Anthony Patrick James McGuinness (born April 23, 1969) 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.
Tony McGuinness plays guitar with English indie band Sad Lovers & Giants,[1] 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.[1][2] He won awards for his campaigns for Madonna, R.E.M., Mike Oldfield, and Simply Red.[3][4][5] 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.[6]
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.[1] He left Warner music in 2001 to focus on both Above & Beyond and Oceanlab.[5]
Above & Beyond's second studio album, Group Therapy, features McGuinness' first ever vocal single (with Richard Bedford) on the track "Black Room Boy".[7]
In 2024 McGuinness released the solo rock album Salt, which he had written 30 years previously in the 1990s.[8][9]
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
Anjunabeats:
Albums with Above & Beyond:
Solo:
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.