If much of the mindset and mantra behind Above & Beyond over the last quarter of a century has been born from the idea of connection, then their fifth artist album, ‘Bigger Than All Of Us,’ is best summed up in one word: reconnection.
It’s been seven years since Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, and Tony McGuinness released their fourth electronic album, Common Ground. A #3 on the Billboard charts – an achievement that speaks to the British band’s huge, arena-to-amphitheater scale profile in America, a level of success replicated in almost every other corner of the world.
The time since has seen a series of projects come to life both collectively and individually: 2019’s ambient, yoga-and-meditation-friendly album Flow State, streamed over 400 million times worldwide; a series of club-ready instrumentals under the Tranquility Base moniker; radio records “See The End,” “Over Now” and “Crazy Love.”
In the meantime, the band embarked on personal projects outside of the Above & Beyond framework. Grant collaborated with long-time friend Daren Tate on 2022’s self-titled synthwave JODA album. In 2023, Siljamäki reprised his P.O.S. alias, releasing the dance floor-focused album ‘Deeper Tales.’ Last year, McGuinness dug in his own crates for ‘Salt,’ an album based on a studio-freshened selection of emotional singer-songwriter compositions originally written as the ’90s rave and Britpop fever dreams faded.
A worldwide touring schedule, their weekly Group Therapy radio show, and overseeing a family of iconic dance labels, Anjunabeats, Anjunadeep, and, most recently, Anjunachill – it’s never quiet in the world of Above & Beyond.
But it’s the spirit of music uniting us all championed through their studio albums ‘Tri-State’, ‘Group Therapy”, “We Are All We Need,’ and ‘Common Ground,’ that has been their most enduring appeal. Real-life stories of hope, heartbreak, and healing that bring together dance music’s biggest global community.
Introducing, then, “Quicksand (Don’t Go),” the new single that is, in all the right and best ways, the comeback of Above & Beyond. The lead track from a record where the band's power, strength, range, appeal, and adaptability is baked into the title: their fifth album is ‘Bigger Than All of Us.’
Debuted during the band’s sold-out global Group Therapy 600 broadcast in Mexico last October, it reunites Jono, Paavo, and Tony with Zoë Johnston, who is the partner in “We’re All We Need,” “Good For Me,” and “Love Is Not Enough,” among countless other favorites.
Above & Beyond and Zoë Johnston’s “Quicksand (Don’t Go)” is available now, the first of several records that will see them reunite with their family of collaborators alongside some new storytellers on the album.
“There are songs on here that have stood the test of time in our little world and have had a new life breathed into them by the process that we've adopted. But they're classic Above & Beyond songs, and I think they speak to the huge, worldwide effect that Above & Beyond has. A worldwide meaning. A worldwide connection.” - Above & Beyond
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Above & Beyond, or Jono, Tony, and Paavo, as they are better known to their legions of fans worldwide, have been at the forefront of electronic dance music for two decades.
Founders of the iconic Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep record labels and hosts of a weekly radio show that reaches millions of dance lovers every Friday (Group Therapy), the trio have earned two GRAMMY™[INCOMPATIBLE CHARACTER] nominations for anthems 'Northern Soul' feat. Richard Bedford and We're All We Need feat. Zoë Johnston. In 2018, the band’s fourth electronic album, Common Ground, debuted at number three on the Official Billboard Album Chart.
Described by UK music bible Q Magazine as “the world’s biggest cult band,” Above & Beyond's enviable list of sold-out shows includes headline performances at historic venues like Madison Square Garden, NYC, The Hollywood Bowl, The Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall London, and Red Rocks Amphitheatre, as well as record-breaking turnouts for their own festival events on LA's Huntington Beach and at The Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington State.
Songwriters first, producers second, Above & Beyond’s unwavering commitment to their craft has fuelled a career that many electronic artists today might only dream of: four acclaimed electronic studio albums, 16 compilation albums (Anjunabeats Volume series), two ‘acoustic’ albums, and a stand-alone album for yoga and meditation - not to mention innumerable club cuts and dance remixes.
TOUR DATES
November 13 – O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK
November 15 - O2 Academy Brixton - London, UK – SOLD OUT