Above & Beyond Acoustic Set in a Virgin Hot Air Balloon

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ABOVE & BEYOND ACOUSTIC SET IN A VIRGIN HOT AIR BALLOON Submitted by: Alchemy Lifestyle Friday, 19 June 2009

Leading dance act Above & Beyond decided to ditch their studio equipment and perform an acoustic set in a hot air balloon with Virgin Balloon Flights, to celebrate their album release. Setting off from Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, Tony, Jono, and Paavo, were joined by vocalist Zoe Johnston. The trio played 3 tracks (‘Can't Sleep’, ‘Good For Me’, and ‘No One On Earth’) to an intimate audience which included Radio 1’s Pete Tong, who was covering the event for the BBC, and a competition winner and friend who had won places on the trip. The celebratory champagne flowed after the memorable hour-long flight, piloted by Virgin Balloon Flights’ Swedish chief pilot Kenneth Karlstrom. The band and the competition winner are available for interview. The recent iTunes US Dance Chart No.1 album, OceanLab ‘Sirens Of The Sea Remixed’, produced by Above & Beyond, is out now on Anjunabeats. NOTES TO EDITORS: Officially Britain’s most popular DJs, Above & Beyond were recently voted Best Group at the International Dance Music Awards, ahead of the likes of Daft Punk, Soulwax, Justice, and Pendulum. Now ranked No.4 in DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs Poll, their largest gig to date was in front of 1 million people in Rio, Brazil. Widely regarded as the world’s premier trance and progressive house label, Above & Beyond’s Anjunabeats imprint receives consistent acclaim from critics and dance music fans alike. The trio of Jono, Tony and Paavo have established themselves as a leading force when it comes to intelligently written vocal dance music. Virgin Balloon Flights is the UK’s leading ballooning company offering champagne balloon flights from 100+ UK launch sites. www.myspace.com/aboveandbeyond http://uk.youtube.com/aboveandbeyond www.anjunabeats.com www.virginballoonflights.co.uk For further Information on Above & Beyond please contact: Matt Learmouth @ Alchemy PR on: 020 8996 4810/ or email [email protected]

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