Progressive House/Trance:
Ferry Corsten - Once Upon a Night
Label : Ultra Records
Release : March 29th, 2010
Songs: Too many to list here (there's 2 CDs)
Ferry Corsten. One of my favorite electronic producers ever! There's something about his style that seems more genuine than the other big names. Him and ATB both seem to have stayed with their same general style while Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, and Tiesto seemed to have strayed off into commercialism. He was combining Trance and Electro back in 2003 while only NOW are other artists trying that. Back in the commercial days of 1997-2001 he was probably the most played artist out of anyone; his remixes are innumerable as are the aliases he used. But even after all that it doesn't mean I like all of his material. I've never liked ALL of anyone's material.. ever. Then this compilation came along. I was excited by the name (I love nighttime) but I was left somewhat embittered by Thrillseekers' Nightmusic compilation so I didn't know what to really expect.
When I first get a CD I never listen to each song because I'm very sensitive to certain notes and things. If I get a "feeling" from a song that creates an image I don't like I simply won't listen to it.. so usually I'll skip through each song and scope out what each one is like. For this CD I didn't skip one song. The tech songs are rhythmic, catchy, and have a fair amount of that trance-like atmosphere that seems to be left out of some productions. The progressive house songs are chilled, melodic, and so positive. The pure trance songs are modern while still not sounding contrived or commercial. Supposedly some of the tracks in this album were actually made just for this album. I was pretty surprised by that but considering Ferry Corsten being one of the biggest names in Trance I guess that's to be expected. Even Joni Peter Ljungqvist who's style just isn't for me, has a song on here that I ADORE. This is amazing. I'll be playing the HELL out of this in the summer. THIS is the electronic music that I adore. 9.9/10 (For sure, the highest rating I'll ever give)