Above & Beyond – Acoustic II [Anjunabeats]

It’s pretty common for dance music artists to have a side project in order to expand their musical boundaries. Most of these projects are under different names, but trance trio Above & Beyond didn’t need a gimmick to have their side project be successful. The trio, made up of Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäki, traded their CDJ and DJM set up for real instruments as they recorded acoustic versions of 13 tracks to form Acoustic II. The songs were taken from Above & Beyond‘s latest studio album We Are All We Need. This marks their second acoustic album, as Acoustic was released in early 2014 as a follow-up to Group Therapy. The original versions of these tracks are impressive, and the fact that Above & Beyond has been able to transcend dance music with these mesmerizing acoustic takes really shows off their musical talent. Acoustic II will still give you the chills, and shows off a side that dance music really doesn’t get to see too often. Relaxed, beautiful, chilled out; the closest words I can find to accurately explain how wonderful Acoustic II really is.

Anjunabeats | Download/stream Acoustic II here.