Tony McGuinness (English musician)

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Tony McGuinness
Birth nameAnthony Patrick James McGuinness
Also known asTony McGuinness, T. McGuinness
Born1959 (age 65–66) [1]
Origin England
Genres Trance, post-punk
Occupation(s)Guitarist, songwriter, trance DJ, trance producer
Years active1988–present
Labels Anjunabeats
Website www.anjunabeats.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Anthony Patrick James McGuinness (born 1959) is a British trance musician. He is known for being in the electronic music group Above & Beyond. He is also a guitarist/songwriter with cult indie band Sad Lovers & Giants.

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Biography

Tony McGuinness plays guitar with English indie band Sad Lovers & Giants, [2] appearing on three albums between 1988 and 2002 and is still an active member having toured US and Europe regularly with them since 2009.

McGuinness was an advertising executive working for Bosse, Massimi & Podia (BMP) until, in 1989, he joined the Warner Music Group as a marketing specialist. [2] [3] He won awards for his campaigns for Madonna, R.E.M., Mike Oldfield, and Simply Red. [4] [5] [6] While working at Warner, 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. McGuinness and his brother Liam teamed up to create electronic dance music under the alias Nitromethane in the early 2000s. [7]

While still working at Warner, McGuinness was asked to remix Chakra's "Home". McGuinness approached Anjunabeats (Jono Grant and Paavo Siljamäki) to work on the remix together. The collaboration led to the creation of Above & Beyond, consisting of McGuinness, Grant, and Siljamäki. [2] He left Warner music in 2001 to focus on both Above & Beyond and Oceanlab. [6]

Above & Beyond's second studio album, Group Therapy , features McGuinness' first ever vocal single (with Richard Bedford) on the track "Black Room Boy". [8]

In 2024 McGuinness released the solo rock album Salt, which he had written 30 years previously in the 1990s. [9] [10]

Discography

Singles

Productions as a part of Above & Beyond:

Productions as a part of Tranquility Base:

Productions as a part of OceanLab:

Productions as a part of Rollerball:

Production with Spencer Brown

Remixes

Anjunabeats:

Albums

Albums with Above & Beyond:

Solo:

Other productions

Upon becoming a member of the band Sad Lovers & Giants in 1986, Tony McGuinness had a successful career in the music industry. Their discography includes the following albums:

As a part of Oceanlab, Above & Beyond, Anjunabeats, Rollerball and Tranquility Base, Tony McGuinness produced numerous tracks as a team under the label Anjunabeats.

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References

  1. ↑ "Anthony Patrick MCGUINNESS - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Above & Beyond's Tony McGuinness Shares Why He Loves SoCal". Orange County Weekly . 17 May 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Nicholls, Mike (29 April 1989). "WEA's Tony McGuinness Talks About Marketing" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Industry unites at MW awards" (PDF). Music Week . 6 March 1993. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "TONY McGUINNESS of WEA for Madonna (Ray Of Light)" (PDF). Music Week . 4 March 1999. p. 45. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  6. 1 2 "McGuinness leaves Warner after 12-year stint" (PDF). Music Week . 30 June 2001. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Paratore, Gregory (25 April 2011). "To Infinity and Beyond!". DJ Mag . Archived from the original on 24 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Nguyen, Ashley (20 June 2021). "Celebrating 10 Years of Above & Beyond's 'Group Therapy'". EDM Identity. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  9. 1 2 Beschoner, Franz (6 July 2024). "Tony McGuinness von Above & Beyond veröffentlicht 30 Jahre altes Rock-Album". DJ Mag (in German). Archived from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  10. 1 2 Gilmore, Grant (1 July 2024). "Above & Beyond's Tony McGuinness Announces Debut Solo Rock Album". EDM Identity. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "Above & Beyond's Tony McGuinness collaborated with Spencer Brown on new single "Santorini"". DJ Mag Latin America (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Pakinkis, Tom (7 February 2014). "Former Warner exec climbs chart: word of mouth trumps traditional marketing, says music maker McGuinness". Music Week . Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  13. ↑ Yopko, Nick (3 July 2024). "Above & Beyond's Tony McGuinness Is Releasing a Rock Album Recorded 30 Years Ago". EDM.com. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
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