Above & Beyond

English electronic music group. Above & Beyond came together in 2000 originally to complete a remix of [a=Chakra]'s "[m=110296]" for [l=WEA].
Initially producing strictly trance music, the trio gradually moved forwards progressive trance and house sounds, occasionally releasing downtempo and ambient tracks.

[a=Jono Grant] and [a=Paavo Siljamäki] had met at Westminster University and launched [l=Anjunabeats] label in summer 1999 with a track titled "[m=26011]", released with an equal artist name to the label [a=Anjunabeats] in 2000. For the duo's second track release in 2000 titled "[m=19050]" as [a=Free State] and their third in 2001 titled "[m=19056]".

Alerted to the pair by his brother [a=Liam McGuinness], producer [a=Tony McGuinness] called in Jono and Paavo to help him complete the Chakra remix while he was still working at WEA. With Grant and Siljamäki teaming up with McGuiness to form a trio, Above & Beyond became their artists name. They plucked the name Above & Beyond from a web page belonging to an American motivational trainer called Jono Grant which was stuck on the wall of the studio.