Music : Electro House, Dirty House, Progressive House, Tech House, Acid House, Hard Trance, Trance, Electro and Electro Techno
As both producers and DJ’s, Above & Beyond need no real introduction to the dance community, but a little reminder never hurts! In the past 5 years, Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamaki have become one of the world’s foremost credible dance acts; a group Radio 1's Pete Tong labelled as “the UK’s new trance superstars”, when they took the prized gong for ‘Essential Mix of the Year’. More recently they were nominated alongside The Chemical Brothers and Basement Jaxx for the coveted Best Dance Group category at the Miami Winter Music Awards.
The trio have remixed the likes of Madonna and Dido and their solo productions have captured the imagination of the clubbers and DJ’s alike, with anthems like ‘Far From in Love’ and ‘No One on Earth’ rocking dance floors worldwide. Meanwhile they’ve tasted chart success twice with the Oceanlab’s singles ‘Satellite’ (Top 20 in 2004) and ‘Clear Blue Water’.
Outside of the studio, Above & Beyond also A&R one of the world's most successful independent dance labels, Anjunabeats. The label has already hosted sell-out club nights at Turnmills in London and Passion in 2005 and has put together a line-up to savour for the March 4th event at Canvas, London.
Smith & Pledger are one of the UK's finest up and coming trance talents, responsible for tracks like 'Day One','Connected' and 'Northern Lights' which have become staples for the world's top DJ's such as Ferry Corsten and Armin van Buuren. Smith & Pledger's awesome remix of Luminary 'Amsterdam' is currently tearing up clubland and has been played 5 times on Radio 1. As DJ's Smith & Pledger have rocked dancefloors at venues such as Godskitchen, Gatecrasher and Turnmills,
Miika Eloranta aka Super8 is the man behind the mighty 'Alba/Dawn' EP - a record which is still selling in droves 2 years after its release - and Aalto 'Rush', a track which prompted the world's number one DJ Paul Van Dyk to invite Miika to playat his legendary Casino night in Berlin. Made together with Finnish superstar DJ, DJ Tab, Super8's latest offering 'Helsinki Scorchin' already looks set to become one of the biggest trance records of 2006, with Tiesto, Above & Beyond and Armin van Buuren playing the track in all their sets.
The event also sees UK debuts for Holland's Stephen J. Kroos. Stephen J. Kroos' techy-edged productions have found favour with Carl Cox and Eddie Halliwell among others, and is set to take you on an unforgettable journey.
Canvas is quite simply the venue to visit in 2006. Lovingly built on the site of the legendary Bagleys, Canvas is a truly inspiring experience for any 21st Century nightclubber. With crystal clear audio, next generation lighting and visuals this is everything a club space should be and much more.
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