Your top 5 Ferry Corsten tracks - (Appreciation Thread)

[Manofearth]

We had one for Airwave, and also one for M.I.KE. How about another legend?

I don't know how many tracks he has but must be over 200, his alias' are also extensive like Laurent's, I can count about 25 in my music library. I was first introduced to him from a track under his Discodroid alias called Interspace back in 1997 as I was just getting into more melodic and synth heavy music however didn't know it was Ferry until later. Adiago for Strings remix was likely what put him on the map for me, and opened the flood gates to his remixes of Madagascar, Universal Nation, Orange theme, and so on. The discovery of Albion Air many years after release on Platipus was what really made me start buying a lot of his material.

Here are my top, would be great to know yours.

1. Ferry Corsten - Sublime
2. Ferry Corsten - Star Traveller
3. Albion - Air
4. Moonman - Galaxia
5. System F - Out of The Blue

 

[MDD]

Damn.. this is tough so I'm trying ignore obvious FC, Veracocha, System F and Gouyella ones which will no doubt be mentioned.

1. Aymuni Hamisaki - connected (Ferry C instrumental dub remix)
2. Ferry Corsten - Punk
3. System F - Needlejuice.
4. Starparty - I'm in love with you ( ferry & Rob Smit remix)
5. Ferry Corsten - Indigo
6. Eon - Pocket Damage

 

[Daysleeper]

1. Corderoy - Sweetest Dreams (Ferry Remix)
2.System F - Spaceman
3.Albion - Air
4.Rank 1 - Awakening (Ferry Remix)
5. Ferry Corsten - In My Dreams

 

[dmgtz96]

1 (tie). Bypass - Cyberia (most underrated Ferry track imo, often attributed to Tiesto)
1 (tie) Albion - Air
2. Lovechild - Liberta (Moonman remix). So grandiose.
3. Moonman - Galaxia
4. System F - Cry (Ferry Corsten clubmix). This version of Cry is pretty gritty and badass. I prefer it over the original.

 

[Manofearth]

Damn.. this is tough so I'm trying ignore obvious FC, Veracocha, System F and Gouyella ones which will no doubt be mentioned

Yes I was hesitant to include those in my list but I had to acknowledge how prominent they were for me when I first go into this kind of music and all the times I spent dancing to it in the clubs. Good times.

 

[Jetflag]

in no particular order of preference

System f - mode confusion
Ferry Corsten - beautifull
Thrillseekers - syneasthesia (ferry corsten remix)
System f - Out of the blue
barbers adagio for strings (ferry corsten remix)

 

[Daysleeper]

System f - mode confusion

love this one

 

[Uplifted]

I wanted to create this thread few months ago after the M.I.K.E thread but didn't have the time to think of all the tunes.

Ferry is my #2 favourite producer in terms of quantity + quality after M.I.K.E.

Top 5 is really hard to do but I'll try my best. I've tried not including the remixes of Ferry Corsten tracks, as that would make it much more longer to think xD

Of course I'll start with my honourable mentions. As usual, the more shivers I have from the track, the closer it is to the first place, and that's how I usually rate my trance.

Honourable mentions:

20. Ayumi Hamasaki - Kanariya (System F Mix)
19. Ferry Corsten - Shanti
18. Faithless feat. Boy George - Why Go (Ferry Corsten Remix)
17. System F - Ignition, Sequence, Start!
16. Ferry Corsten - Beautiful
15. Ayumi Hamasaki - Connected (Ferry Corsten Remix)
14. Gouryella - Ligaya (Original Instrumental Mix)
13. Desiderio - Starlight (Ferry Corsten Remix)
12. Corderoy - Sweetest Dreams (Ferry Corsten Remix)
11. Mash Up Matt - Liberation (Fly Like An Angel) (Ferry Corsten Remix)

And now the top 10 itself:

10. Vimana - Dreamtime
09. Albion - Air (Original Mix)
08. Lovechild - Liberta (Moonman Remix)
07. Anomaly - Calling Your Name (Ferry Corsten Remix)
06. Aven - All I Wanna Do (Ferry Corsten Remix)
05. Evoke - Arms Of Loren (Ferry Corsten Remix)
04. System F - Solstice (Original Extended)
03. Ferry Corsten vs. The Thrillseekers - Sublime
02. System F - Insolation (Ferry Corsten Flashover Remix)
01. Ferry Corsten - Gabriella's Sky

Hope you like my top 5 (20). There's honestly SO MANY tunes I could've put here as well.

For example, Late Summer Fields (Ferry Corsten Remix)... (I didn't include it as it's my ex-gf's fav trance track )
Or Ferry's remixes of William Ørbit's "Barber's Adagio for Strings" + underrated "Ravel's Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte", which are amazing...
Or Synaesthesia (Ferry Corsten Remix) which I consider to be the best version of this track due to a very emotional start of the breakdown...
Or I'm In Love (Ferry Corsten & Robert Smit Remix)...
Or Midsummer Rain which was put as a free download years ago, a progressive gem....

But yes, I should stop now with his creations as there's just too many masterpieces.

Some of the tunes I really wanted to include but didn't do it, as they're remixes:
- Sweet Sorrow (Thrillseekers Remix);
- Soul On Soul (Barthezz Heavenly Remix);
- Interspace (C.M Club Remix);
- Galaxia (Aly & Fila Remix);
- Star Traveller (Hydroid vs. Zehavi & Rand Remix);
- Made Of Love (Science Deal For Angelica Instrumental Mix)

Saturday morning spent well.

 

[Enlusion]

System F — Spaceman
System F — Needlejuice
Gouryella — Tenshi
Tony Walker — Field of Joy (Ferry Corsten Remix)
Cosmic Gate — The Truth (Ferry Corsten Remix)

 

[Magdelayna]

My favourite producer of all time,very hard for me to make a list - i will do a top 50 or something one year hehe.

Top 10 would look something like this :

1 System F - Out Of The Blue
2 Gouryella - Gouryella
3 Ferry Corsten - Galaxia 2005
4 Gouryella - Ligaya
5 William Orbit - Ravel (Ferry Corsten Mix)
6 William Orbit - Adagio (Ferry Corsten Mix)
7 Corderoy - Sweetest Dreams (Ferry Corsten Mix)
8 Desiderio - Starlight (Ferry Corsten Mix)
9 Matt Darey - Liberation (Ferry Corsten Mix)
10 The Generator - Where Are You Now? (Moonman Mix)

 

[Magdelayna]

Sod it,i did a top 60 :

1 System F - Out Of The Blue

2 Gouryella - Gouryella

3 Ferry Corsten - Galaxia 2005

4 Gouryella - Ligaya

5 William Orbit - Ravel (Ferry Corsten Mix)

6 William Orbit - Adagio (Ferry Corsten Mix)

7 Corderoy - Sweetest Dreams (Ferry Corsten Mix)

8 Desiderio - Starlight (Ferry Corsten Mix)

9 Matt Darey - Liberation (Ferry Corsten Mix)

10 The Generator - Where Are You Now? (Moonman Mix)

11 Veracocha - Carte Blanche

12 Ferry Corsten - Beautiful

13 Kosheen - Catch (Ferry Corsten Mix)

14 Evoke - The Arms Of Loren (Ferry Corsten Mix)

15 Ferry Corsten - Made Of Love

16 Moonman - Galaxia

17 Starparty - Im In Love (Ferry Corsten & Robert Smit Mix)

18 System F - Cry

19 Lovechild - Liberta (Ferry Corsten Mix)

20 Aven - All I Wanna Do (Ferry Corsten Mix)

21 System F - Solstice

22 Gouryella - Anahera

23 Marc et Claude - LA (Moonman Mix)

24 Gouryella - Tenshi

25 Ferry Corsten - Freefalling

26 Marc et Claude - NE (Ferry Corsten Mix)

27 Ferry Corsten - Holdin' On

28 Ferry Corsten - In My Dreams

29 Liquid Child - Return Of Atlantis (Ferry Corsten Mix)

30 Rank 1 - Awakening (Ferry Corsten Mix)

31 Subsola - So Pure (Ferry Corsten Mix)

32 Roger Goode - In The Beginning (Ferry Corsten Mix)

33 Tiesto - Kaleidoscope (Ferry Corsten Mix)

34 Gouryella - Walhalla

35 Ferry Corsten - Not Coming Down

36 Art Of Trance - Madagascar (Ferry Corsten Mix)

37 Ferry Corsten - Follow You

38 FB - Who's Knockin'? (Ferry Corsten Mix)

39 Ferry Corsten - Punk

40 Ferry Corsten - Gabriella's Sky

41 Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body Rock

42 Albion - Air

43 Kamaya Painters - Endless Wave (Albion Mix)

44 System F - Exhale

45 System F - Elevate

46 Moonman - Don't Be Afraid

47 Faithless - Why Go? (Ferry Corsten Mix)

48 Discodroids - Innerspace

49 Pulp Victim - The World '99

50 Cascade - Transcend (Moonman Mix)

51 Ayla - Ayla (Veracocha Mix)

52 Cygnus X - The Orange Theme (Moonman Mix)

53 Libra - Calling Your Name (Ferry Corsten Mix)

54 Gouryella - Venera

55 Ferry Corsten - Homeward

56 Luis Paris - Incantation (Ferry Corsten & Robert Smit Mix)

57 Vimana - We Came

58 Ferry Corsten - Freefall

59 Ferry Corsten vs The Thrillseekers - Sublime

60 Ferry Corsten - Sweet Sorrow

 

[MDD]

System F — Spaceman
System F — Needlejuice
Gouryella — Tenshi
Tony Walker — Field of Joy (Ferry Corsten Remix)
Cosmic Gate — The Truth (Ferry Corsten Remix)

Needlejuice !!!!

 

[MDD]

A rare and decent FC remix was High by lighthouse family too. Heard that first by ferry himself at code in Birmingham, many moons ago.

 

[Daysleeper]

Needlejuice !!!!

 

[MDD]

I do the exact same expression when Needlejuice comes on. Haha

 

[Propeller]

When I first got into trance in 1999 he was my hero, however I don't think I've liked any of his stuff post 1999.

1. Kamaya painters - Endless wave (Albion remix)
2. Pulp Victim - The World 99 (Moonman remix)
3. Lovechild - Liberta (Moonman remix)
4. 2HD - Electric Skies
5. Veracocha - Carte Blanche

 

[dmgtz96]

I do the exact same expression when Needlejuice comes on. Haha

The Jan Driver remix of that is a class act. Completely forgot about it, and hadn't heard it in years, but it's so good.

 

[proxi]

There must be around 50 tracks by FC that I love to bits. But here is my top 5 based on nostaglia, feelings, warmth etc.

1. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix)
2. Gouryella - Tenshi
3. System F - Out Of The Blue
4. The Space Brothers - Forgiven (I Feel Your Love) (Pulp Victim Remix)
5. Matt Darey - Liberation (Ferry Corsten Remix)

Liking every other track posted in this thread. But I'd like however to give mention to five great ones that haven't been posted.

1. System F - The Sonnet
2. Moby - In My Heart (Ferry Corsten Remix) - check 1:40
3. System F - Cry (DotNL Mix)
4. Electrique Boutique - Revelation (Ferry Corsten Remix)
5. Apoptygma Berzerk - Kathy's Song (Ferry Corsten Remix)

 

[Hensmon]

don't think I've liked any of his stuff post 1999.

Haha what!? Cmon, surely not. This might win the TF hipster award comment for 2021

 

[Daysleeper]

TF hipster award comment for 2021

So I dont take that prize this year