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BACK TO LIFE

BACK TO LIFE (MashBit VIP Remix)

“This album is us appreciating how amazing this thing we have is. The realisation of how lucky we are that we get to be part of something like this for 25 years, and to have built a community that cares for each other in the way it does. It’s not about any of us individually. When we all work together to make something happen, something bigger happens.” - Jono, Paavo and Tony – Above & Beyond. 

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. 

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 power, strength, range, appeal and adaptability of the band is baked into the title: their fifth album is Bigger Than All of Us.

Debuted during the bands’ sold out global Group Therapy 600 broadcast in Mexico last October, it reunites Jono, Paavo and Tony with Zoë Johnston – partner in ‘We’re All We Need’, ‘Good For Me’ and ‘Love Is Not Enough’ among countless other favourites. 

“It's classic Zoë Johnston”, explains Above & Beyond. “We've been working with her for 22 years now, so she's a part of the band. By that token, a song with her vocals is a very reassuring thing for our audience. It says: Above & Beyond are back, in a very recognisable form.”

As Johnston puts it of her deeply personal but sublimely universal lyrics: “I think most of us can relate to that feeling of desperation and dread when it comes to losing someone we love so deeply. The despair can be massive when you’re watching the grief rattle down the track towards you for quite some time before the moment of impact actually happens. Disappearing into quicksand. It’s scary, it hurts, and it’s lonely. Hopefully a song like this one makes anyone going through the pain of a seismic loss feel a little bit less alone.”

‘Quicksand (Don’t Go) with Zoë Johnston is out now on Anjunabeats.

Quicksand (Don't Go)

Buy/stream

Feel Better

turn back time

In My Head

In My Head (Silver Panda Remix) [Extended] (Silver Panda Remix, Extended) [feat. Nu-La]

Magnet

Each Other

State Of Mind

“This album is us appreciating how amazing this thing we have is. The realisation of how lucky we are that we get to be part of something like this for 25 years, and to have built a community that cares for each other in the way it does. It’s not about any of us individually. When we all work together to make something happen, something bigger happens.” - Jono, Paavo and Tony – Above & Beyond. 

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. 

Following their first single, ‘Quicksand (Don’t Go)’, Above & Beyond are back with the latest chapter of their ‘Bigger Than All Of Us’ story, ‘Carry Me Home’. This latest single is the second of several contributions to the album from longtime collaborator Zoë Johnston, who has worked with the band since the 2004 classic ‘No One On Earth’. 

“I think sometimes we’re so used to carrying everything (worries, responsibilities, fears) by ourselves, that we forget how blissful it can be to have someone step in and say “let me help you”. Carry Me Home is a celebration of being seen and being loved”, Zoë Johnston explains. 

Debuted live on SiriusXM, ‘Carry Me Home’ has become a staple in recent live performances, played out to tens of thousands of fans across Ultra Music Festival and two weekends of Coachella, where the band debuted their brand-new stage production - showcasing an elevated live show experience like never before.

The band’s fifth studio album, ‘Bigger Than All Of Us’, explores the theme of reconnection – a message that will come to life on their upcoming tour, both musically and visually, through their bold new stage concept. 

“Our music has always been about togetherness, connection, and the shared emotional experience,” the band says. “This tour—and this stage—is a celebration of that feeling, brought to life in a new way.”

‘Carry Me Home’ with Zoë Johnston is out now on Anjunabeats.

Carry Me Home

Taking Me Higher

John Summit - Focus (ft. CLOVES) [ALOK Remix]

Grammy-nominated DJ, producer, and label boss Maurizio Colella, also known as, EDX kicks off the season with a powerful new single, “Desire,” featuring Australian singer-songwriter, Jess Ball, drops on May 9th via his imprint Sirup Music. This follows his recent club anthem “Cobalt,” which made serious noise on dance floors worldwide. “Desire” leans into EDX’s signature blend of emotive vocals and polished, groove-driven house production.

EDX - Desire - OUT NOW

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. 

The depth of those intuitive reconnections, both between the three band members and with their inner circle of trusted collaborators, is evidenced in the latest single 'Start A Fire’. Originated as a deep instrumental cut from Paavo Siljamäki’s vaults, it’s a demo that he estimates is “easily seven, eight years old. Tony [McGuinness] had always said: ‘I like this...’ Then as we were entering this album process, Tony's like: ‘Hey, I've written something on this! Then everybody's going: ‘Oh my God, this is great!"

"I have a notebook that I keep for song ideas", says McGuinness. "I had this thought a few years back, 'There’s enough of you in me to start a fire' and after dwelling on it for a few months I found that it worked great over a piece of music Paavo had written. I had just that one line for years, until I went to The Gorge two years ago and one afternoon the verses came together. I was trying to do something conversational, like one of Dire Straits love songs. I think it’s ended up being one of our favourites."

“That’s been really nice for me,” continues Siljamäki, “because it's something that I completely forgot that I'd created. Then I get something fresh from Tony, and his input reignites my excitement. And then, it would have never been as good if it didn't have Richard’s new vocal.” It is, he concludes, “that thing where it's the power of a team.”

Now in its completed form, the track features Richard Bedford singing Tony McGuinness’s lyrics and melody line.

Of course, it’s not the first time Richard Bedford has teamed up with Above & Beyond on a Tony McGuinness-written song — see beloved classics “Sun & Moon”, “Thing Called Love”, and "Northern Soul", to name a few.

Debuted at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this past April, "Start A Fire” kicked off an Above & Beyond set that would become a defining moment in the ‘Bigger Than All Of Us’ campaign.

’Start A Fire’ feat. Richard Bedford is out now on Anjunabeats.

Start A Fire

Start A Fire (feat. Richard Bedford)

Flames

🎵 Letters I Never Sent to Your Old Address
by The Mainside Project

Dusty envelopes, hidden in a drawer
Words I never found the courage to explore
Every line a shadow of what I meant
A love I wrote but never sent

I trace the street where you used to live
Haunted by the moments I couldn’t give
Every “I’m sorry” lost in time
Locked in paper, trapped in rhyme

Letters I never sent to your old address
Folded pieces of my loneliness
All the words I swallowed, all the tears I hid
Every secret that I never did
Letters I never sent to your old address
A silent confession I can’t express
I’m still talking to memories at night
Hoping someday you’ll read what I couldn’t write

I watch the seasons change through my window
The streets are the same, but the heart I know
Still beats for the moments we let slip away
In letters that never saw the day

I trace the street where you used to live
Haunted by the moments I couldn’t give
Every “I’m sorry” lost in time
Locked in paper, trapped in rhyme

Letters I never sent to your old address
Folded pieces of my loneliness
All the words I swallowed, all the tears I hid
Every secret that I never did
Letters I never sent to your old address
A silent confession I can’t express
I’m still talking to memories at night
Hoping someday you’ll read what I couldn’t write

If I could fold the world and send it your way
Would you read it, or just throw it away?
Every unsent word a fragment of me
Drifting in the past, lost at sea

Letters I never sent to your old address
Folded pieces of my loneliness
All the words I swallowed, all the tears I hid
Every secret that I never did
Letters I never sent to your old address
A silent confession I can’t express
I’m still talking to memories at night
Hoping someday you’ll read what I couldn’t write…



Letters I Never Sent to Your Old Address

Purchase 'Bigger Than All Of Us' on vinyl/CD: https://aboveandbeyond.ffm.to/biggerthanallofus.pbt


Above & Beyond, or Jono, Tony and Paavo as they are better known to their legion of fans around the world, 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 (Group Therapy Radio) that reaches millions of dance lovers every Friday, the trio have also earned two GRAMMY™️ nominations for anthems 'Northern Soul' feat. Richard Bedford and 'We're All We Need' feat. Zoë Johnston. 

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, Red Rocks Amphitheater and record-breaking turn outs at their own festival events on LA's Huntington Beach and at The Gorge Amphitheater in Washington State.

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