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It’s HERE! The long awaited interview with Tony McGuinness and Jono Grant from Above & Beyond bejbi.se, together with Viktor Kidson did, earlier this year when they visited Sweden on the Scandinavian leg of their We Are All We Need-tour.
CONNECTION. If one word sums up the phenomenon of Above & Beyond then that is surely it. Whether it’s the thousands of A&B fans singing their lyrics back at them at gigs from Beirut to Brixton, or the millions that tune in for their weekly Group Therapy radio show, connection – real human connection – is at the heart of all things that define Above & Beyond.
Above & Beyond find themselves embedded at the heart of their fans’ lives. Some walk down the wedding aisle to their songs, others ink their bodies with their lyrics, often a proud couple will choose to get engaged at one of their gigs. All that pledge their loyalty to them are moved in a way that goes beyond most electronic music out there.
Above & Beyond is Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamaki and their story is one of constant movement. From their early days as hotly tipped producers to their current global standing, Jono, Tony and Paavo have remained as down-to-earth and determined as ever – always focused on the next goal. Over their 13-year history, this dedication has continually paid off.
We caught up with Tony and Jono right before their gig in Stockholm. We get a deep down, intimate chat with them about their music, and how it feels to create something that touches hearts all over the world. Ours included.
Learn how they see and love the ’Anjunafamily’, and how they don’t produce for people but somehow manage to produce with people. Get a view on their careers before they were Above & Beyond, how both Jono and Tony were in different bands. And how Tony still is! Find out what the music sounds like.
In the summer of 2013 Jono, Tony & Paavo launched another bold musical project, Above & Beyond Acoustic. Rewriting a selection of their back catalogue for a 15 piece ensemble, complete with a full string section, a harp and even a broom, they sold out three intimate shows at the impressive Porchester Hall in London, and in October 2013 will bring Above & Beyond Acoustic to Los Angeles.
Find out how frightening that really was. And what they have planned for the future.
And like just about everything they turn their attentions to, it is a labour of love as well as a collaboration of the trio’s energies. De La Soul weren’t wrong. Three really is the magic number: and in Above & Beyond’s case the magic is spreading faster than ever before.
Bejbi.se & Kidson Media Production presents Above & Beyond!
So, if a record company calls you and ask you if you want to do an interview with one of your highest ranked groups in music, what do you answer?
Of course Patric, from bejbi.se, answered YES!
Bejbi.se & Kidson Media Productions are proud to announce that we have made an exclusive interview with the legends Jono Grant and Tony McGuinness from Above & Beyond when they visited Stockholm last weekend.
The interview is currently in the editing, but we can guarantee that it will be something extra when it will be released.
2012 started like every other year, with some drunk new years resolutions, at a rooftop terrace, looking out over a snowy Stockholm, the mandatory cheap champagne and all friends cheering and laughing.
Although 2012 was just a child then, I don’t think anyone could know how it would turn out.
If I look back over the past year I can say it has been a really great year, music-wise at least.
This year is the first year Electronic Dance Music has been accepted in Sweden.
Not that long ago, people said that everyone who listen to house/trance/etc is a drug addict and should be put away in some prison for disturbing the peace.
Back in 2011, a huge party called Majestiq 12 was cancelled due to high costs for the police force that had to be there to make sure no one is taking drugs or fighting.
When this happened we were many who thought that this was it, no more festivals, no more arena-sized parties with Electronic music.
But, 2012 something happened. The big 2-day outdoor festival Summerburst was broadcasted LIVE on Swedish Public Television, with djs such as Tiësto, David Guetta, Sebastian Ingrosso, Nicky Romero and Calvin Harris.
Summerburst had over 65000 visitors during it’s four days (two days in Gothenburg and two days in Stockholm), and that was just the beginning.
The Swedish wonderchild Avicii played for three sold out shows in front of 34000 visitors in Stockholm Globe Arena (at that time the biggest concert venue in Sweden), and the Swedish House Mafia had three sold out gigs at the newly built Friends Arena, housing a total of 120000 visitors over the three shows.
This is something a EDM-fanatic like me only could dream about a few years ago.
But, somehow, if we look at smaller promoters, it seems like the people has abandoned them, unless there is some Hardstyle-dj or similar playing. Then it’s full house.
Our scene has changed, and it’s sad to see what it has become, and the Swedish EDM-scene has grown huge this year, and the trend seems to be never ending. More and more people attend the biggest event and leaves the smaller to die.
Our beloved Swedish promoter Monday Bar, who has celebrated their 20th birthday this year, have had an great year with a lot of parties. First off was the Springbreak Cruise onboard the 203 meter long Cruise ship Silja Symphony. This vessel is a little special since it has an 140m long shopping street on the inside. This was of course the main floor with Ferry Corsten and Headhunterz as headliners, among other great dj’s.
In 2012, we launched our new design layout, making us the only Scandinavian EDM-webzine based in Sweden.
We launched with some new functions, among others the Classic for the Weekend, which has become a really popular part of the page. Our writer Niklas has not yet run out of classic-tunes to write about, and I don’t thinK he will either.
Another great thing with the re-launch of bejbi as a webzine, is that we now can write about parties, music, lables and basically everything. This will be more noticeable in 2013!
This year was also the start of an new era of bejbi.se’s podcast. We merged us with the talented dj Tatsumi Suzuki’s podcast #podgressive, and it has been a success. We now have over 4000 listeners every month, and it rises every day!
Our plans for 2012 was to have at least one party together, and in June 9th it was time. We had a SummerJam-party at the nightclub Slakthuset in Stockholm and the party was nothing else but a success!
We also did a really fun collaboration together with Future Sound of Sweden and Kidson Mediaproduction in Zandvoort, just outside Amsterdam later in June. We held an Swedish midsummer night, with an all star swedish lineup. It was an unofficial warm up to the Luminosity Beach festival.
I for one can say that that was just the beginning!
Music wise this year has been really strange. The mainstream radio stations in sweden has begun to play some sort of EDM. Which has lead to a lot of great music coming out to the wider masses here.
Unfortunately it’s mostly Swedish House Mafia and Avicii, but sometimes a real piece of gold sips out, like Porter Robinson – Language.
There has been a lot of great releases this year, and it has been a tough task to come up with three top tracks but I’ll give it a try.
My top three with trance-tracks this year would be
3 Luigi Lusini & Starchaser ft. Molly Bancroft ”All I want” Matteo Marini mix
A beautiful vocal trance track that unfortunately didn’t get as much time in the spotlight it deserves.
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2 Porter Robinson – Language
What can I say, this is the Trousetrack of 2012, love it in every way, every part of it!
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1 Ummet Özcan – The box
Tune of the year! Heard it the first time at Luminosity Beach Festival in June and loved it right away!
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Let’s see what 2013 has to offer.
We here at bejbi.se wishes everyone A happy New Year!
Our party together with FSoS Events and Kidson Mediagroup was a success!
We all had a blast doing it!
Huge thanks to all the people who came, to the DJ’s and the Club; Exposure, for having us! :)
Swedish Midsummerparty in Zandvoort, Club Exposure, Zandvoort an Zee, The Netherlands, 20120622
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SWEDISH MIDSUMMER IN ZANDVOORT – THE PREPARTY BEFORE THE FESTIVAL @ CLUB EXPOSURE FSOS Events™ in collaboration with Bejbi.se and Kidson Media Production, invites you to a Swedish Midsummer Party in Zandvoort on June 22nd!
For 5 years consecutively people have teamed up from all over the globe for the most unique and yearly trance event at Beach Club Riche in Zandvoort, Holland for 2 days of trance and progressive and the best of it! This year the founders of Future Sound Of Sweden™, Bejbi.se and Kidson in joint forces with Trance Family Sweden got the idea to organize a get together for all of us! The PREPARTY the night BEFORE the main weekend festival and celebrate PLUR with a slight touch of the ”Swedish midsummer eve”. So If your in town, want to preparty then join us, we’ve got great music from interesting upcoming producers, a great new venue in Zandvoort with free entrance and atmosphere, loads of atmosphere! So with no further ado we present to you…
NON PROFIT EVENT
This event is composed by several Swedish brands and artists from within the EDM scene, all entertainment is performed as support from the DJs as they are visitors for the festival (and we thank them for their contribution) as well as all post-production to make this evening memorrable. And also a big thank to the very kind Club Exposure for welcoming us, we hope to see all of you there on this meet up and launch for what is expected to be the trance weekend of the year 2012! :-)
KIDSON MEDIA PRODUCTION Kidson Interviews
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FUTURE SOUND OF SWEDEN FSOS Events
Where the crowd makes the atmosphere!
CLUB EXPOSURE Club Exposure
The hottest loungeclub of Zandvoort.
