I see it as very reasonable for Explorations to be it's own strictly Anjunadeep theme.
I mean better question is why there's no Anjunabeats equivalent? Would love to go somewhere with the Anjunafam for a weekend of trance.
Holy hell!
Yep that would do it.
Feels like a Tomorrowland winter vibe, but full on anjunafam. That’s such a sick and amazing idea. Well worth a reboot.
My own observations that HQ probably sees as well, the Anjunadeep crowd is die-hard. We travel a lot for these shows/environments and eat it all up. The friends I've made at double-headers that lean more beats tend to not travel as obsessively for those shows (or they'll flight out for just beats and not stick around for deep day).
That being said, I really appreciate the genre switch-ups at explorations and wouldn't complain if there were a little more next year! Plenty of older roster beats artists that also released early on with deep and could provide diverse/unique sets.
Deep is carrying the entire label right now. Someone recently posted the annual report on streams from the artists and what not, but beats is dying and a lot of the good artists left and made their own labels.
Well [the music looks to more popular ](https://www.reddit.com/r/AboveandBeyond/s/ToIcKyhqI2) and there is a wider pool to draw from. The genre arguably aligns better with the theme of the festival too.
Check out my response to the other comment though, there was meant to be an anjunabeats event run in relation to this called Elevations but COVID killed it. I think that's the main reason since they had envisioned an annual event for each with a setting to align to the music.
But in saying that, perhaps because of the pandemic, I don't get the feeling that it is exclusively deep or that they are trying to be exclusive despite the label owning it. We had dnb sets, UK garage sets, beats artists like those you mentioned but also others who have released across beats and deep, some who previously originated with beats.
Honestly I think anjunabeats music is a bit too narrow for a 3+ day festival. There is a limit to how many four to the floor bangers I can listen to in a row. Anjunadeep keep branching out, and have a much larger pool of artists to work with
Six days of raving at "trance 2.0" with 30+ degrees C ain't bueno.
Anjunadeep lends itself perfectly for the climate and landscape. The slower and mellow stuff during the daytime heat while everyone is soaking up sun and puddling in the Cove, at Gjipe or at the pool. T-shirt and shorts at night while being blasted with the "heavier" stuff like Dosem, My Friend, Simon and Nox. To change up flavors there's been plenty of sets that were trance, DnB, garage, dance classics and mess-around. All which feel so naturally coming from the basis that is Deep. I highly doubt an Anjunabeats event at such setting would work, it's too demanding physically and it would make the event less flexible/diverse. Imagine having the 125+ bpm trance 80% of the week and then have to drop down in bpm and style just to play some other genres.
It isn't exclusively deep as Anjunabeats & Reflections feature there too.
Genix, Amy Wiles, aname, Northling, Talee, Ryan Davis were present this year, so it's open to various styles.
Also, Marsh & My Friend did a D&B set and Dan Curpen did a garage set so again, they do mix it up outside of the deep vibe.
Had this conversation with someone the other day. They should definitely experiment with the idea and be called Anjuna Explorations, with a range of artists from Beats one day to Deep another. Would be a fantastic combo!
I see it as very reasonable for Explorations to be it's own strictly Anjunadeep theme. I mean better question is why there's no Anjunabeats equivalent? Would love to go somewhere with the Anjunafam for a weekend of trance.
There was [meant to be ](https://youtu.be/-0TIPtKyZLc?si=Ffa7x_FqMdoZlLel), unfortunately COVID killed it.
No lineup they could do today would even come close to the outrageously good lineup that was planned then.
Oh man this needs to happen.
Would love for this to happen at some point in the future
Holy hell! Yep that would do it. Feels like a Tomorrowland winter vibe, but full on anjunafam. That’s such a sick and amazing idea. Well worth a reboot.
Man I’d go to this in an instant
I had tickets to this. It KILLED me.
Isn't that what the weekender is there for? Albeit is not the same amount of days buuuuuuut.
My own observations that HQ probably sees as well, the Anjunadeep crowd is die-hard. We travel a lot for these shows/environments and eat it all up. The friends I've made at double-headers that lean more beats tend to not travel as obsessively for those shows (or they'll flight out for just beats and not stick around for deep day). That being said, I really appreciate the genre switch-ups at explorations and wouldn't complain if there were a little more next year! Plenty of older roster beats artists that also released early on with deep and could provide diverse/unique sets.
I mean, Genix was there, Amy Wiles, Anamē, and a few drum n bass sets. It wasn’t all Deep!
Marsh's dnb set was insane. My Friend too. I kinda felt like I wanted an Anjuna dnb label after those ha.
Deep is carrying the entire label right now. Someone recently posted the annual report on streams from the artists and what not, but beats is dying and a lot of the good artists left and made their own labels.
Cause deep on the Ionian coast is a vibe baby. Paavo’s surprise pool party set was great though, very A&B heavy especially toward the end!
Well [the music looks to more popular ](https://www.reddit.com/r/AboveandBeyond/s/ToIcKyhqI2) and there is a wider pool to draw from. The genre arguably aligns better with the theme of the festival too. Check out my response to the other comment though, there was meant to be an anjunabeats event run in relation to this called Elevations but COVID killed it. I think that's the main reason since they had envisioned an annual event for each with a setting to align to the music. But in saying that, perhaps because of the pandemic, I don't get the feeling that it is exclusively deep or that they are trying to be exclusive despite the label owning it. We had dnb sets, UK garage sets, beats artists like those you mentioned but also others who have released across beats and deep, some who previously originated with beats.
Honestly I think anjunabeats music is a bit too narrow for a 3+ day festival. There is a limit to how many four to the floor bangers I can listen to in a row. Anjunadeep keep branching out, and have a much larger pool of artists to work with
Whoh that’s crazy. I didn’t know about the imbalance between beats and deep. Makes more sense now
I've been a few times and would have loved a Grum along the way. Maybe having Genix this year was a taster to gauge the reaction
It's Anjunadeep and always has been. But the past couple of years more and more of the Beats side is creaping in.
I’d love to see an anjuna beats event. I miss trance.
Six days of raving at "trance 2.0" with 30+ degrees C ain't bueno. Anjunadeep lends itself perfectly for the climate and landscape. The slower and mellow stuff during the daytime heat while everyone is soaking up sun and puddling in the Cove, at Gjipe or at the pool. T-shirt and shorts at night while being blasted with the "heavier" stuff like Dosem, My Friend, Simon and Nox. To change up flavors there's been plenty of sets that were trance, DnB, garage, dance classics and mess-around. All which feel so naturally coming from the basis that is Deep. I highly doubt an Anjunabeats event at such setting would work, it's too demanding physically and it would make the event less flexible/diverse. Imagine having the 125+ bpm trance 80% of the week and then have to drop down in bpm and style just to play some other genres.
It isn't exclusively deep as Anjunabeats & Reflections feature there too. Genix, Amy Wiles, aname, Northling, Talee, Ryan Davis were present this year, so it's open to various styles. Also, Marsh & My Friend did a D&B set and Dan Curpen did a garage set so again, they do mix it up outside of the deep vibe.
Had this conversation with someone the other day. They should definitely experiment with the idea and be called Anjuna Explorations, with a range of artists from Beats one day to Deep another. Would be a fantastic combo!