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Biography

Jono Grant is part of the electronic dance group Above & Beyond

Above & Beyond (band)

Above & Beyond are a British trance music group formed in 2000 and consists of the members Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Finnish Paavo Siljamäki. They have their own record label Anjunabeats, which releases trance and progressive music, and they also host their own weekly radio show Trance...

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From a very early age Jono learned to play the piano and guitar, and moved on to synthesisers as soon as he could afford to buy them after being inspired as a child by the music of Jean-Michel Jarre, the Pet Shop Boys, New Order and others. Later Jono was inspired by a particular Radio 1 Essential mix by Paul Oakenfold, and it was this that led him to start to produce dance music.

Earliest mainstream recognition of Jono was when he was offered to remix the Strike "You Sure Do" in 1999. "Jono's Big Mix" became the lead mix of the re-release and was playlisted on Kiss FM's A-list. This was produced during study for his degree in Commercial Music at the University of Westminster, where he also developed his sound design skills working freelance programming sounds for Yamaha's synthesisers. It was also at the University of Westminster that he met Paavo Siljamaki, with whom he established the now legendary Anjunabeats record label.

Initially Anjunabeats was established to provide a way of releasing their own productions - under the names "Anjunabeats" and "Free State", but as time passed the strong brand and reputation for quality control started to attract other artists that make it the label it is today.

Shortly after establishing Anjunabeats, Jono met Tony McGuinness (director of marketing at Warner Music UK) through his brother Liam McGuinness who had bought a sound library that Jono had created and got in touch.

Tony was offered to remix the classic track Chakra "Home", and wanted to work on it with some producers and chose to work with Jono & Paavo. Above & Beyond

Above & Beyond (band)

was born, and the remix went on to achieve wide critical acclaim.

Singles

Darren Tate Vs. Jono Grant "Let the Light Shine In"
Darren Tate Vs. Jono Grant "Nocturnal Creatures"
Jono Grant Vs. Mike Koglin "Circuits"
Jono Grant Vs. Mike Koglin "Sequential"

Remixes

2000 What It Feels Like for a Girl (as Above & Beyond)
2002 M (as Above & Beyond)
2004 Sand in My Shoes / Don't Leave Home (as Above & Beyond)
2006 Black Is the Colour (as Above & Beyond)

Releases as Above & Beyond

Productions as a part of Above & Beyond

Above & Beyond (band)

2002 Far from in Love
2003 Far from in Love (Remixes)
2004 Far from in Love
2004 No One on Earth
2004 No One on Earth (Remixes)
2005 Air for Life
2005 Tri-State
2006 Alone Tonight
2006 Alone Tonight (Remixes)
2006 Can't Sleep
2006 Can't Sleep (Remixes)
2006 Far from in Love
2006 No One on Earth
2006 Tri-State
2006 Tri-State (The Remixes)
2007 Good for Me
2007 Good for Me... The Remix Pack
2007 Stealing Time / Tri-State
2007 Tri-State (Remixes)
2007 World on Fire / For All I Care

Productions as a part of Tranquility Base:

2001 Razorfish
2004 Surrender
2004 Surrender
2005 Getting Away
2005 Razorfish
2005 Razorfish (Remixes)
2006 Razorfish
2006 Surrender
2007 Oceanic
2007 Buzz

Productions as a part of OceanLab:

2001 Clear Blue Water
2001 Clear Blue Water - The Remixes
2002 Clear Blue Water
2002 Clear Blue Water (Hennes & Cold Remixes)
2002 Sky Falls Down
2002 Sky Falls Down (Remixes)
2003 Beautiful Together
2003 Beautiful Together (Remixes)
2003 Sky Falls Down
2004 Beautiful Together
2004 Satellite
2004 Satellite (Bonus Mixes)
2004 Satellite (Remixes)
2004 Sky Falls Down
2005 Beautiful Together (Remixes)

Productions as a part of Rollerball:

2003 Albinoni
2004 Albinoni
2004 Albinoni (Remix)

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