Above & Beyond @ Group Therapy 700 (2026)

Well, Group Therapy 700 (two weekends ago) was definitely one for the record books! In the midst of weeks of beautiful September weather, the skies decided to open up at 8:30 pm on Saturday night, unleashing enough rain and fierce winds to pause the show. The lower bowl at The Gorge had to be evacuated, the entire show was paused, and we lost at least 2 1/2 hours of music from Oliver Smith, J Ribbon, and Ilan Bluestone.

However, I'm not here to talk about that. I'm not even here to talk about Above & Beyond's main set (which was terrific, as usual). I'm actually here this week to present their deep set, which really kicked off the weekend's festivities. Unlike previous years, where the deep set is pre-recorded (usually on a boat) a few days before the weekend, this one was live, kicking off the livestream at 7:00 pm on Friday. Also unlike years past, this one was 90 minutes, rather than the usual hour.

Tony, Paavo, and Jono each took turns manning the decks for 30 minutes, playing loads of new music and really setting high expectations for the remainder of the weekend. A friend described the set as "PROFF-coded", which I think is an apt description. Another description would be: it's just really good. It's definitely the best deep set (to open a live Group Therapy show) they've ever played.

1. Above & Beyond - Eclipse
2. Above & Beyond - Tri-state (Yuvèe Remix)
3. Jamie Stevens & Fixation - Time Falls Away
4. Above & Beyond - Good For Me (Volen Sentir Remix)
5. Above & Beyond - We Are All We Need (Jody Wisternoff & Jamie McDermott Remix)
6. Planet Of Souls & Lily Papas - One (PROFF Reshuffle)
7. Volen Sentir - Vera
8. Above & Beyond - Prelude (PROFF Remix)
9. PROFF & Tony McGuinness - Bolero
10. Above & Beyond - The Cove
11. Above & Beyond & Justine Suissa - Bigger Than All Of Us (Braxton Remix)
12. Dosem & Because of Art - ID
13. Ezequiel Arias & FJL - Color Divino
14. Bandes - The World Needs It
15. kiskadee & Jody Wisternoff & James Grant - Friendly Fire (Ezequiel Arias Remix)
16. ANUQRAM & Julian Nates - Driftline
17. 3LAU - Tokyo (Above & Beyond Broken Mix)

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