Above & Beyond

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

Jono Grant and Paavo Siljamäki had met at Westminster University and launched WEA label in summer 1999 with a track titled "Vol. 1 ", released with an equal artist name to the label Anjunabeats in 2000. For the duo's second track release in 2000 titled "Different Ways" as Free State and their third in 2001 titled "Release".

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.