MAY
10, 2006
FR:
ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/SHAZILA MOHAMMED
MSO
818-380-0400
FERRY
CORSTEN GOES ‘L.E.F. (LOUD ELECTRONIC FEROCIOUS)’
WITH
NEW ALBUM FOR ULTRA RECORDS AUGUST 8
FIRST
SINGLE “FIRE” FEATURING SIMON LEBON BURNS AT #9 ON BILLBOARD’S “HOT
DANCE AIRPLAY” CHART
SPRING
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONFIRMED
A
pioneer and a dynamic force in the electronic/dance music world, FERRY
CORSTEN never ceases to amaze, awe and challenge his musical
contemporaries with the unstoppable ingenuity and skill he injects into his
productions and DJ sets. On August 8, CORSTEN will release his second
artist album L.E.F (LOUD ELECTRONIC
FEROCIOUS) on ULTRA Records.
The first single “Fire”--featuring vocals by Duran Duran front man Simon
LeBon--is already
burning up the charts by scoring the #9 position on Billboard’s “Hot Dance
Airplay” chart.
L.E.F
(LOUD ELECTRONIC FEROCIOUS)
seamlessly
combines CORSTEN’s highly desired sound while introducing a new pop/rock
element with guest vocalists and collaborations with Howard
Jones, Guru, Debra Andrew, Oz, Denise Stahlie and of course Simon LeBon. Says
CORSTEN about the album: “It's
energetic, melodic and uplifting with a 'raw' touch! I love it when a
beautiful melody is played with a dirty or distorted sound. Somehow the two
don’t match, but therefore it makes it sound even better. ‘Loud,
Electronic and Ferocious’ would be another way to describe it.”
CORSTEN started work on L.E.F. almost two years ago, recording most of
it in his Rotterdam, Netherlands studio.
Some
of the songs were written elsewhere. “Junk” with Guru was penned in New
York as an answer to a track on his previous album Right Of Way.
“Fall Into The Dark” with Howard Jones and “Forever” with Debra Andrew
were written in the U.K. The rest
was recorded and mixed in Holland. “I like to mix everything in my own
studio,” adds CORSTEN, “so all tracks have the same signature sound.”
L.E.F.
is the follow-up to CORSTEN’s debut Right of Way which featured the
international smash “Rock Your Body, Rock” that debuted at #11 on the U.K.
charts. Following Right of Way,
he unleashed a new signature mix album series entitled Passport.
With it, CORSTEN was able to continue his legacy of brilliant mix albums but
took the opportunity to inject it with more original productions and remixes.
Most recently, CORSTEN remixed the theme
song for the FOX television show “Prison
Break.”
In
advance of the August 8 release of L.E.F., FERRY CORSTEN will travel
from his native Holland to North America for a select number of DJ dates.
A national tour will follow in the fall.
CORSTEN’s current tour routing is as follows:
DATE
CITY, STATE
VENUE
Sat
6/10
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Circoelectronica at RCC
Tue 6/13
Winnipeg, Canada
Pharaoh’s Nighclub
Thu 6/15
Edmonton, Canada
Fever
Fri 6/16
Vancouver, Canada
Plush
Sat 6/17
Washington, D.C.
Glow
Sun 6/18
Detroit, MI
Bleu
Wed 6/21
Minneapolis, MN
Karma
Thu 6/22
Denver, CO
Church
Fri 6/23
San Francisco, CA
Ruby Skye
Sat 6/24
San Bernardino, CA
Electronic Daisy Carnival, NOS Events Center
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For
more information on FERRY CORSTEN, contact:
MSO
818-380-0400
National
Alexandra Greenberg x223, agreenberg@msopr.com
Regional Shazila Mohammed x238, shazila@msopr.com