Gouryella

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Gouryella
Also known asFerry Corsten
OriginNetherlands
GenresTrance
Years active
  • 1998–2002
  • 2015–present[1]
LabelsTsunami
Flashover Recordings
MembersFerry Corsten (1998–present)
Past membersTiësto (1998–2001)
Websiteferrycorsten.com

Gouryella is a solo trance project of Dutch musician Ferry Corsten. Gouryella was originally a Dutch production duo, comprising Corsten and Tiësto, who later left in 2001. The word itself means "heaven" in an Australian aboriginal language.[2][which?]

In 2015, his track "Anahera" was chosen as "Tune of the Year" on Armin van Buuren's show A State of Trance.

History

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1998–2003

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In 1998, Dutch musicians Ferry Corsten and Tiësto collaborated to create Gouryella.[3] In time there were twenty separate album releases of the first four Gouryella tracks from nine different record labels.[4] One of those albums was In Search of Sunrise. As of 2019, Gouryella has produced eight tracks: "Gouryella", "Gorella", "Walhalla", "In Walhalla", "Tenshi", "Ligaya", "Anahera" and "Neba". "Gorella" and "In Walhalla" were B-sides and were not released in the UK, although they did appear on the respective German and Dutch import albums.

The first single, "Gouryella", was released in May 1999 and became a huge hit scoring various chart positions around the world, including a top fifteen position in the UK Singles Chart.[5][6][7] A remix vinyl, containing remixes by Armin van Buuren and Colin Tevendale and Stuart Crichton under their Gigolo alias, was released later.[5] After the success of "Gouryella", Corsten and Tiësto hit the studio together again and came up with their more commercially orientated follow-up single, entitled "Walhalla". The single, which also included a remix from Armin, as well as Hybrid, was released in September. Complemented with vocals by Rachel Spier, "Walhalla" became again an international success and solidified Gouryella's status as a production duo.[8][9] This reputation was backed up when both singles were certified Gold on record sales.[10] On October 24, 1999, Corsten and Tiësto were profiled on an episode of the Dutch TV show Lola da Musica, documenting their gigs in Ibiza and Glasgow, and the making of "Walhalla".[11]

Also in 1999, Gouryella remixed two tracks for other artists: Binary Finary – "1999" and Solange – "Messages".[12] Additionally, Ferry Corsten and Tiësto released two tracks under the name of Vimana. "We Came" appeared on Tiësto's Black Hole Recordings and featured a B-side "Dreamtime".[5][13] The release of "Tenshi" (Japanese for "angel") in 2000 featured some remixes from Transa, ATB and Ratty (Scooter).[14] The single has been included in video games such as FIFA Football 2002 and Dance Dance Revolution X2.

In late 2001, there were rumours in the forums of Trance.nu that Gouryella had suffered a split when Tiësto left the act. To get the rumours confirmed, the site's staff sent a message to Black Hole Recordings, to which Arny Bink, the co-founder of the label, replied and said: "I can confirm that Gouryella have split up, and although there will be new Gouryella tracks, Tiësto will no longer produce them. This is for artistical reasons only [. . .] Ferry and Tiësto are still good friends."[15] Many took the rumours about a possible Gouryella split as being the result of an article about DJ Tiësto's album In My Memory which appeared in Mixmag's November 2001 issue, in which Tiësto stepped on Ferry Corsten's feet by saying "It's great to show the world I'm not just another Ferry Corsten".[15] But according to Purple Eye Entertainment's Brian Dessaur, it was not at all the background to the split of Gouryella. "Due to the very busy schedule's [sic] of Ferry and Tijs, they aren't able to get together in the studio at the moment. This does not mean that there will never be a new Gouryella single in the near future," he said.[15] On December 27, 2001, Bink contacted the site and handed over a statement from Tiësto, which read:

I regret the fact that Ferry and I don't have the time to make a new Gouryella. If you want to produce a good track you need to have time and at this moment we are both to busy [sic] to sit down together. The Purple Eye Record Company is pressuring for a new Gouryella single but I think you can't rush things. You can't just make a new Gouryella single in a day. I am very busy with my own schedule, producing, remixing and touring around the world. So is Ferry. I have great respect for Ferry and think he is one of the best producers of electronic dance music in the world. He brought trance to a new level.

This takes me to the second issue, the review in Mixmag. I never said the i am not just a new Ferry Corsten, my exact words were: I have always been in the shadow of Ferry Corsten with my productions, that's why i am proud on my "in my memory" album [sic] because i did that by myself. The press always rewrites your words and they are always looking for a new sensation. So, we split up, but mainly because Purple Eye wanted a new Gouryella single RIGHT NOW. This doesn't say we won't make a new Gouryella together in the future, we are still good friends and I have great respect for Ferry Corsten.[16]

Just a few minutes after this statement was handed to Trance.nu, another message was sent to the site, this time from Dessaur, who announced that there would be a new single in the spring of 2002 on Purple Eye.[16] Despite his statement, and his desire to produce an album together with Corsten,[17][18] Tiësto did not rejoin the act and left Corsten by himself to write and produce Gouryella's next singles.

Following the departure of Tiësto, Corsten would collaborate with Dutch composer John Ewbank to produce the fourth Gouryella single.[19] In the beginning of 2002, they started to work on the track.[20] Titled "Ligaya" (Tagalog for "happiness"), it was released with a remix pack from Hiver & Hammer and Green Court, plus an extra Ferry Corsten Remix. Dutch duo Rank 1 also did a remix which, although not officially released, did see Rank 1 play it in some of their sets in 2002 and 2003. A stream of remixes by fans soon followed the original release, most notably by Airbase who allowed people to download his own remix for free before the original was released to the public. 2003 saw the release of "Ligaya"'s hard mixes by Yoji Biomehanika and Walt. Resident Advisor reviewed "Ligaya" and gave it a score of 4.5 out of 5, saying: "Regardless this track is big, the percussion is used to perfection in the break giving the track enough emotion to compete the best of them, similar in style to William Orbit's Barber's Adagio for Strings which also received massive recognition with a Ferry Corsten mix. Truly an example of what kind of emotion can be used within dance music Ligaya must be heard to be believed, another massive release from Gouryella. Brilliant!."[21]

2012–present

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It took several years for Gouryella to resurface as news. Rumours circulated the internet that Gouryella was due to release a track called "Maya" in 2012; however, a status update on Facebook posted on November 7, 2011, by Ferry Corsten suggested that this rumour was in fact untrue. Ferry commented, "I've read some rumors on the internet about a new track called "Maya"... Can somebody send me a link, I'm very curious to hear it myself too!."[22] In 2013, the Facebook page and YouTube channel called "Trance Classics" started a campaign in order to get the first Gouryella single to the #1 position of the Beatport Trance Chart.[23][24] With the support of Corsten, Tiësto and Aly & Fila, in just a few days time the track made it to the #3 position,[23][25] with proceeds being donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities.[26]

After a 13-year break, Ferry Corsten announced the return of his Gouryella alias with a new uplifting trance track called "Anahera",[27] which was released on June 15, 2015, through Flashover Recordings.[28] The single was voted as "Tune of the Year" by the listeners of A State of Trance.[29] "Anahera" also became the best-selling trance track of 2015 on Beatport, the longest number-one trance track in Beatport history, and the first-ever trance track to reach the Beatport Main Top 10.[30][31][32] When asked about his decision to revive his trance moniker, Corsten told Fuse: "I felt like bringing Gouryella back for a certain personal tiredness of what was going on in the scene. I was sick and tired of all the 'Put your hands up, put your fucking hands up!' whatever. Without getting too sentimental, I felt like I wanted to bring back that old sentiment and emotion from the turn of the century type-of-thing. I thought it was the right moment."[33]

2015 also saw Gouryella take a leap from the studio to the stage with Ferry deciding to bring classics songs such as the self-titled "Gouryella", "Ligaya" and many more to life in a full Gouryella live show concept.[34] Launching it in Sydney and Melbourne with two Australian arena shows,[35] Ferry then hit the road taking the world tour to the mainstage of the Dreamstate arena at Insomniac's Beyond Wonderland and later Electric Daisy Carnival: New York.[36][37] From here the Rotterdam native will continue his charge of international festivals as he takes Gouryella to events such as Ultra Europe, Balaton Sound, Tomorrowland and many more.[38]

On Monday 13 June 2016, Flashover Recordings released the sixth Gouryella single, titled "Neba".[39][40] The track reached #1 on Beatport Trance and #24 on Beatport Main and has been featured in numerous compilations, including David Pearce's Delirium Summer Trance and Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance Year Mix 2016.[41][42][43] Following the second run of Gouryella live performances across the globe, Ferry Corsten unveiled "From The Heavens", featuring new versions of the first four Gouryella tracks as well as "Anahera" and "Neba".[44]

During his set at Dreamstate Europe in Gliwice, Poland he premiered his next single "Surga", which was released on May 3, 2019.[45]

Discography

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Compilation albums

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  • 2004: System F / Gouryella – Best
  • 2005: Best of System F & Gouryella (Part One)
  • 2006: Best of System F & Gouryella (Part Two)
  • 2016: From The Heavens

Singles

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  • 1999 "Gouryella" #15 UK;[46] #65 NL[47]
  • 1999 "Walhalla" #19 NO;[48] #27 UK;[46] #39 NL[49]
  • 2000 "Tenshi" #45 UK[46]
  • 2002 "Ligaya" #51 GER;[50] #67 NL[51]
  • 2015 "Anahera"
  • 2016 "Neba"
  • 2017 "Venera (Vee's Theme)"
  • 2019 "Surga"[52]
  • 2021 "Orenda"[53]

Remixes

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  • 1999: Binary Finary – "1999" (Gouryella Remix)
  • 1999: Solange – "Messages" (Gouryella Remix)

TV interviews

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References

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  1. ^ The following sources cite the hiatus of Gouryella:
    • "Ferry Corsten Revives Gouryella Alias, Promises New Live Show". DJ Mag.
    • "Ferry Corsten Revisits His Gouryella Past to Find His Future". Billboard.
    • "Ferry Corsten Announces Gouryella Live!". Red Light Management.
    • "Exclusive: Ferry Corsten dishes heavenly hour-long mix ahead of Djakarta Warehouse Project performance". Dancing Astronaut.
  2. ^ Rich, Jenna (2 December 2015). "Ferry Corsten Interview". The Student Pocket Guide. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. ^ Ferry, Corsten. "Ferry Corsten presents Gouryella". SoundCloud. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  4. ^ Tiësto Blog. "Tiësto Biography". Tiësto Blog. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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  6. ^ "Resident Advisor: Ferry Corsten". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  8. ^ "Ferry Corsten". Clubplanet. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  9. ^ Corsten, Ferry. "Gouryella - Walhalla (Vocal Extended)". SoundCloud. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  10. ^ Flashover Recordings (2 December 2015). "From the studio to the stage: Ferry Corsten announces Gouryella live!". Flashover Recordings. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  11. ^ Corsten, Ferry (2011). "Ferry Corsten & Tiësto at Lola Da Musica". YouTube. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  12. ^ Ramirez, Miguel (17 February 2016). "Interview: Ferry Corsten talks world premiere of Gouryella in Australia, Atlantis 2016 and Trance". The Trance Project. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Discogs - Vimana". Discogs. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  14. ^ Singh, Shantanu (15 June 2015). "Ferry reinstates Gouryella with the release of Anahera". We Rave You. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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  16. ^ a b macman (27 December 2001). "Tiësto comments the Gouryella split-up". Trance.nu. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  17. ^ Lee, Howard; Lin, Steven (June 2001). "DJ Tiësto – Interview". Dallas, Texas: Lunar Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  18. ^ Tommie; Jezper; Macman (1 October 2000). "DJ Tiësto – Interview". Trance.nu. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  19. ^ Flashover Recordings (31 January 2016). "Ferry Corsten announces Gouryella live!". Flashover Recordings. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  20. ^ Corsten, Ferry. "Gouryella - Ligaya (Original Extended)". SoundCloud. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  21. ^ Pitt, Simon (6 September 2002). "Gouryella – Ligaya". Resident Advisor. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  22. ^ Corsten, Ferry (7 November 2011). "Ferry Corsten Status Update". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  23. ^ a b "Something awesome is happening in the Beatport Trance Chart". Bunk in the Trunk. 12 August 2013. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  24. ^ Corsten, Ferry. "Gouryella - Gouryella (Radio Edit)". SoundCloud. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  25. ^ Corsten, Ferry (12 August 2013). "Tiësto and Corsten give all royalties of Gouryella to charity". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  26. ^ Dvineinc (18 October 2013). "Some words with Ferry Corsten". Trance Attack. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  27. ^ Corsten, Ferry (26 May 2015). "Ferry Corsten Announces New Gouryella Single". Facebook. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  28. ^ Corten, Ferry. "Ferry Corsten relaunches iconic Gouryella project with New Single "Anahera"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  29. ^ We Rave You (15 June 2016). "Ferry Corsten releases official video of latest Gouryella track "Neba"". We Rave You. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  30. ^ Beatport (2015). "Top Selling Trance of 2015". Beatport. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  31. ^ EDM Staff (10 June 2016). "Ferry Corsten confirms new Gouryella single 'Neba'". EDM Magazine. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  32. ^ "Free #Flashover10 Megamix up for download!". Facebook. Flashover Recordings. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  33. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (17 May 2016). "Ferry Corsten Explains Why His Gouryella Alias Made a Comeback". Fuse. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  34. ^ Megan Downing; Michael Pell (2 December 2015). "Have You Heard? Ferry Corsten's Bringing Back Gouryella...LIVE". MTV. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  35. ^ Clinton, Maria (1 April 2016). "Gouryella Launches Highly Anticipated 2016 Tour!". EDMID. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  36. ^ K. Dowling, Markus (22 February 2016). "Ferry Corsten, Beyond Wonderland, and the Return of Gouryella". Insomniac. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  37. ^ Clinton, Maria (11 April 2016). "Featured Interview // Gouryella". EDM Identity. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  38. ^ Flashover Recordings (13 June 2016). "Ferry Corsten presents Gouryella – Neba". Flashover Recordings. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  39. ^ Clinton, Maria (12 June 2016). ""Neba", The Next Chapter Of The Gouryella Project". EDM Identity. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  40. ^ Murthy, Shivani (16 June 2016). "2016 Summer anthem is here – Gouryella Presents Neba". Trance Hub. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  41. ^ Hanagan, Ellie (15 November 2016). "November: 10 trance releases you need to hear this month". Mixmag. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  42. ^ "RAM and James Dymond - Grotesque Essentials Summer 2016 Edition". Black Hole Recordings. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  43. ^ "A State of Trance Year Mix 2016 (Mixed by Armin van Buuren)". Armada Music. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  44. ^ Smith, Emily (16 December 2016). "Ferry Corsten Presents Gouryella 'From The Heavens' Album, Documentary". The Nocturnal Times. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  45. ^ "Ferry Corsten on Instagram: "May 3 #Gouryella"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  46. ^ a b c "GOURYELLA | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  47. ^ "Gouryella - Dutch Charts". Dutch Charts. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  48. ^ "Walhalla - Norwegian Charts". Norwegian Charts. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  49. ^ "Walhalla - Dutch Charts". Dutch Charts. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  50. ^ "Ligaya - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  51. ^ "Ligaya - Dutch Charts". Dutch Charts. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  52. ^ Bein, Kat (2 May 2019). "Ferry Corsten's Gouryella alias shares classic trance brightness in 'Surga': Exclusive". Billboard. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  53. ^ "Orenda from Flashover Recordings on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2021-06-03.

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