[1] He is well known for producing many pioneering trance tracks during the 1990s–2000s under his numerous aliases, including System F,[2] Moonman,[3] Pulp Victim[4] and Gouryella.

[11] As a teenager he saved money to buy his first keyboard by washing cars, and selling mix tapes to kids in his neighborhood.

[17][18] In 1995, under the name Hole In One and aged just 21 years old, he won the prestigious De Grote Prijs van Nederland award, which recognized his contribution to The Netherlands' electronic dance music scene.

Signed and released by Platipus Records in April 1998, the song became a top seller for the label and was championed by John Digweed and Paul Oakenfold who licensed it for their Global Underground compilations.

[28][29] Due to its continued popularity, it was re-released two years later, with new remixes by Oliver Lieb, Hybrid and The Swimmer.

[34] The follow-up single, "Cry", a collaboration between Corsten and Robert Smit, also reached the UK Top 20.

[47][48] Corsten made his debut on DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs Poll in the same year at the #77 position.

[12] Also in 2001, he made remixes for "Clear Blue Water" by Oceanlab, "Catch" by Kosheen and "Arms of Loren" by E'voke.

He went on to compose and arrange her heavily trance-based song "Connected",[59] which was released in 2003, along with remixes, as a single in Germany, selling 4 million copies.

[6][72] Corsten released the singles "Beautiful" and "The Race" (Brain Box) which made the top 40 charts in the Netherlands.

[76] He was dubbed the King of Crossover[77] in an August 2007 interview on UK clubbing website HarderFaster.net, reflecting his recent L.E.F.

[78] Corsten's third album, Twice in a Blue Moon, which made its debut at the 2nd edition of the Full on Ferry concert at Ahoy in Rotterdam, was released on 1 November 2008.

[84] The countries he visited during his tour entitled Twice in a Blue Moon: The Experience included Australia,[85] the United States,[86] Romania,[87] Brazil,[88] and Lebanon[89] with the debut show on May 29, 2009, in Mallaca, Malaysia.

[100] Corsten hosted a New Year's Eve event at the O2 Academy Brixton, London in 2011 in which he delivered the midnight set and went on to perform back-to-back with other successful Trance DJ's/producers, such as Judge Jules, Sied van Riel, Marcel Woods, to name a few.

[102] Corsten stars in a series of professionally produced, original videos titled WKNDR (pronounced "weekender") where he speaks directly to viewers from various scenes around the world.

[103] The 250th episode of Corsten's Countdown (April 11, 2012) was broadcast live, worldwide, for the duration of the unprecedented eight-hour show beamed out from the studios of Sirius XM Radio in New York City.

[106] Corsten wrote a tune with Chicane and Christian Burns in July 2012 called "One Thousand Suns," an emotive trance tune[107] that has received airplay from the likes of Armin van Buuren[108] and a very positive fan reaction based on listener call-ins to his weekly Corsten's Countdown radio show.

[109] His Full On concept was a series of back-to-back sets with other well-known trance artists taking place at festivals and venues all over the world; including Tomorrowworld, Stereosonic, and Space Ibiza.

[114][115] 2014 saw the release of Full On Ibiza 2014, a mix album that includes tracks and remixes by Cosmic Gate & Eric Lumiere, Corsten, Ben Gold and Giuseppe Ottaviani with Aly & Fila.

Other high ranking names that supplement the release are Art Inc., Audien, Menno de Jong & Adam Ellis and John O'Callaghan.

[119] Since then, Corsten has played at festivals as Gouryella including Electric Daisy Carnival: New York,[5] Southeast Asian Games (SEA),[120] and Beyond Wonderland.

[121] The follow-up Hello World EP 2 debuted in July 2015, bringing uptempo, dance tunes such as "Homeward", "Reborn" and "Find a Way".

"[124] In support of his single, he took his Gouryella live project to Ultra Europe, Balaton Sound Festival and Tomorrowland.

[127][128] On 2 March 2018, Corsten collaborated with trance producer Paul Oakenfold to release "A Slice of Heaven".

[133] "We're Not Going Home" was released on 14 December 2018 as the last Unity single of the year, being produced with UK artist Ilan Bluestone.

[134] In July 2020, after playing multiple guest sets recently on Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance, it was announced on ASOT 972 that Corsten would be joining the show as a monthly resident of hour number two.