Ferry Corsten
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| Birth name | Ferry Corsten |
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4 December 1973 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Origin | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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| Years active | 1989–present |
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 Pulp Victim - Dreams Last For Long (Official Music Video)
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System F - "Out of the Blue" (Official Music Video)
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Ferry Corsten - "Beautiful" (Official Music Video)
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Ferry Corsten presents Gouryella - Anahera (Official Music Video)
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Ferry Corsten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfɛri ˈkɔrstə(n)]; born 4 December 1973) is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer, the majority of his music has been trance. He is well known for producing many pioneering trance tracks during the 1990s–2000s under his numerous aliases, including System F, Moonman, Pulp Victim and Gouryella. In recent years, he has shifted to a broader electronic music style, playing everything from progressive house to melodic trance; and hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events and festivals all over the world including Electric Daisy Carnival, Tomorrowland, and many others. In 2004, Ferry Corsten ranked number 5 on DJ Mag (entering at number 77 in 1999).
Ferry Corsten was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. When he was young, he would listen to a Dutch radio show called "The Soulshow." This show played different selections of various electronic music, including disco and soul music. Whenever he heard a track that he liked, he would go to the record store and purchase it. His first experience in DJing was when he was 15 years old at that time when he was playing at his school parties. As a teenager he saved money to buy his first keyboard by washing cars, and selling mix tapes to kids in his neighborhood. 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. During these years, Corsten also studied to become an electrical engineer. In 1995, under the name Hole In One and aged just 21 years old, he won the prestigious De Grote Prijs van Nederland award, which recognized his outstanding contribution to Holland's electronic dance music scene.
In 1996, while still living in his parents' home, Ferry made his debut at the United Kingdom Singles Chart with his single "Don't be Afraid" under the pseudonym Moonman which ranked at #46. This was his very first major European achievement as a solo dance artist, producer and composer. 1997 saw the release of "Interspace" (a collaboration between Corsten and Peter Nijborn as Discodroids), and his first singles under the Pulp Victim alias: "I'm Losing Control", which was a limited vinyl-only release, and "Dreams Last For Long". They were followed a year later by "The World", which contained vocals by Maire Brennan and got re-released in 1999 with some brand new remixes, including his remix under the Moonman alias. Also in 1997, Ferry 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.
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