Creamfields: Mixed by Ferry Corsten

Disc 1 starts out with some very good house tracks, including the excellent male vocal opener, but when we hit tracks 5 through 9, I feel the rhythms and melodies get a bit too repetitious. Tracks 10-14 well make up for this, as they are the best part of the mix, from the buzzing Benny Benassi house remix of Fisherspooner's Never Win, and moving into Probspot's incredible trance mix of Signalrunners' 3000 Miles Away. The trance near the end of this disc is sort of a set-up to disc 2. The only downfall is the last track, Who's Knocking. The exact same track was on Ferry's Passport CD so I am not sure why he included it again (he includes one more track from Passport, but a different remix) but I said it when I heard it then and I am saying it now, it is a horrible track. When the female vocalists starts to belt out "Are you there, are you there" it makes me want to vomit. Luckily, you can just stop this disc one track short and not miss anything.

Disc 2 starts off with a great female vocal track, Show You My World by Elles De Graaf, and kicks off what Ferry has been known for spinning, the best pure trance out there. The track selections on Passport ranged from only about 2 superb tracks, to a bunch of mediocre stuff, to several subpar tracks. Fortunately, there isn't a dud on here, as the entire disc is a soothing journey through one of the best melodic trance mixes saved onto disc this year.

A bunch of these tracks have appeared in other mixes and comps released in the past few months, but most of them are top notch, so I don't mind seeing them appear again and again (much better than putting unknown duds like he did with Passport), and he does use a few different mixes that haven't been used yet. I was blown away by track 11, Red Vision by Genix, and it's my top pick of either disc. I loved the Genix remix of Woody Van Eyden's SI-N+R-JE and had never heard of them/him prior to that, but they are now someone to watch out for, as Red Vision is pure bliss.

I am wondering if you Ferry should have put Marco V's More than A Life Away on CD 1, as it's a little out of sync with the rest of the CD 2, which is heavenly, but not as high energy and high on the BPM's as this track. You'll see what I mean when the entire CD plays with a incredible attention to theme, but seems to take a sharp right turn at track 14. It's nit-picking, but I guess I am use to hearing this track on Cosmic Gate's Back 2 Back Vol. 2 which is incredible high energy trance from top to bottom (and also the best trance mix Cd of the year, and best high energy trance mix all time). I am curious to see how it fits into Paul Van Dyk's Politics of Dancing 2 when that is released, as I see it is on the tracklisting.

Overall, a clear winner from Corsten, and much better than his Passport CD, which oddly only came out a short time earlier. If you like house, electro, or trance sounds, you will have something to enjoy here, and if you are a fan of Ferry's true past, spinning the best of melodic trance, you will find an incredible reward with CD 2.

Oh, and my title refers to the vocal snippets from track 2 on disc 1!


Creamfields 2005   August 20, 2005
5 out of 8 found this review helpful

After last years Creamfields CD mixed by Paul Oakenfold which was top draw comes the 2005 compilation by Ferry Corsten. It has a broader based music feel from electro to trance and I feel is the perfect accompniment to what is most likely going to be the best dance festival this year. A few stand out tunes make this one of best compilations i have heard this year, the best (i feel) being Ronald Van de Beukens sunset on cd2.

If you are looking for a class summer trance cd then look no further.