Ferry Corsten - Definition and Overview

Ferry Corsten is a popular dutch trance producer, Dj and remixer. He was born in 4 December 1973 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

He started to work as a musician in 1991. In the begining he produced underground hardcore Gabba tracks ,but after that he started to work on a clubhouse and trance music. His growing popularity in the late 90s brought to cooperation with many famous trance Djs and musicians like Dj Tiesto("Gouryella"), Vincent de Moor ("Veracocha"), Robert Smit ("Starparty"). In 1999 Ferry has been elected as "Producer of the Year" at the Ericsson Muzik Award in London. In 2000 he was awarded "Best Remix" for "Barber's Adagio For Strings" at the Dancestar 2000 awards.

In 1997 Ferry and Robert Smit established famous Tsunami dance label together with the german dance company Purple Eye Entertainment. Ferry also participated in compiling and mixing the Trance Nation trance series together with Ministry of Sound, which has sold over a million copies worldwide.

Aliases: A Jolly Good Fellow, "Albion", Bypass, Dance Therapy, Digital Control, Eon, Exiter, Ferr, Firmly Underground, Free Inside, Funk Einsatz, Kinky Toys, Moonman, Party Cruiser, Pulp Victim, Raya Shaku, Sidewinder, "System F".

Discography

Albums(Solo)

• 1996 Looking Forward (as Ferr) (with John Matze)
• 2001 Out Of The Blue (as "System F")
• 2003 Right Of Way
• 2003 Together (as "System F")

Singles(Solo)

• 1994 Underground (as Free Inside)
• 1995 Never Felt (as Free Inside)
• 1995 Dancing Sparks (as A Jolly Good Fellow)
• 1995 Eyes In The Sky (as Exiter)
• 1996 Killer Beats (as A Jolly Good Fellow)
• 1996 My Bass (as A Jolly Good Fellow)
• 1996 Cyberia (as Bypass)
• 1996 Legend (as Ferr)
• 1996 Midnight Moods / NightTime Experience (as Ferr)
• 1996 Don't Be Afraid (as Moonman)
• 1996 Galaxia (as Moonman)
• 1996 The Rising Sun (as Raya Shaku)
• 1997 The World (as Pulp Victim)
• 1997 Dreams Last For Long (as Pulp Victim)
• 1997 I'm Losing Control (as Pulp Victim)
• 1997 First Light (as Moonman)
• 1997 Carpe Diem (as Kinky Toys)
• 1997 Somewhere Out There (as Kinky Toys)
• 1997 Stardust (as Ferr)
• 1997 Hide & Seek (as Firmly Underground)
• 1997 The Lizard (as Exiter)
• 1997 Reach For The Sky (as "Albion")
• 1998 Air (as "Albion")
• 1999 Out Of The Blue (as "System F")
• 1999 Mindsensations (as Sidewinder)
• 2000 Cry (as "System F") (with Robert Smit)
• 2000 Unplugged, Mixed & Motion (as "System F") (with Robert Smit)
• 2000 Dreams Last For Long (as Digital Control)
• 2001 Dance Valley Theme 2001 (as "System F")
• 2001 My Dance (as Funk Einsatz)
• 2001 Exhale ("System F" with Armin van Buuren)
• 2001 Soul On Soul ("System F" with Marc Almond)
• 2002 Needle Juice (as "System F")
• 2002 Punk
• 2002 We Came (with Dj Tiesto)
• 2003 Indigo
• 2003 Rock Your Body Rock
• 2003 Spaceman (as "System F")
• 2004 Believe The Punk (with Lange)
• 2004 Everything Goes
• 2004 It's Time
• 2004 Right Of Way
• 2004 Sweet Sorrow
• 2004 Ignition, Sequence, Start! (as "System F")
• 2005 Holding On

Co Production

• "Gouryella" (with Dj_Tiesto) (Singles)
  • 1999 Walhalla
  • 1999 Gouryella
  • 2000 Tenshi
  • 2002 Ligaya (Dj Tiesto did not participate, John Ewbank paricipated)

• "Veracocha" (with Vincent De Moor) (Singles)
  • 1999 Carte Blanche

• "Alter Native" (with Robert Smit) (Singles)
  • 1995 Joy Factory
  • 1996 I Feel Good
  • 1997 The Warning
• "Blade Racer" (with Robert Smit) (Singles)
  • 1996 Master Blaster Party
• "Double Dutch" (with Robert Smit) (Singles)
  • 1998 Here We Go...!
• "Elektrika" (with Robert Smit) (Singles)
  • 1998 It Makes Me Move
• "Roef" (with Robert Smit) (Singles)
  • 1997 Outthere
• "Scum" (with Robert Smit) (Singles)
  • 1994 Your Gun
• "Selected Worx" (with Robert Smit) (Singles)
  • 1998 Volume 1
• "Sons Of Aliens" (with Robert Smit)
  • 1994 Intruders EP (album)
  • 1994 Welcome To Dew.Lokh (album)
  • 1995 In Love EP (Single)
• "Starparty" (with Robert Smit) (Singles)
  • 1997 I'm In Love
• "Discodroids" (with Peter Nijborn) (Singles)
  • 1996 The Show
  • 1997 Interspace
  • 1998 Energy
• "Fernick" (with Nick Kazemian) (Singles)
  • 1996 What Would You Like Me To Do
• "Mind To Mind" (with Piet Bervoets) (Singles)
  • 1992 Zen
  • 1997 Music Is My Life
• "Nixieland" (with Piet Bervoets) (Singles)
  • 1998 All I Need, All I Want
• "Project Aurora" (with Lucien Foort & Ron Matser) (Singles)
  • 1999 Sinners
• "Soundcheck" (with Andre Van Den Bosch) (Singles)
  • 1999 Minddrive
• "Spirit Of Adventure" (with Robert Smit,John Matze & Renי de Ruijter)
  • 1991 Spirit Of Adventure
• "The Tellurians" (with Robert Smit,John Matze & Renי de Ruijter)
  • ? The Navigator
  • 1992 Illustrator E.P.
  • 1998 Space Is The Place
  • 1999 Danca Alderbaran
• "Zenithal" (with R. De Ruyter)
  • 1992 Sssshhhht EP
  • 1996 Alasca (single)

External Links

• Ferry Corsten Official Site (http://www.ferrycorsten.org)
• Ferry Corsten Official Site 2 (http://www.ferrycorsten.com/)
• Complete Discography on DiscoGS.com (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ferry+Corsten)