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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.

A space for you to listen to spiritual and religious kirtan

I’m Asad Khan — a producer, musician, singer, and DJ.

Formerly known as Khanvict, I built a career as a high-energy DJ — a path that reflected one part of me, but not all. My many parts didn’t always seem like they could exist in the same room,
let alone the same person.

Born in Pakistan, I’m deeply influenced by mystic Sufi philosophy, the listening traditions passed down from my grandfather, and my mother’s poetic sensibility. I was fortunate to be exposed to the greats of Pakistani music — Mehdi Hassan, Noor Jahan, and Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan — from a very young age.

When I moved to Canada at 13, I was swept into the world of electronic music and its immersive soundscapes. I became both an engineer and an artist, rooted in heritage and modern innovation. For a long time, I felt I had to choose between tradition and experimentation, art and science, the East and the West — which left me feeling isolated and misunderstood. I didn’t quite belong anywhere, because I belonged to all of it. I now understand these worlds aren’t separate — they’re connected through my own, and our collective, existence.

My sound is about reclaiming that truth. I blend cinematic textures, rich low-end frequencies, and live instrumentation, drawing from Qawwali, Ghazal, and Indian classical forms. Committed to high-fidelity sound, I work to bring depth and clarity to classical and folk-rooted music. For me, it’s not about performance — it’s about connection: to self, to spirit, to others, and between worlds. I aim to create work that is timeless, ever-evolving, and deeply human.

A Guinness World Record Holder, Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist,  7 times winner of World Music Awards, 5 Platinum Record Awards & 6 African Music Awards

The Story So far…

The last 29 years have seen me rise as a DJ and establish myself as a producer & a remix artist. In the modern times, the brand ABSOLUTE! is becoming more & more synonymous with the Bolly’hood experiments that I do, which is a good thing but has a flip side to it too! 

Anoop Absolute! wasn’t a Bolly’hood DJ to begin with. In my early days, I introduced the sound of Goa Trance to the party people of Bangalore. With my much discussed stint as a resident DJ at Bangalore’s hippest lounge beween 1999-2002: The 180 Proof, one could’ve never imagined that Goa Trance would become the mainstream sound of an up-market Lounge Bar! Though it was a roaring success, it left me labeled a Trance DJ!

Adaptability is much required to sustain as an artist in the ever changing world of music trends! The sound in the clubs, both at a domestic and the international level, was and is constantly evolving. Being a musician, understanding and adapting to different genres of dance music came rather easily to me.

Though I continued to dish out the Psy-Hardcore even after my residency at 180 Proof, comparatively more mellowed down BPMs of tribal house, tribal tech and progressive house were being demanded by the clubbers! I was now a DJ that played all variants of House Music / EDM!

2007 saw a few nightclubs of Bangalore introduce Bollywood Nights on Wednesdays. By early 2009, every club excepting a few, were doing it! Though I had already remixed AR Rahman’s ‘Rang De Basanti’ in 2006, I had not taken up to spinning Bollywood Music at the nightclubs yet. My sound was still EDM.

Bollywood DJs became the need of the hour and I wasn’t one! The gig enquiries started to fade away and a decision was to be made… 

Bollywood it had to be!

Mid 2009 saw Anoop Absolute! Mixing and Mashing his way up as a Bollywood Producer & DJ! 

Though I played Bollywood, I developed a unique style by infusing the electronic element into it. My Bollywood music was structured over house and progressive trance and people loved it!

While I was playing bollywood gigs and producing my bolly’hood experiments, I was also nurturing my love for alternative electronic music in the form of Dubstep, Breaks and Drum’n’Bass. But every time “Anoop Absolute!” announced a Dubstep gig, the bollywood fans showed up! This wasn’t good! 

People couldn’t relate to “Anoop Absolute!” playing Dubstep sets!
This had become a clear case of Brand positioning. I was registered in people’s minds as a Bollywood DJ. 

To pursue my passion of performing Dubstep, an alibi was required and here he is…

2011: 
The birth of *biaatch!* ( Absolute!’s Dubstep / Electronica Avatar )

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