Ferry Corsten at Fusion Night Club. Picture by Andrew Le Poidevin

I got another earful of trance last Friday, thanks to DJing legend Ferry Corsten, but it wasn’t as painful as I thought it would be.

Those who read my Richard Durand review on 13 February will be aware that trance isn’t my thing.

But Ferry Corsten’s performance last Friday at Fusion took it back to its golden age, 1999 – a time when you could dance to trance because it actually had a rhythm.

Back in 1999 the unstoppable euphoria of Corsten’s tracks as System F, Gouryella and Verracocha, exploded onto the scene and conquered floors from the UK to Ibiza.

And here he was, doing just that in Guernsey.

About 500 punters came through Fusion’s doors to see him, and at one point it was hard to move on the dancefloor for all the sweaty bodies.

However, Corsten did not stick to a 1999 retrospective all night.

True to form, he grabbed elements of everything and the two-hour set took us on a journey of highs and lows.

It was such a blend of different styles that it was hard to pigeonhole the whole set as trance.

There were 128bpm tracks that some might call minimal techno and then 140bpm hands-in-the-air trance with everything in between – house, techno and electro.

There were harmonious moments, and at one point a breakdown into a famous Coldplay number which had the whole place singing, until it dropped into some filthy electro, and he had the whole place dancing.

Yes, there were the soaring and synthy melodies, which irritated me, but they sent a wave of energy through the club.

A dominant force in creating diversity within trance, Corsten’s set on Friday was a fine example of his skill.

Towards the end, however, it got a bit too Ibiza-kissed for me.

Trance clichés were out in force, the more alcoholic lubrication both DJ and audience had, and I found myself finding it all a bit too progressive – a shame, particularly as the first 90 minutes had been great.

But what did I enjoy most about the whole thing?

The way Corsten seemed to love every minute of it.

Here is a guy who can play for up to 400,000 people at a time, everywhere from Ibiza to farther-flung locales such as Tokyo, Toronto and Rio De Janeiro.

In fact, name a city and the chances are Corsten DJed there last year alone, with his Twice in a Blue Moon: the Experience tour.

And there he was, playing to 500 in Guernsey with a huge grin on his face – proof that the man is not all about his high status as a DJ having been voted number six in the top 100 DJs in the world.

This guy, it seems, is more interested in giving people a good time while having one himself.

True DJ philosophy.