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Ferry Corsten (born December 4, 1973 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a popular
Dutch trance producer, DJ and remixer, and he was one of the pioneers in the
genre.
He started to work as a musician in 1991. In the beginning he produced
underground hardcore Gabba tracks, but after that he started to work on
clubhouse and trance music. In 1999 he produced the "Out of the blue", a
melodic and catchy tune that became a hit on dance floors all over the world.
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His growing popularity in the late '90s led to cooperation with many famous
trance DJs and musicians like DJ Tiesto ("Gouryella", "Kamaya Painters"),
Vincent de Moor ("Veracocha"), Robert Smit ("Starparty"). In 1999 Ferry was
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" (William
Orbit) at the Dancestar 2000 awards.
In 1997 Ferry and Robert Smit established the 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". |
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