Hard On Recordings
Encyclopedia
Hard On Recordings is a defunct sub-label of British
trance
label
Anjunabeats
. It was established in 2000 by the British
trance act
Above and Beyond
to deal with harder trance
and house
releases which did not fit their main label Anjunabeats
. The label only released a few tracks before Above & Beyond
replaced it in favour of the successful Anjunadeep
label around 2004.
United Kingdom
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trance
Trance music
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label
Record label
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Anjunabeats
Anjunabeats
Anjunabeats is a British record label, started by producers Jonathan "Jono" Grant and Paavo Siljamäki in 2000 which releases trance music. The first 12" record was titled Volume One, released under Grant and Siljamäki's alias, Anjunabeats, in 2000. As the label got the name Anjunabeats, they...
. It was established in 2000 by the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
trance act
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
Above and Beyond
Above & Beyond (band)
Above & Beyond are a British trance music group formed in 2000 and consists of the members Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Finnish Paavo Siljamäki. They have their own record label Anjunabeats, which releases trance and progressive music, and they also host their own weekly radio show Trance...
to deal with harder trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
and house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
releases which did not fit their main label Anjunabeats
Anjunabeats
Anjunabeats is a British record label, started by producers Jonathan "Jono" Grant and Paavo Siljamäki in 2000 which releases trance music. The first 12" record was titled Volume One, released under Grant and Siljamäki's alias, Anjunabeats, in 2000. As the label got the name Anjunabeats, they...
. The label only released a few tracks before Above & Beyond
Above & Beyond (band)
Above & Beyond are a British trance music group formed in 2000 and consists of the members Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Finnish Paavo Siljamäki. They have their own record label Anjunabeats, which releases trance and progressive music, and they also host their own weekly radio show Trance...
replaced it in favour of the successful Anjunadeep
Anjunadeep
Anjunadeep is a sub-label of British trance label Anjunabeats, set up in 2005. It releases progressive trance and house records, as opposed to the primarily uplifting, big-room trance of its parent label. It was founded by Tony McGuinness, Jono Grant and Paavo Siljamäki, known collectively as Above...
label around 2004.
Releases
- HDON-001 Dirt Devils "Disco Fans" Dirt Devils High Cholesterol Mix / Italian Job's Military Party Mix
- HDON-002 Dirt Devils "The Drill" Evacuation Mix / Original Mix
- HDON-003 Modulation "Dark Star" Original Mix / Dirt Devils Remix
- HDON-004 Zed-X "The Storm" Original Mix / Jono Grant vs. P.O.S. Remix
- HDON-005 Matt Cassar Presents Most Wanted "Seven Days And One Week" Dirt Devils Remix / Shane 54 Remix
- HDON-008 Ernesto vs. Bastian "Who's The Starter / A Few Seconds After Trancefer" Original Mixes
See also
- AnjunabeatsAnjunabeatsAnjunabeats is a British record label, started by producers Jonathan "Jono" Grant and Paavo Siljamäki in 2000 which releases trance music. The first 12" record was titled Volume One, released under Grant and Siljamäki's alias, Anjunabeats, in 2000. As the label got the name Anjunabeats, they...
, parent label - AnjunadeepAnjunadeepAnjunadeep is a sub-label of British trance label Anjunabeats, set up in 2005. It releases progressive trance and house records, as opposed to the primarily uplifting, big-room trance of its parent label. It was founded by Tony McGuinness, Jono Grant and Paavo Siljamäki, known collectively as Above...
, sister label - AnjunadigitalAnjunadigitalAnjunadigital is a sub-label of British trance label Anjunabeats, set up in 2004. It releases alternative mixes of Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep tracks...
, sister label
External links
- Hard On Recordings on Discogs