Tony McGuinness (English musician)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anthony Patrick James McGuinness |
| Also known as | Tony McGuinness, T. McGuinness |
| Born | April 23, 1969 |
| Origin | England |
| Genres | Trance, post-punk |
| Occupation(s) | Trance DJ, Trance producer |
| Years active | 1988-present |
| Labels | Anjunabeats |
| Website | http://www.anjunabeats.com/ |
Anthony Patrick James "Tony" McGuinness, (born 23 April 1969) is a British musician and one third of the UK trance group Above & Beyond. He is also guitarist/songwriter with cult indie band Sad Lovers & Giants.
Tony McGuinness plays guitar (Fender Jazzmaster) with English indie band Sad Lovers & Giants, with whom he released three albums, between 1988 and 2002 and is still an active member having toured US and Europe regularly with them since 2009.
McGuinness was also a highly successful marketing director for Warner Music Group, winning awards for his campaigns for Madonna, Seal, Simply Red and Mike Oldfield. While working at Warners, McGuinness shifted away from alternative rock towards electronic dance music. He worked as A&R for a number of dance artists, including William Orbit and Hysteric Ego.
Tony McGuinness and his brother Liam teamed up to create electronic dance music under the alias Nitromethane since the early 2000s. While still working at Warner, Tony was asked to remix Chakra's "Home" by an A&R colleague.
Tony approached Anjunabeats (Jono Grant and Paavo Siljamäki) to work on the remix together. The result, their remix of "Home", was an instant hit, ruling the dance floors and topping the dance charts for many weeks. The collaboration led to the creation of Above & Beyond, consisting of McGuinness, Grant, and Siljamäki.
The inspiration for the name Above & Beyond came from a web page belonging to an American motivational trainer coincidentally named Jono Grant. Jono had the poster stuck to his wall. The slogan used by the motivational trainer was "Above & Beyond," and when the group was searching for a name to use for their Chakra remix, the slogan stuck out from the poster, giving a name to the new group.
Teaming up and working as Above & Beyond, their next most significant output was a remix of Madonna's "What It Feels Like for a Girl" during the year 2000. This track was approved by Madonna, and it was released on Warner Records.
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