RS: The new CD, it’s all new productions, are they productions by
you or by other people?
Ferry Corsten: I did a track for the compilation, and that track is
also actually being featured on a new video game and a new iPhone
application. It’s called “Pulse,” so one of the tracks on the album
is also a track on the game, so therefore we were able to use that as
a brand new track in the mix compilation. Other than that, it’s all
artists from my label Flashover Recordings and Black Hole Recordings –
lots of new guys who have submitted tracks to us..
RS: What kind of feel does the CD have?
Ferry Corsten: It’s really a sort of summery flow - very groovy,
almost in a housy way, but also trancy. It's housy and groovy,
starting off slow at 128 BPM. It’s a real summer CD for sure.
RS: It’s 2010 and it’s not enough for DJs to just play music
anymore. Would you agree with that?
Ferry Corsten: Yes, in a way I do. That's why I also started to
bring out show elements last year with ‘Twice in a Blue Moon, The
Experience’ which was the show around my artist album Twice in a Blue
Moon, and now this year I'm doing it with the compilation and Once
Upon a Night. It’s just to give the audience a bit more- there's
music but there's also music with a visual aspect and that is so much
more data in your brain and it does a lot to you. We were sitting in
the visual studio just the other day checking out the visual stuff and
we were just playing random music with it. Just by looking at it,
it’s just wow, there's so much more input that you get and you really
feel it. So if you can combine that with your new concept, it’s just
so much more than just a regular DJ set. Nowadays DJs are also much
more artists in their own way, especially DJs who produce their own
music. As a DJ, it’s allowed to play your own music because people
kind of expect it from you, where back in the day it was like 'oh, he
plays those records all the time, eh not cool.' It’s the other way
around right now, people expect you to play your own music and if you
can combine all that in one show, there you go.
RS: With your touring, how do you find time to make tracks? Are
you like on a laptop in airport?
Ferry Corsten: I am. I try all the time but still most of the work
I’m doing when I'm back home. Usually I'm touring on the weekends,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, so during the week I'm back home
in the studio. Sometimes I have longer tours, like two or three
weeks, but yes, I do everything back home whenever I'm there.
RS: I go to the Amsterdam Dance Event every year and the Dutch
scene is always such a major party. I always notice how there's the
trance guys, like Tiesto and Armin van Buuren, then there's the whole
new Dirty Dutch. In that spectrum, where do you find yourself fitting
in?
Ferry Corsten: I don't know. Like you said, there's really two teams
now. The Dirty Dutch guys, there's one team which is pretty much only
playing in Holland. Then there's the trance guys who play a little in
Holland and then most of it worldwide. So I definitely, belong to the
second part.
RS: What would you like to say to all your fans out there?
Ferry Corsten: Keep an eye out for Once Upon a Night. We're really
planning a lot of the Once Upon a Night Experience shows, so make sure
to check that out because it’s definitely something new.
Interview conducted March 2010.
