L.E.F.

by

Ferry Corsten

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Yes, I agree, this album is unlike many of Ferry's trance remix albums. One can discern some trance influences on this album (as in "Galaxia"), but overall, the album has a clean, mildly agressive sound. It's even bombastic at times.

I had to get used to the sound, since many sounds seem to be coming out of old Atari or Commodore-64 computers. The use of effects, such as reverb or echo is minimal, as is the spaciousness that is so characteristic of many trance songs. The melodies are simple but haunting.

All in all, I simply LOVE this album for its originality! Ferry Corsten has succeeding in creating something that is not mainstream and that has a definite retro-feel, like good old synthi-pop (though with some more massive beats). Just listen to "L.E.F.", which is a gem, as is the back-in-time pop song "Forever" (with definite hit potential). Or take "Into the Dark" and the most trance-like song of the album "Galaxia". More experimental are "Watch Out" (the worst song on the album, in my opinion) and "Cubikated" (with Prodigy-influences). Definitely not the average trance stuff - so if you're into Ferry's more trance stuff, take a listen to this album before buying, since this is different stuff. As I said, I had to get to listen a couple of times to the album to appreciate it.

To me this once again proves that Ferry is a great electronic producer who still developing his style and is not afraid to experiment!

While the music on this album does distinctly sound like Ferry Corsten's, it doesn't meet the quality that his first album had. The first few tracks, which are my favorite, don't really seem to go anywhere, i.e. you have reached the peak of the song in the first thirty seconds. As the album progresses, the songs get worse and worse. Corsten starts leaning towards more sample based music in the last part of the CD, and many of the samples are ones I have heard before from other musicians such as Chemical Brothers or the Prodigy. Despite all that though, it's still an okay album, and if you really love Ferry Corsten, you will still probably enjoy this album at least a little bit.