◇ image via WikipediaFerry Corsten
Ferry Corsten is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bingo Players, Tiësto, Darude, Audien and Gareth Emery. Those roots explain a lot about how Ferry Corsten arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, 4 Strings, Gareth Emery and ATB, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Above & Beyond, Tritonal, Paul Oakenfold, Oliver Lieb and Tiësto, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Ferry Corsten, reaching back through Bingo Players and forward to Above & Beyond. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Ferry Corsten OON is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer. 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 uplifting trance; and hosts his own weekly radio show, Resonation Radio. Corsten routinely plays at events and festivals all over the world including Electric Daisy Carnival, Tomorrowland, and many others, and has been consistently ranked among DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs poll, having placed at rank 5 in 2004 and 2005, 6 in 2006 and 2008; and most recently at 80 for 2024.
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Ferry Corsten connections
Ferry Corsten grew out of Bingo Players, Tiësto, Darude and Audien, shares an orbit with Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, 4 Strings and Gareth Emery, went on to shape Above & Beyond, Tritonal, Paul Oakenfold and Oliver Lieb. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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