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Cosmic Gate is a German trance duo made up of Claus Terhoeven (born 1972, aka Nic Chagall) and Stefan Bossems (born 1967, aka DJ Bossi). Both from Krefeld in Germany. On October 28, 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records artist Cosmic Gate placed #19, 43 spots above the group's ranking the year before.^[1] For the 2010 DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll, Cosmic Gate moved to #24.^[2]

History[link]

Formed in 1999, Cosmic Gate's first single was "Exploration of Space", followed by "The Drums" ,"Mental Atmosphere" and their "Somewhere over the Rainbow" remix using samples from the film, "The Wizard of Oz". However, Cosmic Gate did not become well known until their single "Fire Wire" was released in the UK in 2001.

Cosmic Gate have made many remixes for artists such as DJ Tiësto (Urban Train), Ferry Corsten (Punk), Blank & Jones (DFF), Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (Somewhere Over The Rainbow), Svenson & Gielen (Answer the Question) and Vanessa-Mae (White Bird).

Over the past few years, Cosmic Gate's sound has developed and moved away from the harder edge trance through to their current, more subtle yet still driving energetic music style. ^[3]

Recent touring has improved Cosmic Gate's recognition. A show at The Necto (nightclub) had a large turnout, indicative of turnouts throughout the tour.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Rhythm & Drums (2001)
• No More Sleep (2002)
• Earth Mover (2006)
• Sign of the Times (2009)
• Sign of the Times (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
• Back 2 The Future _{Compilation album} (2011)
• Wake Your Mind (2011)

Singles / EPs[link]

• "The Drums" (1999)
• "Mental Atmosphere" (1999)
• "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (2000)
• "Exploration of Space" (2000) #29 UK^[4]
• "Fire Wire" (2001) #9 UK^[4]
• "Back To Earth" / "Hardcore" (2002)
• "The Truth" (2002)
• "The Wave" / "Raging" (featuring Jan Johnston) (2002) #48 UK^[4]
• "Human Beings" (2003)
• "Different Concept" (2004)
• "I Feel Wonderful" (featuring Jan Johnston) (2005)
• "Tomorrow" (2004)
• "Should Have Known" (featuring Tiff Lacey) (2006)
• "Analog Feel" (2007)
• "Body Of Conflict" (featuring Denise Rivera) (2007)
• "Millenium" (2007)
• "A Day That Fades" (featuring Roxanne Emery) (2008)
• "Not Enough Time" (featuring Emma Hewitt) (2009)
• "Sign Of The Times" / "F.A.V" (2009)
• "Flatline" (featuring Kyler England) (2009)
• "Under Your Spell" (featuring Aruna) (2009)
• "Barra" (2010)
• "I See You (Club Mixes)(with James Horner and Leona Lewis) [Theme From Avatar] (2010)
• "London Rain" (2010)
• "Exploration Of Space (Remixes)" (2010)
• "Back To Earth (Remixes)" (2010)
• "The Drums (Remixes)" (2010)
• "Fire Wire (Remixes)" (2010)
• "Raging (Remixes)" (2011)
• "The Theme" (2011)
• "The Blue Theme" (2011)
• "Be Your Sound" (2011)
• "Sometimes They Come Back For More" (2012)
• "Flying Blind" (2012)
• "Over The Rainbow" (2012)

DJ mixes[link]

• Technics DJ Set Volume Three (2001)
• Techno Club Vol. 14 - Talla 2XLC Welcomes Cosmic Gate (2001)
• 3AM Rush (2002)
• Bitte Ein Beat! - Beat 3 (2002)
• Back 2 Back (2003)
• MaxiMal In The Mix Vol. 5 (2003)
• Back 2 Back Vol. 2 (2005)
• Hard NRG 7 (2005)
• Back 2 Back 3 (2007)
• Privilege Ibiza (2009)
• Back 2 Back 4 (2010)
• State Of Trance 500 (2011)
• Ministry Of Sound: Trance Nations (2012)
• Back 2 Back 5 (2012)

Remixes[link]

• Sash! - Adelante (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999
• U96 - Das Boot 2001 (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999
• Green Court - Follow Me (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999
• Green Court - Follow Me (Cosmic Gate Edit) 1999
• Miss Shiva - Dreams (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999
• Beam vs. Cyrus & The Joker - Launch In Progress (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999
• Bossi - To The Sky (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999
• Taucher - Science Fiction (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000
• Der Verfall - Der Mussolini (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000
• E Nomine - E Nomine (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000
• Aquagen - Lovemachine (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000
• Balloon - Monstersound (Cosmic Gate Mix) 2000
• Beam & Yanou - Sound Of Love (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000
• Talla 2XLC - World In My Eyes (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• Blank & Jones - DJs, Fans & Freaks (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• Safri Duo - Samb-Adagio (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• Vanessa-Mae - White Bird (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• Green Court - Inside Your Gates (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• Tiësto - Urban Train (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• George Acosta - World In My Eyes (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• Ferry Corsten - Punk (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002
• Rank 1 - Awakening (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002
• 4 Strings - Diving (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002
• DuMonde - God Music (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002
• Sioux - Pho (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002
• Svenson & Gielen - Answer the Question (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002
• Age of Love - The Age of Love (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2004
• Beam - Amun (Cosmic Gate Mix) 2004
• C.Y.B - Now (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2005
• 64 Bit - Virtual Discotech 1.0 (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2005
• Armin van Buuren vs. Rank 1 - This World Is Watching Me (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2007
• Kirsty Hawkshaw Meets Tenishia - Outsiders (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2007
• Tiësto feat. JES - Everything (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2007
• Cosmic Gate - Body Conflict (Cosmic Gate Club Mix) 2007
• Vincent De Moor - Fly Away (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2007
• Messler - Prepare (Cosmic Gate B2B3 Edit) 2007
• Cosmic Gate - Fire Wire (Cosmic Gate B2B3 Reconstruction) 2007
• Veracocha - Carte Blanche (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2008
• OceanLab - Sirens of the Sea (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2008
• Deadmau5 - Clockwork (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2008
• Armin van Buuren feat. Cathy Burton - Rain (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• John O'Callaghan feat. Sarah Howells - Find Yourself (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• Fabio XB & Ronnie Play feat. Gabriel Cage - Inside Of You (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• Paul Van Dyk feat. John McDaid - Home (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• Markus Schulz pres. Dakota - Sin City (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• Kyau & Albert - I Love You (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• JES - Lovesong (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• James Horner & Leona Lewis - I See You [ Avatar Main Theme ] (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2010
• Andrew Bennett feat. Sir Adrian - Run Till U Shine (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2010
• Cosmic Gate - Exploration Of Space (Cosmic Gate's Back 2 The Future Remix) 2010
• Cosmic Gate - Fire Wire (Cosmic Gate's Back 2 The Future Remix) 2010
• Markus Schulz - Away (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2011
• Robbie Rivera - Departures (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2011
• Ferry Corsten - Punk (Cosmic Gate Essential Rework) 2011
• Emma Hewitt - Colours (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2012
• Rank 1 & Jochen Miller feat. Sarah Bettens - Wild and Perfect Day (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2012

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cosmic Gate

• Official Site
• TranceSound interview with Cosmic Gate, December 2010

Emma Louise Hewitt (born in Geelong, Australia) is a singer-songwriter and trance vocalist who lives in Amsterdam.

Biography[link]

Hewitt was the lead singer of the Australian rock band Missing Hours, with whom she released the eponymous debut album in October 2008. The band that she formed with her brother Anthony is currently no longer active, because both now live in Europe and are now working as songwriters of electronic dance music.^[1]

Although Emma Hewitt had a musical background in rock music, she released her debut single in 2007 in the field of progressive house. "Carry Me Away" was a collaboration with British DJ Chris Lake. The single reached number 11 in the Spanish singles charts as well as number 12 in Finland.^[2] The single was a total of 50 weeks in the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay charts in the United States and reached number 1 in December 2007.

After the success of her first single, she has worked with several trance artists such as Cosmic Gate, Gareth Emery, Dash Berlin and Ronski Speed. The single "Waiting", which she published with Dash Berlin in 2009, was ranked 25th in the Belgian singles charts. In Armin van Buurens popular radio show A State of Trance the single was elected by the audience with 2109 votes to the second best song of the year 2009.^[3] At the International Dance Music Awards 2010 "Waiting" was awarded as best HiNRG/Euro Track. She was nominated twice in the category Best Trance Track with "Waiting" and "Not Enough Time".^[4]

Discography[link]

As Missing Hours

• Missing Hours (2008)

As Emma Hewitt

• Burn the Sky Down (18 May 2012)^[5]

Singles

• 2012: Colours
• 2012: Miss You Paradise

Collaborations

• 2007: Chris Lake feat. Emma Hewitt – Carry Me Away (Hot Dance Airplay #1, Global Dance Tracks #28)
• 2009: Cosmic Gate feat. Emma Hewitt – Not Enough Time
• 2009: Serge Devant feat. Emma Hewitt – Take Me With You
• 2009: Dash Berlin feat. Emma Hewitt – Waiting
• 2009: Amurai feat. Emma Hewitt – Crucify Yourself
• 2010: Ronski Speed pres. Sun Decade feat. Emma Hewitt – Lasting Light
• 2010: Marcus Schössow & Reeves feat. Emma Hewitt – Light
• 2010: Gareth Emery with Emma Hewitt – I Will Be the Same
• 2010: Lange feat. Emma Hewitt – Live Forever
• 2011: Dash Berlin feat. Emma Hewitt – Disarm Yourself
• 2011: Allure feat. Emma Hewitt – No Goodbyes
• 2011: Allure feat. Emma Hewitt – Stay Forever
• 2011: Micky Slim feat. Emma Hewitt - Tonight
• 2011: Cosmic Gate feat. Emma Hewitt - Be Your Sound
• 2011: Cosmic Gate feat. Emma Hewitt - Calm Down
• 2012: Dash Berlin feat. Emma Hewitt – Like Spinning Plates

External links[link]

• Official website
• Emma Hewitt discography at Discogs
• Emma Hewitt on Myspace

References[link]

1. ↑ beatsmedia.com: Beatsmedia exclusively interviews Emma Hewitt. Accessed 23 October 2010.
2. ↑ swisscharts.com: Chris Lake feat. Emma Hewitt - Carry Me Away. Accessed 23 March 2010.
3. ↑ A State of Trance, Episode 436. Accessed 23 October 2010.
4. ↑ 25th Annual International Dance Music Awards Nominees and Winners. Accessed 27 March 2010.
5. ↑ Emma Hewitt Announces Debut Album, BURN THE SKY DOWN. Accessed 2 May 2012.

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Jan Johnston (born 21 February 1968, Salford, Lancashire, England) is an English professional singer, best known for collaborating with some of the world's top trance music DJs.^[1]

Career[link]

In the early 1990s she was signed to Columbia Records as part of the pop duo JJ, which gained some recognition while touring the UK.

However, when the band project failed she continued as a solo artist; signing to A&M Records. In the mid 1990s she came to the attention of trance producer, Brian Transeau, when he purchased one of her singles from a bargain bin in Manchester.^[2] Impressed by her vocals, he decided to collaborate with her recording the track "Remember."

Following this, Johnston was in demand to vocal for many other trance tracks, notably for Alan Bremmer and Anthony Pappa's "Freefall" project. Upon being given the instrumental, Jan came up with the lyrics resulting in "Skydive (I Feel Wonderful)" which despite being a club anthem, never translated to a commercial hit, finally hitting the top 40 at #35 on its third release in 2001. Paul Oakenfold signed her to his Perfecto Records label in 1999 to record an album. The resulting album 'Emerging' was delayed numerous times, with her first Perfecto release being a track she recorded with BT years earlier entitled "Flesh", rather than an actual track from the album, which reached #36 in the charts. The original version of "Flesh" has never been released, only remixes. A cover of The Carpenters' song, "Superstar", was lined up to be the album's first single, with remixes produced by Todd Terry and Bill Hammel, but would ultimately go on to be unreleased. Only one track from 'Emerging' was released as a single; "Silent Words" in 2001, with the album ultimately being unreleased.

Remixes of one of the album tracks, "As The Cracks Appear", emerged on a Perfecto promo release, as did a remix of "Superstar", and a remix of the album track "Unafraid", appeared on the soundtrack to the film, Swordfish.

Following the failure of the 'Emerging' project, Johnston continued to write and record with trance producers, contributing five tracks to Paul van Dyk's Grammy Award nominated, Reflections album,^[3] amongst other projects.

In 2008, new solo tracks by Johnston began to emerge, with two of them "Sleeping Satellite" and "Obsession", released digitally in 2009 by Perfecto.

Discography[link]

See Jan Johnston Discography

JJ[link]

Albums[link]

• 1991 Intro...

Singles[link]

• 1990 "If I Never See Sunday"
• 1990 "Slide Away"
• 1991 "If This is Love"
• 1991 "Crying Over You"

Jan Johnston[link]

Albums[link]

• 1994 Naked But for Lilies (A&M Records)
• 2000 'Emerging' (unreleased) (Perfecto Records)

Singles[link]

• 1994 "Paris" (A&M Records)
• 1994 "Alive" (A&M Records)
• 1998 "Asking Too Much" (featuring Jamie Myerson) (Sound Gizmo)
• 2001 "Flesh" (Perfecto Records)
• 2001 "Superstar" (unreleased Perfecto Records)
• 2001 "Silent Words" (Perfecto Records)
• 2001 "As The Cracks Appear" (Perfecto Records promo only)
• 2002 "Am I on Pause?" (Perfecto Records)
• 2003 "Calling Your Name" (Thrillseekers re-recorded version with new vocals; Platipus Records)
• 2008 "Everything I Need (Sea Of Dreams)" (Perfecto Records Promo only)
• 2009 "Happy Ending" (Metallic Recordings)
• 2009 "Sleeping Satellite" (Perfecto Digital)
• 2009 "Obsession" (Perfecto Digital)

Collaborations (Singles)[link]

• 1995 Libra Presents Taylor - "Anomaly - Calling Your Name" (BT-produced track which samples "The Prayer" ("Paris" B-side)) UK #71
• 1997 Submerge - "Take Me By the Hand" UK #28
• 1997 BT - "Remember" UK #27
• 1998 Freefall - "Skydive" (single release, re-issued in 2000 and 2001) UK #75 (1998), UK #43 (2000), UK #35 (2001)
• 1999 BT - "Mercury & Solace" UK #38
• 1999 Libra presents Taylor - "Anomaly" (Remix/Re-release with new video) UK #43
• 2000 Tomski - "Love Will Come" UK #31
• 2002 Cosmic Gate - "Raging (Storm)" UK #48
• 2003 DJ Cor Fijneman - "Venus" UK #109
• 2003 Paul van Dyk - "Nothing But You" (also featuring Hemstock & Jennings and Kym UK #14.
• 2003 Svenson & Gielen - "Beachbreeze" UK #163 (through import sales) (Originally titled "Ocean")
• 2004 Serge Devant - "Transparent"
• 2005 Cosmic Gate - "I Feel Wonderful" (an update of her song recorded with Freefall "Skydive") UK #122
• 2006 Leama & Moor - "Waiting" (originally titled "UR My Book")
• 2007 DJ Shah - "Beautiful"
• 2007 R&Y - "It's Cold Outside"
• 2007 J Joy - "Rush"
• 2008 DJ Trenix - "Let The World Fall Apart"
• 2008 Jussi Soro - "Merge"
• 2008 "Invisible Walls" (collaboration with Nektarios and trance singer Kirsty Hawkshaw) - (Nektarios meets F-used)
• 2010 San - "Perfect Dream"
• 2010 Tenishia - "Flesh 2010" (an update of her track "Flesh")
• 2010 Dave D'Mello - "Remember" (an update of her track with BT)
• 2011 Cosmic Gate - "Raging 2011" (an update of the track released in 2002)
• 2011 Tartarus - "Something's Missing"
• 2011 Nektarios meets F-used - "Invisible Walls 2011"
• 2011 Tenishia - "As It Should"
• 2011 Tartarus - "Define Love"
• 2011 F-used (a collaboration with Kirsty Hawkshaw) - "Inertia"
• 2011 Adam Sheridan - "Hysteria"
• 2011 Kevin Sawka - TBA
• 2011 Walsh & McAuley - TBA
• 2011 Loverush UK! - TBA

Album collaborations[link]

In addition to the singles she has provided vocals for, Jan has also provided vocals to some artist albums with some of the tracks being released as singles.

• 1997 BT - ESCM album featuring Johnston on vocals on "Remember" and "Lullaby for Gaia" (US Version only) UK #35
• 1999 BT - Movement in Still Life album featuring Johnston on vocals on "Mercury & Solace", "Sunblind" (Japanese version only) and featuring Johnston on backing vocals on "Dreaming" & "Running Down the Way Up" UK #87
• 1999 Cloak - "Quiet Then" (from "Hackers Vol. 3" OST compilation album)
• 2001 Tiësto - "Close to You" (from the Tiësto album In My Memory) UK #133
• 2003 Paul van Dyk - Reflections album featuring Johnston on vocals on "Kaleidoscope", "Homage" (originally titled 'I Don't Care'), "Like a Friend", "Spellbound" and "Nothing But You" which features Norwegian vocals "Jeg har ingenting men jeg har alt nar jeg har deg" which translates to "I have nothing but I have everything when I have you." UK #81
• 2003 BT - Emotional Technology album featuring Johnston on vocals on "Communicate" (unofficial single, 2 known remixes have been made)
• 2005 Paul Oakenfold - "Delirium" (from The Club OST Soundtrack Mix album (TV series OST)) (originally recorded with DJ Manalo)
• 2006 Cosmic Gate - Earth Mover album featuring Johnston on vocals on "This Is The Party" and "I Feel Wonderful"
• 2006 Leama & Moor - Common Ground album featuring Johnston on vocals on "Waiting"
• 2006 Ernie Lake - "Daring" (from From the Hamptons to Ibiza, Vol. 2 (Ernie Lake Presents Chill a Bit of Soul) compilation album)
• 2007 Paul Oakenfold - "More Than Human" (from [Vexille] OST compilation album)
• 2008 DJ Shah - "Songbook" featuring Johnston on vocals on "Beautiful (Glimpse Of Heaven)"

Other Works[link]

Johnston has written and recorded many other tracks with various artists which have gone on to be unreleased or even released on promotional copies.

• BT - "Confession" (2001)^[2]
• BT - "Shine" (2001)
• DJ Manalo - "Delirium" (2002) (later remixed and released on 'The Club OST' credited to Paul Oakenfold)^[4][5]
• DJ Manalo - "Falling Away" (2002)
• DJ Manalo - "Eternity" (2002)
• DJ Manalo - "Imagination" (2002)
• DJ Manalo - "Between Two Worlds" (2002)
• Paul van Dyk - "Should I Back" (2003)
• Serge Devant - "Asteroid" (2004)
• DJ Manalo - "I Can't Move On" (2005)
• Matt Darey - "Broken Wings" (2006)^[6]
• Upacchi - "Read My Lips" (2006)

Other unreleased solo works:

• "Out There" (1999)
• "Religion" (1999) (later remixed and renamed as "Halo" which was intended to be a Double A Side release along with "Obsession")^[7]
• "Bittersweet" (2000) (an instrumental of God's Plan from the Emerging album )
• "Crawl To The Edge"
• "Go Away"
• "Faking Smiles" (2004)
• "Not Mine" (2004)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• Jan Johnston discography at Discogs

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Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten live in Toronto, Canada
Background information
Birth name	Ferry Corsten
Also known as	Ferr, System F, Moonman (more)
Born	(1973-12-04) 4 December 1973 (age 38)
Origin	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Genres	Trance
Occupations	DJ, Producer, Remixer
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Flashover
Associated acts	Gouryella, Vimana (more)
Website	www.ferrycorsten.com

Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, (born 4 December 1973) is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry Corsten ranked #7 on DJ Magazine's annual Top 100 DJ Poll, dropping to #9 and #18 in subsequent years.^[1]

Life and career[link]

Before 1999: Early years[link]

Ferry Corsten was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He has produced and remixed under many aliases since the release of his first record at the age of sixteen,^[2] but he officially started to work as a musician when he was 17 years old. As a teenager he saved money to buy his first keyboard by washing cars, and selling mix tapes to kids in his neighbourhood. He later began to perform live performances with a friend and won his first award "De Grote Prijs van Nederland" at Holland in 1989.^[2] He eventually released a record with a couple of friends when he was just sixteen years old and later began releasing self-made productions while he grew up in Rotterdam in the 1990s, producing underground hardcore gabber tracks, later expanding into club-house and trance music. His first single to reach a chart position was "Don't Be Afraid" under the alias Moonman, which was only the start for becoming a composer as well. In 1997 Corsten and his partner Robert Smit established a dance label named Tsunami with the Dutch based dance company Purple Eye Entertainment b.v., this junction made the creation of another label possible; Polar State.^[3] Ferry Corsten was studying to become an Electrical Engineer, so he went to the Technical Training School and after that Higher Technical Education.^[4]

1999–2004: Rise to fame[link]

In February 1999 Corsten's second solo project, System F, was released on the Tsunami imprint along with the album Out of the Blue, including the same-named melodic tune that became a hit on dance floors all over the world, achieving a top twenty position in the United Kingdom single chart. The follow-up single was "Cry", produced together with Robert Smit which reached the UK Top 20.^[3]

His growing popularity in the late 1990s led to cooperation with many famous trance DJs and musicians like DJ Tiësto (Gouryella, Vimana), Vincent de Moor (Veracocha), and Robert Smit (Starparty). The track "Gouryella" by the act Gouryella was released in May, the single entered the UK Singles Top 75 at number fifteen and achieved various hit positions throughout the world. The next single was entitled "Walhalla" which entered the UK single chart at number twenty-seven. In 1999 Ferry was elected as producer of the year at the Ericsson Muzik Award in London.^[2] In September 2000 the third Gouryella single entitled "Tenshi" was released. In 2000, Corsten also remixed William Orbit's "Adagio for Strings" as well as "New Year's Day" for U2. His remix of Barber's "Adagio For Strings" was awarded at the Dancestar 2000 awards. The Ministry of Sound dance compilation series entitled Trance Nation became one of the best selling dance compilations in the UK and was awarded the platinum status.^[3] In 2000 in his home country Corsten got awarded the Silver Harp award for his numerous outstanding contributions made to Dutch dance music.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001 Ferry Performed and Produced the Dance Valley Anthem, the largest selling theme of Dance Valley and the largest event of The Netherlands (80.000 visitors)

In 2002 Ferry contributed to remix projects of tracks by Japanese superstar Ayumi Hamasaki. He went on to compose and arrange her heavily trance-based song "Connected," which was released in 2003, along with remixes, as a single in Germany which has sold 4 million copies, making this one of Ferry's most successful songs.^[2]

Ferry Corsten is the electronic dance music artist with the highest amount of dance singles in the UK charts^{[citation needed]}. He^[when?] has 10 gold singles, between those his 1999 remix of "Madagascar", "Out of the Blue" as his alias System F, both "Gouryella" and "Walhalla" in 2000, "Cry" and the "Dance Valley Theme" in 2001 with "Exhale" which is his latest as System F with Armin van Buuren; and his 2003–2004 singles "Punk" and "Rock Your Body Rock".^{[citation needed]}

In 2003 he launched his first album as Ferry Corsten, Right of Way, in Heineken Musical Hall with 4,500 clubbers at his eight-hour set.^[5] The music video of the song was nominated in the TMF Dutch MTV Awards in Netherlands. The album spawned three singles, "Punk" (UK #29), "Rock Your Body, Rock" (UK #11), and "It's Time" (UK #51). "Rock your body Rock" was voted biggest hit by BG Magazine in The Netherlands and reaches the top 10 in the UK.

In 2004, he produced and performed the single "Everything Goes" for the TMF Dutch Awards.

2005–2007: L.E.F.[link]

In 2005, Corsten founded his own record label, titled Flashover Recordings and released his 2nd artist album L.E.F., And he released his concept L.E.F. worldwide. In this year he was number 5 in the DJ MAG Top 100.

His track "Fire" was nominated in the best trance video category for the^[6] 2006 Trance Awards.In the DJ MAG Top 100 he was number 6 this year.

In 2006 Ferry Corsten performed at a concert in El Salvador in September and he did his Road to Voodoo Bus Tour: 20 states, 27 cities in 5 weeks.

The single "Junk" with vocals by Guru (Gangstarr) – top 20 charts Holland was released in 2006.

On 4 July 2007, Corsten debuted his new weekly radio show titled "Corsten's Countdown" which counts down a list of the highest voted trance tracks.

In 2007 Ferry released the single "Beautiful" – top 40 charts in Holland, and the single "The Race" (Brain Box) – top 20 charts in Holland. Also a New mix compilation Passport United States of America is released.

In 2007 was the successful 1st edition of Full on Ferry Concert Ahoy' Stadium Rotterdam (cap:12.000) and he produced the 1st official anthem for Bavaria City Racing in 2007 (F1 demonstration in the center of Rotterdam with more than 500.000 spectators. Official opening of the event by Ferry Corsten and the prime minister of The Netherlands, Jan Peter Balkenende).

He was dubbed the King of Crossover in an August 2007 interview on UK clubbing website HarderFaster.net, reflecting his recent L.E.F. (Loud Electronic Ferocious) style, which some^[who?] hail as a new direction in dance music. Corsten describes it as "everything from electro house, trance and techno".

2008–2009: Twice In A Blue Moon[link]

Ferry Corsten's third album, Twice In A Blue Moon, which made its debut at the 2nd edition of the Full On Ferry event at Ahoy in Rotterdam, was released on 1 November 2008. The first single from the album, Radio Crash, has been played by Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Above & Beyond and many other DJ's globally. The track has been a huge hit in clubs across the world and gave Ferry a good start in promoting his new album.^{[citation needed]} He also released the single "Into The Dark" ft. Howard Jones (March 2008).

In 2008, Ferry Corsten was the first DJ ever to be named Ambassador of Freedom by Dutch Liberation Day Comity.

2009–present: Twice In A Blue Moon (Remix Edition), Once Upon A Night Vol. 1 & 2 and WKND[link]

Ferry's album, Twice In A Blue Moon, consists of remixes of the previous album (Twice In A Blue Moon). It includes remixes by Rafael Frost, Lange, Ummet Ozcan, Markus Schulz and many more. The countries he visited during Twice In A Blue Moon: The Experience have included; Australia, the United States, Romania, Brazil, and Lebanon with debut show on May 29 in Mallaca, Malaysia.

This year also was the third edition Full on Ferry – The Masquerade in association with UDC on October 17, 2009, at Ahoy' Rotterdam.

In 2009 Ferry Corsten released two singles: "We Belong" from the album Twice in A Blue Moon (Date of release: May 25, 2009) and "Made of Love" from the album Twice In A Blue Moon – top 40 Ducht charts / Radio 538 Dance Smash / No.2 in UK Club Charts (Date of release: Valentine's Day 2009). And he released his DVD; Ferry Corsten – Backstage. Corsten reveals his concept Once Upon a Night, a mix compilation that immediately hit number 1 on iTunes in the US right after its release, and the supporting world tour.

Ferry's interactive radioshow Corsten's Countdown is available in more than 30 countries.

The DJ application Cue Play DJ set up a promotional partnership around Corsten's countdown 150st edition. Cue Play DJ is a mobile digital DJ application for the iPhone, with tracks from the Flashover label.

In 2010 Ferry Corsten has mixed the BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix and the album FC System F – Champions came out in February.

Ferry released Once Upon A Night in 2010. The album came out on March 30 and he started his tour: Once Upon A Night: The Experience.

After the release of Vol.1 Ferry released Once Upon A Night Vol.2 on October 1 and his world tour started on September 17. He's one of the best DJ in the world referring to the DJ Mag Top 100.

Ferry hosted a New Year's Eve event at the O2 Academy Brixton, London in 2011/2012 in which he delivered the midnight set and went on to perform back to back with other successful Trance DJ's/producers - Judge Jules, Sied Van Riel, Marcel Woods to name a few.

Pseudonyms[link]

Aliases[link]

A Jolly Good Fellow, Albion, Bypass, Cyber F, Eon, Exiter, Ferr, Firmly Underground, Free Inside, Kinky Toys, Lunalife, Moonman, Pulp Victim, Pulse, Raya Shaku, Riptide, Sidewalk, Sidewinder, Skywalker, System F, Tellurians, The Nutter.

Collaborations[link]

Discodroids (with Peter Nijborn), Gouryella (with Tiësto), Veracocha (with Vincent de Moor), Vimana (with Tiësto), FB (with Benny Benassi)

Discography[link]

Studio albums

Tours[link]

• Play Station Tour (2003)
• Right of Way World Album tour (2004)
• Heineken Tour (2004)
• Passport Compilation World Tour (2005)
• LEF World Album Tour (2006)
• Tour (2007)
• Tour (2008)
• Twice In A Blue Moon World Tour (2009)
• Once Upon A Night World Tour (2010)

Recognitions[link]

Selected remixes[link]

• Apoptygma Berzerk – Kathy's Song
• Armand Van Helden – Witch Doktor (Free Inside Remix)
• Art of Trance – Madagascar
• Ayumi Hamasaki – A Song for XX
• Ayumi Hamasaki – Kanariya
• Ayumi Hamasaki – WHATEVER
• Bobina – Invisible Touch (Ferry Corsten's Touch)
• BT - Force Of Gravity (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• BT – Suddenly (Ferry Corsten's Fix)
• Corderoy – Sweetest Dreams (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• Cosmic Gate – The Truth (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• Duran Duran – Reach Up For The Sunrise (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• Elles de Graaf – Show You My World
• Embrace – Embrace
• Every Little Thing – For The Moment
• Faithless feat. Boy George – Why Go (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• Faithless feat. Dido – Feelin Good (Ferry Corsten Fix)
• Gatecrasher Sheffield – mix compilation (Mixed by Ferry Corsten)
• Girl Next Door – Jōnetsu no Daishō
• Kai Tracid – Conscious (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• Kamaya Painters – Endless Wave (Albion Remix)
• The Killers – Human
• Klubbheads – Klubbhopping (A Jolly Good)
• Laidback Luke feat. Johanthan Mendelson – Till Tonight (Ferry Corsten)
• Marco Borsato – De Bestemming (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• Markus Schulz – Do You Dream (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• Matt Darey presents Mash Up – Liberation (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• Mind One – Hurt Of Intention (Ferry Corsten Fix)
• Moby – In My Heart
• Moby – Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad
• Nelly Furtado – Do It (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• Novastar – Because The Remix
• Oceanlab – Clear Blue Water
• Public Enemy – Bring the Noise
• Rafaël Frost – Red
• Ramin Djawadi – Prison Break Theme (Ferry Corsten Breakout Remix)
• Rank 1 – Awakening (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• Shiny Toy Guns – Le Disko (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• Solarstone-Late Summer Fields(Ferry Corsten Remix)
• Tiësto – Kaleidoscope (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• Tony Walker – Field of Joy
• U2 – New Year's Day
• William Orbit – Barber's Adagio for Strings
• William Orbit – Ravel's Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte (Ferry Corsten Remix)
• William Orbit feat. Ferry Corsten – Clavier (Ferry Fix)
• Yoji Biomehanika – Theme From Bangin' Globe (System F Remix)

See also[link]

• Flashover Recordings
• Gouryella
• Veracocha

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ferry Corsten

• Official website
• Artist Site at Ultra Records
• (French) Interview Ferry Corsten - Actualites Electroniques
• (English) Interview Ferry Corsten - Actualites Electroniques
• Full On Ferry - Official Website
• (English) Full On Ferry - London NYE 2011/2012 Official Website
• http://deepmix.info Music with Ferry Corsten