Right of Way

by

Ferry Corsten

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I've heard people mock this CD so far, and I can't believe someone could mock at the ingenuity of this album.

I think people were expecting a load of junky, played-out-sounding trance tracks on this album.

Well, Ferry Corsten, previously known as System F, has been around for years and he is past the cheapy trance stage. He now has presented us with a plethora of electronica tunes in every subgenre of this music type. I suppose this would be classified as HOUSE music overall, but it goes beyond that.

The melodies are so detailed to perfection on these tracks that I sometimes get stuck in another world while listening to some of these songs. The song "Kyoto" is a really beautiful trance tune with an air of Japan flowing through it.

Not many of the songs have vocals, but the ones that do, like "It's Time" have perfect-sounding fems singing them. I think every song on this album has its own unique style, so it doesn't ever bore me to listen to the whole thing at once.

Three music videos are included on the DVD, as well as other live footage+interviews, which really makes it worth beyond the price that it's set at. Amazing deal, and this was worth the wait to hit the shelves.

...and what a wait it's been. This is the first album under Ferry Corsten's own name & it's a marked improvement on his last effort, "Together" - under his most famous guise, System F. That was only released in Japan and when you hear it, you can see why. It was a cheap, tacky load of rubbish and Ferry must have been paid a lot of money to make it otherwise i'd like to think that he wouldn't have bothered. "Right of way" is a return to form showing his distinctive style in variety of tracks on offer here. Whether it be trance, electro, it even gets a bit rocky in places. Bear in mind however that recent album releases by trance stalwarts Three Drives and newcomer-ish, Mirco de Govia, knock socks off this album but they are in a class of their own & Ferry certainly has some new competition doing the rounds. That said, "Right of way" is solid, extremely danceable & well produced. It includes the single "Punk", plus new single "Rock, body rock" (one of the strongest tracks) plus some System F sounding tracks like "Star traveller" & "Kyoto". I've only given it 3 stars because all it lacks really is a bit of originality. That said, i'm still a huge fan. The question remains though, have Ferry's best tunes come & gone now? judge for yourself.