Above & Beyond | 10 Years Of Anjunabeats | 2CD 284

When Jono, Tony and Paavo set up their Anjunabeats label back in 2000, it was mainly an outlet for their ownburgeoning productions as (among other aliases) Above & Beyond. There was no master plan, just a dedication to quality and forward- thinking dance music.

Today, Above & Beyond's overspilling DJ diary reads like a departure board at Heathrow airport. Their debut artist album "Tri -State" sold countless copies worldwide and became a genre classic. Above & Beyond's songs are sung back to them by tens of thousands of clubbers at the biggest festival stages on the planet and their flagship gigs include launching Richard Branson's new SpaceShip for Virgin Galactic, rocking 1million people on Rio's Barra Beach, and a recent sell-out at Brixton Academy.

For this anniversary release, Above & Beyond look back over the Anjunabeats legacy by mixing 10 timeless tracks that remind us just how forward-thinking the label has been over its 10 years. As well as Above & Beyond's own classic "Can't Sleep", tracks like Bart Claessen & Dave Schiemann's "Madness" (I Prefer This Mix), Signalrunners "These Shoulders", Daniel Kandi's "Breathe" and Smith & Pledger's "Northern Lights" still sound as visceral, energising and uplifting as they did the first time round.

Of course, Anjunabeats is a label driven by forward motion and it is for that reason that Above & Beyond present a second of disc updated and reinterpreted versions of those 10 classic tracks, with highlights including a melodic house-influenced remix of Mat Zo's "Synapse Dynamics" by Russian trance prodigy Arty, a dark, throbbing tech transformation of Super8 & Tab's brooding but euphoric "Helsinki Scorchin" by Bart Claessen, and Super8 & Tab's respectful, futuristic version of Above & Beyond's "Can't Sleep".

TRACKLIST

Disc 1

1. Synapse Dynamics - Mat Zo
   
2. These Shoulders - Signalrunners & Julia Thompson
   
3. Reflect - Maor Levi
   
4. Can't Sleep - Above & Beyond
   
5. Helsinki Scorchin' - Super8 and Tab
   
6. Madness (I Prefer This Mix) - Bart Claessen & Dave Schieman
   
7. Breathe - Daniel Kandi
   
8. North Pole - Nitrous Oxide
   
9. P.U.M.A. - Sunny Lax
   
10. Northern Lights - Smith & Pledger
    

Disc 2

1. Reflect (Jerome Isma-Ae & Daniel Portman Remix) - Maor Levi
   
2. These Shoulders (Andy Moor Remix) - Signalrunners & Julia Thompson
   
3. Synapse Dynamics (Arty Remix) - Mat Zo
   
4. Helsinki Scorchin' (Bart Claessen Remix) - Super8 and Tab
   
5. P.U.M.A. (Mat Zo Remix) - Sunny Lax
   
6. North Pole (Sunny Lax Remix) - Nitrous Oxide
   
7. Can't Sleep (Super8 & Tab Remix) - Above & Beyond
   
8. Breathe (7 Skies Remix) - Daniel Kandi
   
9. Madness (Nitrous Oxide Remix) - Bart Claessen & Dave Schieman
   
10. Northern Lights (Breakfast Remix) - Smith & Pledger