Passport: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Passport: Kingdom of the Netherlands

ASIN: B0009ML2Q0

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Hailing from Rotterdam City, The Netherlands, Ferry Corsten has quickly grown into one of the world's foremost DJ/Producers. In 2005, he was voted #5 DJ in the world by UK's DJ Magazine, and #8 in America by BPM Magazine. Ferry, along with fellow Dutchmen Tiesto and Armin Van Buren, are champions of the ever-popular Dutch trance sound. With a handful of acclaimed mix albums under his belt, as well as his lauded debut artist album, Ferry is now primed and ready to take his signature sound to the next level with the launch of his "Passport" series. The first installment of "Passport" will feature Ferry returning to his DJ role on this mixed double CD set, yet the album also features a handful of exclusive productions and remixes from Ferry himself. These include his bootleg remix of BT's "Force or Gravity" and "Underwater" under Ferry's System F alias, amongst others. With a track selection that moves from smooth and melodic to big and banging, "Passport: Kingdom of the Netherlands" is set to become a fan-favorite trance mix.

Passport: Kingdom of the Netherlands,Ferry Corsten,Thrive (Red),Club/Dance,Dance,Dance Music,Netherlands,Pop,Progressive Trance,Trance

Average customer rating:

a very good mix

Overall, a solid and thoughtful mix album.

Not very impressed

Ferry Corsten is Amazing

Not the best!

Passport: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Ferry Corsten
Manufacturer: Thrive (Red)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
Netherlands | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0009ML2Q0
Release Date: 2005-06-28

Tracks:

Cassino & Laben "Leaving Panic Behind" (Flash Brothers Remix)
Matthew Adams pres. Stratosphere "Sunscape" (Alucard Remix)
Tonepusher's "Daydreamer" (Bill Hamel Remix)
Yilmaz Altanhan "Eighties" (g Remix)
Sublunar "Sanctuary" (Antidote's Tech Mix)
Varian "Endless Desire" (Mark Otten Energetic Remix)
Solid Globe "Lost Cities"
Ferry Corsten "Galaxia"
BT "Force Of Gravity" (Ferry Corsten Bootleg Remix)

Tracks:

Airbiscuit "Lately" (Riley & Durrant Mix)
Ronski Speed "2Day"
Dogzilla "Without You"
Purple Haze "Adrenaline"
Ferry Corsten "Sublime" (Thrillseekers Remix)
System F "Underwater"
FB feat. Edun "Whos Knockin'?" (Ferry Corsten Remix)
Misja Helsloot "Blue Monkey" (Pierre Hiver Remix)
JPL "A Place Called Home" (Passiva Remix)

Album Description

Hailing from Rotterdam City, The Netherlands, Ferry Corsten has quickly grown into one of the world's foremost DJ/Producers. In 2005, he was voted #5 DJ in the world by UK's DJ Magazine, and #8 in America by BPM Magazine. Ferry, along with fellow Dutchmen Tiesto and Armin Van Buren, are champions of the ever-popular Dutch trance sound. With a handful of acclaimed mix albums under his belt, as well as his lauded debut artist album, Ferry is now primed and ready to take his signature sound to the next level with the launch of his "Passport" series. The first installment of "Passport" will feature Ferry returning to his DJ role on this mixed double CD set, yet the album also features a handful of exclusive productions and remixes from Ferry himself. These include his bootleg remix of BT's "Force or Gravity" and "Underwater" under Ferry's System F alias, amongst others. With a track selection that moves from smooth and melodic to big and banging, "Passport: Kingdom of the Netherlands" is set to become a fan-favorite trance mix.

Customer Reviews:

a very good mix.......2007-02-06

first of all, pay no attention to the spotlight review from "doctor trance". He must have been listening to another album, because this one is extremely good. I think he was upset that its 18 songs on a double disc set, whereas some double disc sets have 15 songs per disc. good point, but thats no cause to give the music on the album a bad review. this is an excellent 2 disc compilation with the exception of 4 songs that are completely passable. the first cd's track selection could not have been better. songs 1 through 9 are complete bliss, but 5 through 9 are superior. 6. Varian "Endless Desire" is my favorite on the cd. he mixes in such a way that it feels like a story is being told. each track compliments the other, whereas alot of compilations nowadays feel like the songs are just thrown together. cd 2 has a great selection as well. id have to say that 1. Airbiscuit "Lately", 2. Ronski Speed "2Day", 4. Purple Haze "Adrenaline", 5. Ferry Corsten "Sublime", and 7. FB feat. Edun "Who's Knockin'?" are the good songs on this cd. the overall progression of cd 2 is not as good as cd 1 but it has a little more energy. songs 1 and 2 are by far my favorite. song 3 is entirely to cheezy for my taste, and 6, 8, and 9 just didnt do it for me. overall a very good mix, with the exception of those songs.

Overall, a solid and thoughtful mix album........2006-06-06

"Passport: Kingdom of the Netherlands" constitutes the first installment in what will apparently be a series of "Passport" releases. "Passport: Kingdom of the Netherlands" is also presented as being reflective of the most recent sound Corsten has involved himself in, although this essentially doesn't sound at all dramatically distinctive when comparing it to his previous releases. A noticeable, and fortunate difference, however, is the absence (or reduced presence) of some of the more obnoxious overbearing synth dominated trance prevalent throughout the track selections in his previous mixes. Like essentially all other trance DJ mix albums, this particular release features the latest and greatest to be produced from the trance world by various producers and remixers- some well established in the minds of trance enthusiasts, and others being relatively recent arrivals, hitting the cusp of their musical breakthroughs.

Having said this, this album amounts to one of the more refreshing releases of the year (2005). The mixing, while flowingly smooth, is adequate, but ultimately uninspiring. The track selection and sequencing, however, are consistently above average across the board. The tracks presented in this mix have the climactic and intense feel trance has come to embody, and, as mentioned before, is (generally) devoid of the squelching synth unpleasantness trance has also come to embody. The spectrum of emotion carried by these tracks ranges from driving moodiness, to euphorically atmospheric, so there's a little something for most trance enthusiasts on this album.

The first disc opens up with the Flash Brother's remix of Cassino & Laben's "Leaving Panic Behind", which is a good opener that sets an effective mood and groove to develop throughout the rest of the mix. We then mix into one of the highlights of the entire album, Alucard's gorgeous remix of "Sunscape". Here we are delighted to a beautiful Balearic-like experience, an experience that trance has proven itself capable of capturing time and time again. The pace and intensity is enhanced a peg or two with a track that apparently proved dominant in the trance world in 2005- Yilmaz Altanhan- Eighties (Ozgur Can remix). This track did exceptionally well in 2005, and with good and legitimate reason- it sounds outstanding, and its odd eclecticism works very much in its favor.

The pace is maintained and poised for development with "Sanctuary (Antidote's Tech mix)- a melodically fun track that would have probably worked better earlier on in the set . The rest of the CD, while flowing particularly well, passes by rather uneventfully- "Lost Cities" stands as a passable, but somewhat forgettable production, and Ferry Corsten's own Galaxia appears somewhat misplaced in this mix, as it captures that rather derivative sense of ultra-trance euphoria more than any other track on this disc. Closing the first disc is Corsten's bootleg of BT's "Force of Gravity", which is the original endowed with Corsten's signature hands-in-the-air climactic trance production sound that many have come to know (and perhaps dislike intensely). However, it isn't excessively prominent, and actually amounts to an enjoyable production that also ends the first disc on an effective note.

The second disc is personally that which I prefer when considering the album as a whole, as it consists simply of a larger number of more memorable tracks that also happened to be sequenced perfectly with each other. With respects to the matter of pace and intensity, the second disc appears to have been produced with the first in mind, picking up essentially where it left off. Consider the second disc the climactic pay-off to the first- the direction where the first had deliberately led up to. Faster, harder, and throbbing intense tracks is what we are presented with on the second disc.

The second disc opens up on a rather peculiar note, though, with the awkward and almost laughable vocals of "Lately", which would have functioned much more interestingly as simply being a dubbed version. The intro-track notwithstanding, Ronski Speed's 2day, although melodically uninteresting, provides an excellent lead into Dogzilla's "Without You". "Without You" provides an excellent example of the direction trance has apparently taken within the past year, fusing itself with conspicuous elements of House and Progressive House- the percussion of house, and the melodic mindfulness of trance. Definitely an excellent track that is well complemented by its vocals.

With Purple Haze's "Adrenaline" (a track that also did extremely well in 2005), we've become thoroughly involved in the "peak-time" tracks of the album, and "Adrenaline" certainly doesn't disappoint those who are interested in melodic and climactic track without the derivative silliness of many generic trance productions that have been released in the past. "Sublime" is perhaps the most outstanding release on the album, with its enormously captivating and atmospheric melody, sure to evoke a highly emotional response among many. Definitely one of the most remarkable collaboration projects Corsten has been involved in.

With the mix into System F's (Ferry Corsten) Underwater, we've extended beyond the half-way point, but unfortunately, we've also witnessed an end to the mostly exceptional streak of quality selection and sequencing that characterized the first half. With "Underwater", we have a considerably bland melody that grows increasingly tiresome the more repetitive it becomes. "Who's Knockin" is an uneventful vocal trance production (with what I find to be an asinine vocal sequence- you'll know it when you hear it) that denotes a noticeable sense of relaxation in the pacing of the set, which picks up slightly with "Blue Monkey", and leads into the disc's closing track, Passiva's remix of "A Place Called Home", which ends the disc and the album on a significantly high note. This track reflects the intent to capture a sense of emotional euphoria through some of the more typical trance oriented mechanisms and means of doing so, but unlike a myriad of typical trance releases, this accomplishes the task to enormous success.

So, when taking into account the various elements involved in the composition of this album, how does it stand up? Quite well, actually. This is a solid release that competently produces the sensation of proceeding through a journey of music- with highs and lows, with gentle atmosphere and hammering intensity. There are some unfortunate difficulties involved in this release, though, the most noticeable among them being the peculiar lack of sheer track quantity- there are only nine tracks on both discs, resulting in only 18 in total. The run time of each disc still doesn't sufficiently compensate for this absence of quantity, with the first disc consisting of 1:02.46 of content, and the second consisting of even less- 59:21. Why Corsten deliberately decided to include such a limited amount of content is unclear.

Secondly, there are a considerable number of stand-out productions in this album, but they are unfortunately, in some instances, detached from each other by a gulf of what are frankly mediocre tracks, resulting in a dramatic undermining of the consistent and engaging flow of attention grabbing productions that Corsten is capable of creating at some points on this mix album. However, these unfortunate elements become quite eclipsed by what is an overall fine track selection, and when Corsten finds his groove, the listener is simultaneously captured along with it. This CD is certainly recommended.

Not very impressed.......2006-04-29

So, Ferry comes out with a cd just to make extra money is how I felt about this one. He is my favorite Dj, but I think this is not the Ferry that we know. I would not recommend purchasing this one and I would wait for 'Loud, Electronic, Ferocious' to come out.

Ferry Corsten is Amazing.......2006-03-27

Ferry Corsten is one of the best Dj's in the world...period. No matter whether his tracks are chill or upbeat they will entertain you and keep you moving. What I hate about some "trance" fans is that they expect all the music from their artists to be ENTIRELY upbeat, and that would severely limit the artists creativity. That would be like asking Jordan to ONLY shoot his jumpshot, or for RODDICK to practice his serve and nothing else. A good artist will excel in various styles and will allow the listener to experience various emotions...this is what Corsten does! This is an amazing cd that I am sure you will enjoy. Ferry Corsten is my favorite DJ and he deserves all my praise for this album! Keep the trance scene alive!

Not the best!.......2005-12-21

This track isnt one of the best albums, and theres not alot of tracks on it, I think Ferry should of pushed it to 10 tracks a disc. The tracks arent upbeat or loud or anything like that, I think its one of those albums meant for a lazy saturday afternoon.

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