Ferry Corsten

Once Upon a Night 4 Ferry Corsten

Maven electronic music master Ferry Corsten opens the book for a fourth spellbinding volume in his fabled 'Once Upon A Night' series. Over two exactingly structured, seamlessly crafted mix chapters, he chronicles his and Flashover Recordings' latest clubland adventures. In addition to his own musical stock, the fourth edition features a wealth of new material from some of Holland's most established label houses - Black Hole Recordings, Spinnin' Records and Armada Music among them. With this new edition Ferry has shifted the style sights - audibly travelling far beyond the exclusive province of trance. Expanding the 'Night's remit, he's opened it up to embrace a wide span of electronic music, from which he draws on audio from both its best-known proponents and brightest young talent. 'Once Upon A Night's pages have been reopened and Ferry's again ready to let the music tell the story. Tonally the fourth O. U. A. N. odyssey departs on calm waters with a brace of tranquillity from London-based producer Ad Brown. With the vocalized shine of 'More' and 'Thrive' prefacing the mix, through fresh studio names Ferry crafts new threads into 'Night's narrative. Drawing on audio from far and wide, Analogue Sound Department's Daft Punk-ish 'Rhodestep', Timur Shafiev's electronica-edged 'Mainstream' and the progressive harmonics of Amir Afargan's 'Dawn of Paradise' light the mix's path. Ducking its head into the big rooms for a moment, the midpoint finds Ferry debuting a track under a new pen name. Composed alongside fellow Hollander Joeri Lodders, the chip-tone channellings of LoCo's 'Out In The Field' again subtly tweak O. U. A. N.'s character. Further in, 'Is This Love' from Zachary Zamarripa and Disco Freaks vs. Dayton Elliss 'Take Me 2 The Sun' inflect a grooving up-swell of house, before 'Once Upon' veteran REZarin signs the chapter off with 'Signature's flourish of pulse-racing anthemcs.