Connect (Ferry Corsten album)

Connect
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 22, 2024 (2024-11-22)
GenreTrance
LabelFlashover Recordings
ProducerFerry Corsten
Ferry Corsten chronology
Blueprint
(2017)
Connect
(2024)
Singles from Connect
  1. "Connect"
    Released: 28 April 2023
  2. "Mind Trip"
    Released: 7 July 2023
  3. "Yes Man"
    Released: 13 October 2023
  4. "Stay Awake"
    Released: 1 December 2023
  5. "Fulfillment"
    Released: 2 February 2024
  6. "Where the Mountains Grow"
    Released: 29 March 2024
  7. "Belong to You"
    Released: 14 June 2024
  8. "Just Breathe"
    Released: 19 July 2024
  9. "Chaos"
    Released: 30 August 2024
  10. "Total Eclipse"
    Released: 11 October 2024
  11. "Remember"
    Released: 25 October 2024
  12. "Chain Reaction"
    Released: 8 November 2024
  13. "Back to Life"
    Released: 22 November 2024

Connect is the sixth album released by Dutch DJ Ferry Corsten under his own name, and his eleventh overall. The album was released on November 22, 2024, on Corsten's own label, Flashover Recordings.[1]

Corsten said in a statement that the album summarises the "different phases of [his] career" and his "evolution as a music producer" through multiple music genres.[1]

The album features contributions from several vocalists, including Chris Howard, Diandra Faye and Sierra Volt, as well as AI-generated vocals. It also features contributions from multiple producers, such as Marsh, Silva City and 22Bullets.[2]

Release

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Almost every song from the album was released as a single beforehand, and each single release would feature the previous singles as part of the release until almost the entire album was featured on the single. The exceptions to this were the first three singles, "Connect", "Mind Trip" and "Yes Man", which featured only the title tracks and their respective extended mixes.[3] The only two tracks from the album not released as singles are "Happy Hour" and "Wish".

A live album showcase event took place on 19 October 2024[3] before the album was released on 22 November.

The album, and singles, were accompanied by the extended mixes of each track featured. The 'extended mixes' edition of the album was released exclusively on Beatport, while other streaming services only featured the standard edition.[4]

Tracklist

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Back to Life" (with Tom Westy)
  • Corsten
  • Thomas Westerholm
  • Lauren Cumperpatch
  • Samuel Butler
  • Ferry Corsten
  • Tom Westy
2:50
2."Connect"CorstenCorsten3:19
3."Where the Mountains Grow" (featuring Chris Howard)
  • Corsten
  • David Westmeijer
Corsten3:51
4."Chain Reaction" (feat. MERYLL)
  • Corsten
  • Merel Ritsma
  • Westmeijer
Corsten3:07
5."Remember" (with SUPERSTRINGS)Corsten
  • Corsten
  • SUPERSTRINGS
3:40
6."Fulfillment" (with Marsh)
  • Corsten
  • Thomas Marshall
  • Corsten
  • Thomas Marshall
3:29
7."Stay Awake" (featuring Diandra Faye)
  • Corsten
  • Diandra Burger
  • Mijke Breepoel
  • Jack McNeilage
  • Mark McNeilage
Corsten3:41
8."Happy Hour" (featuring Sierra Volt)
  • Corsten
  • Phoebe de Beer
  • Ben Schlaf
Corsten3:20
9."Total Eclipse" (featuring Chris Howard)
  • Corsten
  • Westmeijer
Corsten3:28
10."Yes Man"CorstenCorsten3:03
11."Just Breathe"CorstenCorsten3:25
12."Wish"CorstenCorsten3:26
13."Chaos" (with Silva City)
  • Corsten
  • Alan Fitzpatrick
  • David Robertson
3:41
14."Belong to You" (with 22Bullets and featuring Couche)
  • Henrik Høven
  • Jann Coucheron-Aamot
  • Ilja Eriksson
  • Karina Martha Pieroth
  • Corsten
  • 22Bullets
  • Jann Coucheron-Aamot
2:57
15."Mind Trip"CorstenCorsten3:12

"Wish" samples "Cry" by System F (one of Corsten's aliases), while "Just Breathe" samples the 'Amen break' from The Winstons' "Amen Brother", which Corsten had previously used in tracks like "Legend", released under his Ferr alias.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ferry Corsten releases new album, 'Connect': Listen". DJ Mag. 2024-11-25. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  2. ^ "Ferry Corsten marks three decades of musical innovation with sixth studio album, Connect". Armada Music. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b administrator (2024-10-12). "Ferry Corsten's upcoming album 'CONNECT' is already a masterpiece !". Trance History. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  4. ^ "Ferry Corsten, Tom Westy, Chris Howard, MERYLL, Superstrings, Marsh, Diandra Faye, Sierra Volt, Silva City, 22Bullets, Couche - Connect [Flashover Recordings] | Music & Downloads on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2024-11-25.