Gouryella

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

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

History

1998–2003

In 1998, Dutch musicians Ferry Corsten and Tiësto collaborated to create Gouryella. In time there were twenty separate album releases of the first four Gouryella tracks from nine different record labels. 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. A remix vinyl, containing remixes by Armin van Buuren and Colin Tevendale and Stuart Crichton under their Gigolo alias, was released later. 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. This reputation was backed up when both singles were certified Gold on record sales. 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".

Also in 1999, Gouryella remixed two tracks for other artists: Binary Finary – " 1999" and Solange – "Messages". 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". The release of "Tenshi" (Japanese for "angel") in 2000 featured some remixes from Transa, ATB and Ratty ( Scooter). 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." 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 ''Mixmags 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". 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''.html"_;"title="sic.html"_;"title="'sic">'sic''">sic.html"_;"title="'sic">'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._On_December_27,_2001,_Bink_contacted_the_site_and_handed_over_a_statement_from_Tiësto,_which_read:_

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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._Despite_his_statement,_and_his_desire_to_produce_an_album_together_with_Corsten,_Tiësto_did_not_rejoin_the_act_and_left_Corsten_by_himself_to_write_and_produce_Gouryella's_next_singles.

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