Paavo Olavi Siljamäki (born 25 April 1977) is a Finnish writer, producer and DJ, comprising one-third of the British trance band Above & Beyond. "P.O.S" is his solo project. He has also made music for various artists. Together with his bandmates, he has founded the trance music label,

Anjunabeats Anjunabeats (, ) is a British record label started in 2000 by producers Jonathan "Jono" Grant and Paavo Siljamäki of Above & Beyond. Initially, Anjunabeats was only a trance music label, and it started releasing trance-edged house in 2011. T ...

History

Based out of London since 1997, Siljamäki attended the

University of Westminster The University of Westminster is a public university, public university based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution, it was the first Polytechnic (United Kingdom), polytechnic to open in London. The Po ...

where he met fellow Above & Beyond member Jono Grant. The duo discovered a mutual interest in

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. Siljamaki is credited as a producer under several Above & Beyond records, such as the ''Flow State'' album. Siljamäki has twice been nominated for a

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award in the "Best Dance Recording" category. The first, in 2016, was for the track "We're All We Need", and the second in 2019 for the track ''Northern Soul''.

P.O.S

Beside the production for Above & Beyond, Siljamäki also works under the ''P.O.S'' alias. The ''P.O.S'' single ''Gravity'' peaked at number 28 in the

UK dance singles chart The Dance Singles Chart and the Dance Albums Chart are music charts compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company from sales of songs in the dance music genre (e.g. house, trance, drum and bass, garage, synth-pop) in record stores ...

in March 2005. Released on

, ''Gravity'' was later remixed by James Grant and

Andrew Bayer Andrew Michael Bayer (born 1987) is an American DJ and Grammy-nominated music producer. He is best known for working with Anjunabeats as a multi-genre artist and English deep house sublabel Anjunadeep. Born in Washington, D.C., Bayer was pi ...

in 2012. His

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struggles drew inspiration for new music under the alias. Siljamaki revived the ''P.O.S'' alias in the studio, extending his solo work, releasing the ''Deeper Tales'' album in 2023. On 23 February 2024, Siljamäki played a one-hour live performance under his ''P.O.S'' alias, at the

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for

A State of Trance ''A State of Trance'' (often abbreviated as ASOT) is a Dutch Trance music, trance radio show, hosted by Armin van Buuren and co-producer Ruben de Ronde, that first aired in June 2001. It is currently aired weekly every Thursday at 20:00 (CET) a ...

, premiering new material.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paavo Siljamäki Living people 1977 births Alumni of the University of Westminster Anjunabeats artists DJs from Helsinki Finnish expatriates in England