Above & Beyond Anjunadeep:01 UNMIXED
Label: Anjunadeep
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Converts tend to emerge excitedly from their first Above & Beyond gig experience and ask 'was that really trance?' The answer is usually yes and no, for while Above & Beyond are proud of their role in defining the melodic trance sound and their synonymy with the quality end of the genre, trance is too small a word for what they do.

There's no clearer example of this than the success of Anjunadeep, the trio's melodic and progressive house offshoot that’s grown from being a promising sibling label to a dynamic and influential imprint in its own right, winning fans such as James Zabiela, Desyn Masiello, Eric Prydz, and Laurent Garnier along the way, and receiving a nomination for Best Record Label at DJ Mag’s Best of British Awards 2008.

It's a progression which brings us to 'Above & Beyond Anjunadeep:01', the label's debut compilation. Anjunadeep stalwarts Jaytech, Michael Cassette (aka Komytea), Interplay, Joonas Hahmo and recent high profile addition 16 Bit Lolitas, are joined by newer faces like Colombia's Liluca, Russia's Proff and Canadian Paul Keeley, as Above & Beyond conjure up two CD's of spirited melodic house music. A special treat comes in the form of Above & Beyond’s own remix of Radiohead ‘Reckoner’, officially licensed via XL Recordings for the physical format only.

ABOVE & BEYOND’S JONO GRANT SAID:
"If Anjunabeats is there to serve trance DJ's, then Anjunadeep exists to release tracks that both house and trance dj's might play. The UK scene in particular can be quite obsessed with categorisations, but Above & Beyond has always just been about quality uplifting dance music and this compilation illustrates the kind of stuff you'll hear in the early part of one of our longer sets."

"Faultless feel-good grooves ****" DJ Magazine

"Get up close to the speaker and you'll hear that Anjunadeep is working on a sound all of its own" DJ Magazine

"Album Of The Month ****" Mixmag

"Last night I played 4 Anjunadeep tracks. I can't think of any label where I've done that...love the stuff you guys are putting out" James Zabiela

"Anjunadeep = Bomb Squad" Desyn Masiello (SOS)

"Like the label" Eric Prydz

Nominated for Best British Record Label by DJ Magazine

Mixmag Review "ALBUM OF THE MONTH"
The Anjunadeep offshoot of Anjunabeats was founded in '05, to scout the secret alleys and distant corners of progressive music and return bearing rare treasures. The label has quickly become influential and prestigious in its own right, featuring heavyweight artists like Jaytech, Boom Jinx and Maor Levi and numbering James Zabiela and Desyn Masiello among its fans. Whilst hands in the air moments are absent, there's still plenty here for trance devotees, as the A&B boys have put together a spacey, hypnotic collection, relentless in its own understated, bass-driven way, and perfect for pre-club warm-up or end of the afterparty. 4/5

IDJ Review
Anjunadeep continue to straddle the camps of subtle trance and quality proggy house and this selection is testament to just how successfully they manage it. 16 Bit Lolitas set the tone with the ethereal chords and chunky beats of ‘Nobody Seems To Care’ and the quality doesn’t dip from thereon. Interplay’s driving ‘Room Service’, Komytea’s blissful builder ‘9’ and the anthemic bleepery of Jaytech’s ‘Sundance’ help form a set that’s warmly mellow yet highly danceable. Euphoric not cheesy, soulful not syrupy: this is fine, trance-edged house with substance that will makes you feel like the sun is shining on your face even during the bleak midwinter. 8/10

M8 review
Mixed By Above & Beyond
‘Anjunadeep 01’
(ANJUNADEEP)
A debut compilation from Above & Beyond’s progressive house offshoot and we can clearly expect some great things from Anjunadeep in the future – much like Gabriel & Dresden, these guys have been unfairly dismissed as all-out trance merchants when all they’re really into is melody. Much deeper in style and with far fewer vocals, this would still sound fantastic in a big-room setting, with Jaytech (the man can do no wrong – check out ‘Sundance’) 16 Bit Lolitas, PROFF and Komytea adding proggy depth to some massive, euphoric synth hooks.
M8/M8