anamē presents: it's a beautiful world podcast anamē

Have you ever wondered how some of your favourite music makes its way to the dancefloor?
Now’s your chance to find out - Marcus Schössow and Thomas Sägstad (aka anamē) will be pulling back the curtain on their creative process, what agents, labels, and publishers do, and how their brand new album on Anjunabeats is coming together.

Join anamē as they dive deep into the vital role of teamwork in propelling a record from the studio to the dancefloor.
Discover their personal journey to getting signed, their experiences with Above & Beyond and the Anjunabeats team, and the key factors that drive success in the dance music industry. 

In this episode, we sit down with Gareth Jones, director of A&R at Anjunabeats, to discuss how he finds new talent, the process of making albums, and the future of trance music.

He talks about how he first got into the music industry and how he came to work at Anjunabeats. He shares the challenges of finding new talent and how he knows when he’s found a diamond in the rough. He also discusses the process of making albums, from the initial idea to the final release.
To Gareth, Anjunabeats is more than just a business. It’s a community, a family, and a support system for artists.

He discusses the role the label has in channeling artist creativity, while being mindful of growing musicians to be a sustainable business in their own right.

This is a fascinating episode that gives listeners a behind-the-scenes look at the world of Anjunabeats and trance music.

In this episode, anamē and Anjunabeats label manager Gareth Jones explore the reasoning behind the album title 'Beautiful World, the tracklist and the duo’s deliberate choice to embrace positivity through their music.

Marcus and Thomas also discuss how they approach working with singers and songwriters and the importance of writing music with emotional depth.