Siljamaki is credited as a producer under several Above & Beyond records, such as the ''Flow State'' album. Siljamäki has twice been nominated for a Grammy award in the "Best Dance Recording" category. The first, in 2016, was for the track "We're All We Need", and the second in 2019 for the track ''Northern Soul''. P.O.S Beside the production for Above & Beyond, Siljamäki also works under the ''P.O.S'' alias. The ''P.O.S'' single ''Gravity'' peaked at number 28 in the UK d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anish Sood
Anish Sood, also known by his alias, Anyasa (born 22 November 1989), is an Indian music producer, songwriter and DJ. He is currently signed to English deep house label Anjunadeep and released his debut Gaya EP as Anyasa in July 2021. Early life Anish Sood was born and brought up in Goa, India. He attended high school in Vasco da Gama, Goa. Anish holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Goa Engineering College. His father and uncle are guitar players and he started collecting cassettes and CDs at the age of 9. Anish's first exposure to electronic music was Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance podcast and he started DJing in high school at the age of 15, soon gaining popularity for the college parties he organized and performed at. He quickly moved on to playing local nightclubs in Goa and soon made regular nightclub and festival appearances. He has been booked to play at major Indian festivals, including Sunburn Festival in Goa, NH7 Weekender and Enchanted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Stone (DJ)
Dan Stone is a British DJ from Norfolk, United Kingdom. He specializes in electronic dance music, specifically trance. He has been signed to Anjunabeats, an EDM label, and his music has appeared frequently on music programs such as Armin Van Buuren's ''A State of Trance''. Career At the age of 17, Stone started DJing as a resident performing various genres of music such as house A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air c ..., trance and garage. He began producing music in 2005 and signed with Anjunabeats in 2006. In 2017, he launched the FSOE Fables record label, which specializes in melodic and euphoric trance. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Dan British trance musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Böhmer
Ben Böhmer (born 1993) is a German DJ, producer and remixer from Göttingen, Germany. He primarily produces and performs indie electronica and melodic house music, and has released tracks on labels Ninja Tune, Anjunadeep, Keller Records, and Cercle Music. He lives in Berlin. Career Böhmer played piano and trumpet during his childhood before he began composing music with the synthesizer. At the end of 2015 he produced his first single, Promise You, which appeared on the ''Mauerblümchen'' (Ger., wallflower) compilation of the label Ton Töpferei, based in his hometown of Göttingen, Germany. On November 1, 2016, the eponymous Promise You EP, also on Ton Töpferei, was released. This was followed by other releases on Keller Records, Ostfunk Records, Bade Records, Audiolith Records, Carton-Pate Records, The Soundgarden Records and Freundchen Records. After witnessing some success, Böhmer's Submission EP was released in 2017 on the label Sacrebleu, headed by German DJ duo AKA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3lau
Justin David Blau (born January 9, 1991), better known by his stage name 3lau (stylized in all caps, pronounced "Blau"), is an American DJ and electronic dance music producer. Early life Justin David Blau was born in Syosset, New York, on January 9, 1991. Blau grew up in an artistic family and was soon playing piano and guitar and singing. At 13, he moved with his family to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he spent the rest of his youth. He attended The Meadows School for high school and Washington University in St. Louis for college. Music career Much of 3lau's music incorporates electro house, dubstep, deep house, and progressive house. He is known for his melodic take on dance music and live sets that incorporate sampling. The emotional purpose of his style of songwriting, Blau says, is to inspire others to overcome their sense of feeling lost. 2011–12: First releases In 2011, at the age of 20, he vacationed in Sweden, where he discovered electronic dance music. After returning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |