The daybreak of a brand new yr brings change and far to have fun on the Above & Past HQ! Anjunachill (rebranded from Reflections) is now the third frontline label beneath their Anjuna umbrella. It homes the group’s ambient, downtempo, and chillout catalog. In celebration of its twenty fifth anniversary and the launch of Anjunachill, the Anjuna label household is unveiling a model refresh for 2025. With the design of its personal bespoke typeface, ‘Decima Sans’, and the enduring ‘Anjuna A’ at its core, the refreshed identification honors Anjuna’s wealthy heritage whereas establishing a flexible design basis for the label’s future progress.
The Genres
Alongside longstanding flagship imprints Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep, two of the world’s most revered imprints in dance music, Anjunachill is holding the model’s signature ethos with emotive and melodic music at its core. The Anjuna model is traditionally synonymous with high quality dancefloor-dominating membership data. These vary proper from trance and progressive to the basics of deep home. Above & Past’s latest imprint, Anjunachill lives within the worlds of ambient, downtempo, and chillout. The genres that are related to a wealthy, intertwined historical past with dance music and the Anjuna model itself.
The Origins
Anjunachill is the newest chapter of a journey that started with Above & Past at Burning Man in 2014. It follows a spontaneous sundown yoga set on the enduring Robotic Coronary heart stage. This transformative expertise sparked the creation of their devoted yoga and meditation album, Move State. Following the success of ‘Move State,’ in 2020, the primary EP in a brand new chillout collection, ‘Reflections Vol. 1,’ was launched on Anjunadeep. This marked a pivotal second in establishing a devoted residence for Anjuna’s chillout catalog. Formally launched in Might 2022 as Reflections, the label flourished as a standalone house for ambient and downtempo music.
Over the previous three years, the Reflections label has launched over 250 recordings from 70+ artists. It has amassed over 150 million streams within the course of. The label has launched critically acclaimed albums from Mark Barrott, Cephas Azariah, Yotto and Croquet Membership. It has additionally acquired glowing protection from Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, and BBC Radio 6 Music. With standout reside showcases at Glastonbury and sold-out occasions at ADE, Reflections has established its fame as a reputable tastemaker within the chillout house. Anjunachill proudly carries the torch, persevering with to champion, uncover, and nurture among the most interesting skills. Abilities in ambient, downtempo, and neo-classical music.
We’ve all the time believed that the most effective music is timeless. It has a singular energy that may resonate throughout generations. Ambient music has been part of Anjuna and Above & Past for the reason that starting, beginning with our first album ‘Tri-State.’ Together with ambient tracks on our albums has all the time felt proper to us. Music may be comforting and therapeutic, particularly residing on this hectic world. It’s music that grounds us and helps us discover peace. Wanting again over 25 years, it’s unbelievable to see what number of timeless items have emerged from our labels and the way they nonetheless have that very same feeling
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The Indicators of Arrival
To long-time followers of Anjuna and Above & Past, the Anjunachill rebrand will come as no shock. Quieter moments have all the time been important parts of the band’s chart-topping digital albums. The chillout style is one the Anjuna household of labels have a protracted historical past in – from catalog classics on Above & Past albums. It consists of their debut LP title monitor ’Tri-State’ and ’Solar In Your Eyes’ from Group Remedy, to much-loved fan-favorite moments from Andrew Bayer, Cubicolor and Croquet Membership, to the RIAA-certified Gold ‘Don’t Go away’ (a single from the ‘Move State’ album) in 2019.
The Preliminary Artists
Artist priorities for 2025 embody Cephas Azariah, Mark Barrott, and newcomers Planet of Souls. Planet of Souls is the thrilling new downtempo alias of prolific producer Paul Rogers (NERD, Gorillaz and Pete Tong) and shut pal Tom Barlow, a sound design grasp. Anjunachill additionally welcomes new additions to the label, together with Anjunadeep’s Luttrell, Steven Weston, BAILE and Cornelius SA, Anjunabeats’ PROFF, in addition to new faces within the type of South African neo-classical duo Advert Harmonium and British producer Toutounji.
The First Launch
Anjunachill’s first launch comes on January 14 by the use of Above & Past’s new single, ‘Shall We Start.’ Debuting because the intro for Above & Past’s visitor combine on the five hundredth episode of the Anjunadeep Version final summer time, ’Shall We Start’ is a shifting downtempo digital piece that takes listeners on a three-minute emotional journey. Echoing the sweeping soundscapes of their iconic ‘Move State’ album, the monitor is poignant, reflective, sentimental, and charming. In October 2024, 15,000 followers received a sneak preview of ‘Shall We Start’. It served because the soundtrack to the mysterious ‘Anjuna 25′ teaser video and was performed proper earlier than Above & Past’s headline set at Above & Past’s 600th Group Remedy Radio Present (ABGT600) in Mexico Metropolis. This aptly named tune not solely kicks off the Anjunachill label however ushers in an thrilling period for Above & Past. They’re set to play on the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Pageant in Indio, California, this April.
‘Shall We Start’ is now obtainable worldwide by way of Anjunachill.
