“Our two report labels, Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep, have been born on the dancefloor,” wrote Above & Past in a press launch.
Now, with their newly introduced Reflections banner, the prolific trio hopes to additionally set the soundtrack for the moments in between. “The mornings after, the nights aside, the journeys shared alongside the best way. These moments of reflection,” says Above & Past when talking on their new enterprise.
Launching on Could sixteenth, 2022 with a pair of latest Above & Past singles, Reflections can be geared towards ambient, downtempo, and various music from a spread of established and rising expertise. This consists of Yotto’s forthcoming challenge, Erased Desires, which would be the first album launched on the label.
“The attractive factor is, numerous our artists have been already both making stuff like this or are totally able to making nice stuff like this,” mentioned James Grant, the co-founder of Anjuna’s supervising firm, Concerned Group. “We have at all times centered on emotional, soulful, and melodic dance music, so with Reflections, you would most likely simply take away the ‘dance’ half right here.”
Scroll to Proceed
“Morning in Deira,” one of many inaugural Above & Past releases, embodies this ethos with an ethereal soundscape and gently undulating synth line. Hearken to it of their current Cercle set by way of 02:15 under:
Martin Roth, Ryan Davis, Northling, Jessie Marcella, and Croquet Membership are among the many different artists scheduled to launch music on Reflections. Along with curating expertise, the group behind Reflections additionally plans to construct mood-based playlists, compile Above & Past’s current downtempo tracks, and fee extra laid-back variations of standard releases on Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep.
“Persons are overstressed and over-adrenalized within the on-line world that we stay in…(However) there’s a therapeutic facet to music, and this specific kind of music is enjoyable,” Grant concluded. “The world does want extra music like that. That is what Reflections is right here to do.”
