Ferry Corsten

A pioneer and a dynamic force in the electronic dance music industry, Ferry Corsten never ceases to amaze, awe and even challenge his music contemporaries with the zest and talent he has in his productions and musical sets. He is widely recognized for opening the flood gates of Dutch producers and DJs to the international music scene. As a professional DJ, Ferry Corsten has consistently remained one of the world's top 10 DJs in over last few years. He is currently listed at number 5 on UK's DJ magazine (2004) and number 8 on America's BPM magazine (2005).

Since then, he's consistently traveled around Europe, America, and Asia every year averaging about 130 performances around the globe with concentrations on America, Europe and Asia. Known for the countless aliases he has produced and remixed under since the release of his first record at the age of sixteen, Ferry Corsten has remained steadfast in pursuing his dream of spreading his unique sublime sound to music lovers worldwide. In his quest, he has gained not only respect in the music industry he has built around him but in similar musical genres as well. Ferry had always been interested in music as a child. Tinkering with his father's record player at a young age, he saved up money to buy his first keyboard by washing cars, and selling mixed tapes to kids in his neighborhood. He then embarked on a live act performance with a friend and won his first award De Grote Prijs van Nederland Holland in 1989. He eventually released a record with a couple of friends when he was just sixteen years old and has evolved into releasing self-made productions. To this date, Ferry produces and engineers all his musical productions and compilations.

After initially producing some underground club tracks Ferry became more interested in clubhouse and trance. In 1996 Ferry achieved his first chart position in the U.K. single chart at #46 with Don't be Afraid by Moonman, his first major and European breakthrough as a solo dance Artist, producer and composer. Since then, Ferry Corsten is the only electronic dance music artist to achieve the most number of dance singles in the UK charts and currently has 9 Gold UK singles to his credit: Madagascar-Ferry Corsten Remix 1999 Carte Blance- Veracocha, 1999 System F-Out of the Blue 1999 Gouryella-Gouryella 2000 Gouryella-Walhalla 2000 System F-Cry 2001 ? System F-Dance Valley 2001 System F vs. Armin van Buuren- Exhale 2002 Ferry Corsten-Punk 2003 Through the success of his production skills, he has also produced the Japanese Popstar, Ayumi Hamasaki's single Connected in her latest album that has sold 4 million albums to date worldwide (2003). Similarly, he has been nominated and has a won numerous awards in the last few years.

Ferry Corsten has been elected as Producer of the Year during the Ericsson Muzik Awards in London (1999), leaving fellow-nominees like P.Diddy and Rodney Jerkins behind him. In 2000 in his home country Ferry got awarded the prestigious Silver Harp award for his outstanding contributions made to Dutch dance music. He is nominated in this year's (2004) Winter Miami Music Conference for best International DJ and Best Compilation (Ferry Corsten: Mixed Live) and Best National DJ and Best Video (Rock Your Body Rock) for the TMF (Dutch MTV) Awards in the Netherlands (2004). 2004 is a culmination of his work as a producing artist and DJ. The launch of his artist album Right of Way at the Heineken Musical Hall (Netherlands2003) where 4,500 clubbers came to be with Ferry in a special 8 hour set. The album was a milestone in Ferry's quest to combine his artistic skills as both a producer and a DJ on an international scale. The first single released from his artist album Right of Way (released in February 2004 in Europe under Positiva UK (EMI)) Rock Your Body Rock debuted on number 11 on the UK Charts (February 2004). Remixes of this single were made by Moby and Renee Pilgrim. In 2005, Ferry is set to unleash a new signature mix album series entitled ?Passport, which will continue Ferry's legacy of brilliant mix albums, yet with more original productions and remixes included in the set. The debut release for the Passport series will be entitled Ferry Corsten presents Passport: Kingdom of the Netherlands. With Passport, Ferry also joins the roster of Thrive Records, home of such electronic music luminaries as Paul Oakenfold, Roni Size and Deep Dish. Join him in his musical journeys, be it with his current or past artist albums, a night out with him in your favorite club, or on the radio.