Armin to Ferry, Ferry to Armin, and Exclusive Vintage Ferry Set
What an odd title, what I mean is this post is going to detail the happening of Armin to Ferry on the main stages at Electric Zoo, to taking the ferry from the financial district in Manhattan to Governor’s Island to see the ING-sponsored free Armin event there. Oh, and we have a special surprise for our loyal readers here coming up as well…
Electric Zoo as a whole had its ups and downs, but Armin always puts on a good show. Although the show was a bit dated in terms of tracks (~circa 3-4 months ago), it is common knowledge that Armin plays to the crowd of wherever he goes. New York City in general is not as into the newest tracks as it is… other pursuits, but he sneaked a few nice gems in the set nevertheless. As Sirius XM recorded and broadcasted the entire 2 day festival, you can find the sets all over the internet (Google electric zoo [artist] download). Some of the download links will be expired or taken down because Sirius is serious (pun intended) about their copyright protection. As such, we will not host such files here, and leave it to the disposable blogs to do so. Here is the tracklist for his set:
01. Gaia – Tuvan (Intro Mix)
02. Fabio XB & Ronnie Play feat. Gabriel Cage – Inside Of You (Cosmic Gate Remix)
03. Ali Wilson vs. Armin van Buuren feat. Jacqueline Govaert – Never Say Shakedown (Armin van Buuren Mashup)
04. M6 – Opus Sectrum
05. Rank 1 – Symfo
06. OceanLab vs. Gareth Emery – On A Metropolis Day (Myon & Shane 54 Mashup)
07. Temple One pres. Tu Casa – Betelgeuse (Barnes & Heatcliff Remix)
08. Jochen Miller – Brace Yourself
09. Cosmic Gate vs. Armin van Buuren feat. Cathy Burton – F.A.V. Rain (Armin van Buuren Mashup)
10. Armin van Buuren feat. Jaren – Unforgivable (Stoneface & Terminal Dub)
11. Neptune Project – Aztec
12. Roger Shah & Signum – Healesville Sanctuary (Roger Shah Mix)
13. John O’Callaghan feat. Lo-Fi Sugar – Never Fade Away (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix)
14. Ram – Ramsterdam (Jorn van Deynhoven Remix)
15. Alex M.O.R.P.H. feat. Ana Criado – Sunset Boulevard
16. Stoneface & Terminal vs. Rex Mundi feat. Susana – Stardust At All (Armin van Buuren Mashup)
17. Darren Tate vs. Jono Grant – Let The Light Shine In (Filo & Peri 2009 Edit)
18. ID
19. Guy Mearns – Sunbeam
20. Thomas Bronzwaer – Look Ahead
21. Armin van Buuren – Communication (Part 3)
22. Ummet Ozcan – Timewave Zero
23. 3rd Moon – Monsun
Encore:
24. Jochen Miller vs. Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon den Adel – In & Out Of Connection (Armin van Buuren Mashup)
Some things that jump out at us were On a Metropolis Day, Jochen Miller, Healesville Sanctuary, Ramsterdam (although the original mix is better), Look Ahead, and of course Communication Part 3 has always and will always be an amazing live track.
That said, the rest of the set was a bit uninspired and the encore is an absolutely stupid track. The entire crew had fun in VIP though, big thanks to all parties involved that made it possible for us to cover the event there.
Ferry Corsten was day 2, and on paper, it looked like day 2 was going to kick some major butt compared to day 1. A few DJs the first day surprised the crew here pleasantly with some good beats and likewise, day 2 was a bit disappointing as well. Menno de Jong was probably the only other artist worthy of mention aside from Ferry. Markus is probably the most overrated and boring DJ’s to listen to. James Holden, Josh Gabriel, etc are all very experimental in live sets, and do not even get us started on ATB; it might as well have been called the cheese mainstream tent while he was spinning. Although Holden did not (to our knowledge) play his famous track a Break in the Clouds, that was exactly what Ferry was on that second day – A break in the cloud of horrible sets.
Now, looking at the tracklist we’re about to post, you may think to yourself that it looks more like a promo tape than a varied and awesome set. Make no mistake, I must admit that I find an artist playing 90% his own tracks and remixes in his set to be quite pompous and arrogant indeed. The only difference with Ferry is that he is that talented that he can string together a set full of his own productions and remixes and have it come off varied, with fluctuations in flow, style, etc. so that it does not sound like 1 long uplift or generic trance song. It is quite arrogant, yet the track selection, mixing, and timing of each track was so spot on we couldn’t help but have it make up for the rest of the lackluster Sunday festival. Here is Mr. Arrogant, in all his glory:
1. Ferry Corsten – Gabriella’s Sky (Original Extended Mix)
2. Ferry Corsten Featuring Betsie Larkin – Made of Love (Original Extended Mix)
3. Breakfast – Air Guitar
4. Ferry Corsten – Beautiful (Original Extended Mix)
5. Ferry Corsten – Twice in a Blue Moon (Festival Edit)
6. Ferry Corsten – Brain Box
7. Ferry Corsten – Shanti
8. Ferry Corsten Featuring Maria Nayler – We Belong (Tritonal Air Up There Remix)
9. Cataracta – Primitus
10. System F – Out of The Blue (Remix)
11. Bobina – Invisible Touch (Ferry Corsten’s Touch)
12. Ferry Corsten – Radio Crash
The last two get cut off with annoying yelling and interviews, but what a great way to end his set
13. Ferry Corsten – L.E.F.
14. Ferry Corsten – Rock Your Body, Rock
While we did not attend his afterparty at Pacha, we heard from multiple credible sources that he absolutely killed it there as well. Ferry does not disappoint live. And to give you a hint, our exclusive offer for our readers we worked out with the staff at a club he played at in 2004 is one of the best live events we had been to, and they have allowed us to bring it to you FREE of charge. Stay tuned, because Friday you will be rocking your body to an amazing yet rare live set. You won’t even have to download from some shady site like rapidshare or depositfiles.
Stay tuned tomorrow to see the Ferry to Armin, and then Friday for the exclusive thanks for reading gift to you guys for following us so closely. Keep the comments and feedback coming.
