The story behind "Gouryella" and more, with Ferry Corsten | Muzikxpress 063 

What is your favorite Ferry Corsten production or remix?

Glad to see that some producers stick to or return back to Trance and not blinded by the $

Respect for Tiesto's contribution to Gouryella, but as a fan I'm so happy that Ferry picked up the baton again. I had always suspected that Tiesto's involvement was secondary for the most part, this confirms it. Not to sell Tiesto short. It was a genre he helped define, but his absence has taken away some of its original edginess. Back in the early days, I always equated Tiestos sound with a darker, more serious approach, and these days, even though Trance is much healthier, that underground feeling is missed. Ferry has always been my favorite producer, however, and I can't imagine the genre without him. Thanks for a wonderful interview.

Trance these days never touches me like the stuff from the late 90's and early 2000's but when "Anahera" came out it did exactly that... just wow! Ferry is such an amazing artist. Thanks for doing yet another interview with him, loved the "Out Of The Blue" one as well.

He is so humble when he says" I was blind"..I love his honesty..He is such a great man and music producer.. Keep "the real trance" alive Ferry !

Ferry is such amazing Guy, Tiesto and Armin should be thankfull to him since he help them out to be where they are now

I love watching all of these Muzikxpress uploads Twan, there have certainly been some great ones since you started, but honestly, I think you've set yourself a new standard with this one right here! Absolute brilliant from start to finish, and everything was so professionally put together. The use of old footage was a really nice touch too. So cool. As for the interview itself, it's always a pleasure listening to Ferry. The passion bursting from him just leaves you hanging onto his every word, and I found myself shouting out loud in agreement to things (such as regarding remixes of new Gouryella tracks) and so on. So good I've watched this three times in full already. I hope it'll be shared on Ferry's socials too and that you'll gain many more subs from it like you deserve to. Keep it up!! \o/

That's great that Ferry got no problems with interviews. What a great man and musician 😊

Ferry is the #1 Trance producer,95% of my favourite Trance tracks are all made by Ferry

the best trance producer ever

Him talking about the gouryella baseline is brilliant :) a unique sound for sure.. whenever you hear it you know it's Ferry

Gouryella Baseline is legendary in trance and its hard to find better imo

Amazing interview. Ferry Corsten is a legend in the trance music circles. So many classics. Gouryella, System F, Pulp Victim, even his own name. Legend.

I met Ferry in 2009 and learned what a great & simple & down to earth guy he is. Treated me, (just a random fan) very nicely and spoke to me for a few minutes (obviously Gouryella was mentioned) and had a photograph with me too. I was on cloud 9 that day. Same thing happened while watching this amazing interview :) So I'd say this, this half hour of an interview made me feel Happy, Emotional, Elated and Calm... Respect Twann!

I love how honest he is about his work and his sounds. “I had my cheat moments with EDM”🙌🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼🙏🏼 what a legend

Great interview. Thank you for letting ferry speak and finish what he was saying before you asked your next question. Not enough people do that these days. Gouryella was a big part of my teen years and gave me that heavenly nostalgia feel that we couldnt quite grasp what was going on deep inside our souls. Reminiscing about something we couldnt remember. Perhaps something that existed in a past life. Thank you ferry for giving us a glimpse of heaven and euphoria.

Kudos to Ferry, he still retains artistic integrity and respects the craft! Too many trance legends churn out uninspiring EDM nowadays. He never lost his passion😎

I saw Ferry's appearance last Saturday and realized what a great producer he was. I am deeply impressed both by his musical genius and the simplicity and honesty in this interview. I wonder if he truly even understands what an impact he has made on true Trance. Just marvelous contribution, not sure what else I could add.

I showed my co- workers Gouryella and various other Classic Trance anthems during a birthday party. They loved it, never heard anything like it before i bet.

Truly beautiful how Ferry took a break from making Trance and then came right back and produced one of the most beautiful tracks I've ever heard, Anahera. I will never forget hearing Anahera live at EDC '16, on my honeymoon with my beautiful new wife. It still gives me goosebumps. When I have a bad day, I put on Gouryella and it turns it into a good day. God bless you Ferry.

Can't imagine life without all these heavenly tracks Ferry has gifted us 💙

Ah, great interview, man. Thank you. Ferry Corsten has done so many great tracks under many different aliases over more than 20 years. He seems like a very likeable guy. It's important to notice that he changed his sound to more electro or even EDM/bigroom, because he didn't feel it (also the market can play a role). We fans expect so much of an artist we love. He should produce music we love over and over again, but he shouldn't do always the same stuff but also shouldn't drift off into genres we can't stand. But we can't see the market, the business stuff, the company, the human being, the taste changing behind the music. I'm glad that Ferry is in the position to say no to "put your hands up, boom boom boom" EDM and do what he likes instead of just having to do it only for the money. I don't only listen to trance. I listen to many many genres and artists. That keeps things fresh. There are only so many good tracks in the best genre and listening to only the same genre is getting a bit boring over time. Imagine a music producer, who has to not only produce music full time, but also play it every week. Today I'm very cool about beloved musicians doing stuff I don't like or changing their style even into a commercial direction. I don't like everything of Ferry Corsten, didn't care much about his latest productions, but that doesn't change that he made tons of great tracks and remixes where many of them I personally can consider classics or evergreens. If he releases something I enjoy I'm happy, and if not, that's fine too. :)

as Indonesian I'm flattered by the chosen word Surga which is indeed means heaven moreover the songs are truly remarkable

He is such a legend.

I love the archive pictures of a young Mr Corsten, imaging that at that time he was making Out of the blue and Gouryella, impressive. Goes to show less is more in the studio regarding the amount of control and options available to you like today.

💞 Ferry Corsten .. I love his old stuff, most of his new music, but this is simply because I literally grew up with the classic Trance, back in the late 90s .. ! What i truely adore is that he is still a down to earth person, no need to show off or being unreachable , he just keeps his path and that is good!! Cool person & great artist !! 💞

Awesome Interview Muzikxpress!!! Keep’em coming! If Mozart & Beethoven were alive today, they would LOVE Uplifting Progressive Trance.

Another fantastic interview! Ferry Corsten is such a musical genius with the production under his aliases. He has produced some of the most iconic tracks with countless numbers of songs. To see Ferry still have that passion for creating and innovating is awesome to see. The story behind Gouryella is fascinating with the collaboration with Tiesto and the revival of Gouryella with Anahera years later. To hear Tiesto’s thoughts/reflection on Gouryella or his time with producing trance would be interesting. Hopefully I can see a System F show.

Take a lil bit of Tenshi and a touch of Ligaya and you get Anahera. This dude is a genius with the Gouryella sound.

@muzikxpress I love all these interviews. I can't believe i haven't discovered your channel sooner. Going through your catalog of titles, is like flicking through my Record Box from that era. I started buying records mid 1999, Trance, Progressive House, and Techno. I first heard "Gouryella" at Sublime (on Pitt Street, Sydney) '98, they had one of the best sound systems of any club at the time, and this track made everyone go berserk on the dance floor. So many good memories.

I saw Ferry live at a really small venue in Atlantic city. He is absolutely amazing

Bro I'm not joking, getting a Ferry Corsten tattoo soon, his music has been a major part of my life

Definetely the best interview with Ferry that i've ever seen! My fav Gouryella? Ligaya for sure!

That is it.Two days and trance classic released.Amazing years.I was around 20 y old and trance exploded.Such a great memories.Now producing tracks myself!

Been a fan since 01...much respect to Ferry Corsten!

Very nice interview Twan. What I do like about Ferry is that he knows what he is doing. He is a talented guy. I really like what he said about music like Gouryella do not need remixes, it is what it is. I do not hope he will rush with anything with Gouryella or System F, quality over quantity any day. And I still feel lucky getting The Gouryella album box with the vinyl. When Ferry had his first big gig in Norway he was booked as System F and not Ferry Corsten. Keep on with interviews Twan, you do a great job.

great interview Twan! My number 1 producer of all time :) Btw,Ferry himself said he loved my chilled version of Anahera - so maybe there is still some scope for alternate versions hehe ;)

I kinda have a interesting relationship with Ferry - yes, relationship. I first met him in 2001 but had been listening to his stuff since 1998. Through countless parties and multiple meetings, I’ve never had enough superlatives that I could think of to describe Ferry as a musical/trance genius but more importantly as a genuinely good human being. This is, to me, the pinnacle of what trance is all about. It has always been about being yourself, being free, and as expressive and emotive as you want to be. His music granted me the ability to truly love something for which I will never care if anyone else likes it or not (trance music). Its sway and influence in my life has been so pervasive and profound that I would literally be a completely different person without trance and specifically the music of Ferry Corsten. There really is no better trance producer past, present, and dare I say, future. We literally have been blessed with a once in a multiple-lifetime gift for which we actually do not even fully comprehend yet just how lucky we are. Thank you for everything Ferry. It’s been 15 years or so since we last met but your impact on me still is as strong as ever. I hope to one day see you tear it up again. 😊 Twan: Thank you for this incredible interview. Top notch!

I went to see ferry corsten wen i was 18 literally best weekend of my life i was inlove and he brought me to my first godskitchen it was deadly wen we got bak to after party we were still buzzing and that was the night my first child was concieved 😊 my only son, thank u ferry for your input 😁

He's such a modest guy. His tunes under System F, Gouryella, and Ferry Corsten are all amazing. His tracks got me into DJing back in 1998 and still to to this day mix with his tracks. Trance forever!

Ferry! Ferry! Ferry!

I watched Ferry live in 6 times, few times on backstage also.. He is so friendly... Love you Ferry with many alias always top in my heart

What a legend, so much respect for this guy!

I watched your Armin's interview before coming to ferry's. It literally broke my heart when he said "I'm not ferry" Right there he just left the trance that ferry is talking here with gouryella... I'm still hoping one day he will wake up and come back. Good thing is ferry is back, doing that thing that gets us ALL going. Trance (with or without the book xD )

Legend👌"i love you"

I met Ferry at Guv in Toronto almost 15 years ago. He was playing the ending set and he came up to me to say hi. I was super shy and just kind of said hi and was a bit nervous. He gave me his autograph and went back to playing his set. He’s always been super cool and genuine. You just can’t help but love this guy. Huge fan. Thanks Ferry for the unforgettable memories and journeys into the trance dimension.

Really interesting interview. Ferry is an absolute legend of electronic music. He seems to be a great guy too. Love the new track Surga. Classic Gouryella sound.

Ferry one of the few producers who always delivers top quality stuff..

Such a nice in-depth interview! Thank you for that. It is really nice to hear from Ferry how he has experienced these changes in the music scene. Even if he did discover other type of music I still enjoyed them! Basically everything that he touches becomes golden, hehe

This was heavenly 😍 Or should I say surgaly ❤

anahera is a work of art im glad ferrys back to his roots these past few years

Every time when I hear Anahera, it really makes me tear up Every Single time! I have been to 5+ ferry shows, seeing him in LA by 2016? And see him 3 times at Dreamstate Socal， DSSF, edc as well, and his 2014 exchange LA show as ferry Carsten is also amazing! This song literally is the representation of pure ness and innocence ! It is the music touch your soul ! Ferry Carsten deserve way more credits and recognition among younger generations of audience !

Thank you for this interview so many great memories to some great Ferry Corsten tunes

I will forever remember Gouryella's set at Dreamstate in 2016. Absolutely incredible, just pure raw emotion.

Ferry's recent stuff like Fulfillment, Stay Awake and connect are also amazing! Would be great to see another interview some time in the future 🙂

Love ferry corsten 😇❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Another brilliant interview with Ferry gouryella system f Corsten. Love your work 💕 such insights in the history of legendary trance.

Best interview so far.

Three aliases to make trance. What a guy! I just loved how he's talking about all those tracks, as if he is talking about his kids, venera anahera gouryella ligaya surga ...etc loved watching the interview, I'm so happy he stayed with what he loves, and didn't follow in tiesto's footsteps, we lost a true trance GOD there, man. thank you for the lovely VLOG

Excellent interview, Twan. This was a marvelous journey in the past, very interesting old footage. Nice to know what is in Ferry's mind regarding EDM, trance and his production process. One of the best trance djs and producers ever.

Loved this interview. Would love to hear about Carte Blanche next time you have a sit down with him. Or... get an interview with Vincent De Moor. ;)

It's always funny when two native speakers speaking a second language due to the audience. :) Thanks Twan to give us more idea about those days when we had no information about these people, backgrounds, stories. Next time I'll do a "Ferry Corsten - You know" drinking game. :D

Incredible story telling!

Thank you for visiting our planet and brings us all the music of heaven

This was educational. Surga is my favorite. Ferry’s a serious artist/producer.

Very good interview, kudos!

He is such a talented artist!! You can hear his passion!

lovey this was such a nice interview. so glad he spoke freely, no interruptions, this is clearly prepared professional interview!

New subscriber here. Ferry is the reason I listen to trance. Wonderful interview , it just flowed so naturally. Thank you for the work you put in , it shows! Cant wait to catch-up on the rest of them.

Hiya sir, i'm very glad i subscribed to your channel. it's so amazing to listen to how trance producers have started their respective careers and still producing trance and learning which equipment they used to produce. I bought Surga thanks to your interview with Mr Corsten again. Always listening to your interviews.

The great thing in my experience with dutch people is there like the mate you know whos had a good well grounded up bringing, with a good education. They the( dutch) always seem very articulate always optomistic and very level headed , no attitude slightly humble , and with a cheeky fun personality, the dutch are great !! My second home my brothers lived ther 12 years and ive stayed every year.

Incredible interview once again! Ferry had such in-depth responses to your questions and it was so cool finding out about his thoughts about Gouryella's future and thoughts on its past :)

So glad you did that interview. Thanks from Pakistan

My fave track definitely: Walhalla (From The Heavens Mix). Ferry just played it at Dreamstate Poland a week ago. I knew the track already but listening to it live, with all the visuals, it's just something else. Out of this world!

Big transformation of corsten

Proud to be Dutch. Nice interview. Great questions. Ferry is in my opinion a great producer, music lover and a nice person.

Fantastic interview. ill be watching all these over the next few weeks. to catch up.

Great interview. Ferry is the best Trance Producer of all time. You just can not argue that fact. I still think the best Gouryella is Tenshi, Tiesto adds a bit more edginess to the earlier sound.

Anahera is easily one of my favourite gouryella tracks. Keep up the good work ferry.

Great interview, I was always curious about the Tiësto feat. Sidewinder thing on Magik 3 so was glad to hear that brought up. The Vimana alias always intrigued me too, why did they have a second project together during the same time period?

Interesting interview. Thank you and thank Ferry for both of your time!

This was a great interview! Very informative! Keep it up. New sub.

Great interview. Loved listening to it. You weren't kidding when you said an in-depth interview with Ferry. Great work again, Twan. 👌👏

Thank you ferry. All my respect 🙏 (edm always sucked)

Ferry is my big inspiration! My favs Ferry’s productions as System F is Cry and Solstice, as Gouryella is Walhalla and Ligaya (Such a good and strong vocal track) and as Ferry, there’s many haha but Radio Crash is my favorite! Great interview Twan!! 🙌🏻

Yes, need to get back to the classic Trance sound!!

u legend bro i did not think u'd get ferry

All your interviews are amazing and I hope your channel blows up soon ❤️ Also Ferry is a legend and it was great to watch this in depth interview with him

12:44-13:06 that's where I've been at in recent years. Trance means more to me now than it did when I first discovered it back then. What it does to me now is on another level, and I am desperately searching for anything I passed up when I was younger.

Great interview, would be nice to see PVD as well.

Such great interview to save and such guy Ferry is, so passionate about his Job.. so kind. Best video/interview I’ve seen in a while, really so valuable. Thanks for that, you instantly earned a subscriber. Waiting for more like this. 🙏🏼

Take a shot every time Ferry says "Yeah!" :)

You should've asked him what are his personal favourite trance/electronic/rock tracks or other artists, that would be interesting to hear. Still, excellent interview I hope for more longer ones like it in the future.

Great interview! Cheers!

Great interview, good job

I think that was the thing back then. The making was much much natural,and less stuff to do with mixing. Hence why classic trance and progressive was so successful because it was much more organic and natural

Ferry is on another level, just a genius

Just a small point but Ferry's English is outstanding, possibly the best of all the Dutch producers

Fantastic interview Twan!!

Damn I love his music!