Anjunabeats

Anjunabeats
Type Private
Industry Music & Entertainment
Founded 2000
Headquarters London, England, United Kingdom
Key people Jonathan "Jono" Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, Tony McGuinness
Website Anjunabeats Online

Anjunabeats is a British record label, started by producers Jonathan "Jono" Grant and Paavo Siljamäki in 2000 which releases trance music. The first 12" record was titled Volume One, released under Grant and Siljamäki's alias, Anjunabeats, in 2000. 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 to form Above & Beyond.

In 2005, Above & Beyond launched the sub-label Anjunadeep aimed at releases that don't fit under the main label's focus on trance, allowing more diversity within the Anjunabeats brand. The trio also launched 2 other sub-labels, Anjunadigital that dealt with special remixes and releases of Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep tracks, and Hard On Recordings that was focused on Hard House.

Anjuna is the name of a beach in Goa, on India's western coast, which was a popular hippie destination in the 1960s and 70s, and is still popular with backpackers and other tourists. Grant and Siljamäki were inspired by Paul Oakenfold's 1994 'Goa Mix'.

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Artists

The label is focusing on both young producers (such as Arty, Cold Blue, Mat Zo and Maor Levi), as well as established artists (like Oliver Smith & Super8 & Tab). Also, the artists on the label come from a wide variety of countries, including: Australia, Finland, Canada, Poland, Israel, Denmark, United States, Germany, Italy, Romania, Russia, Hungary, The Netherlands, UK, and Japan.[1]

Releases

Singles

Albums

Compilations

Forthcoming Releases

Singles

Radio shows

Trance Around the World airs each Friday at 7 pm-9 pm UK time, broadcasting directly from Above & Beyond's studios in London. More often than not it is presented by a single member of Above & Beyond and includes a guest mix in the final quarter of the show, in which fellow DJs and producers are given 30 minutes of air time. The show debuted as an iTunes podcast on show 227 (1 August 2008, recorded live set from the Global Gathering in Russia).

Anjunabeats Worldwide, another two-hour show, airs weekly on WorldSpace Satellite Radio channel 202 The System and di.fm. This program is hosted by James Grant, Oliver Smith, Mark Pledger, Arty and guests.

See also

References

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