Nicholas Bracegirdle (born 28 February 1971), known professionally as Chicane, is an English musician, composer, songwriter, and record producer. Among his works are
singles
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Singles may also refer to:
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* ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series
* ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe
* ''Singles'' ...
"
Offshore", an Ibiza
trance
Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...
anthem included in many compilations in both chill-out and dance versions; "
Saltwater
Saline water (more commonly known as salt water) is water that contains a high concentration of dissolved salts (mainly sodium chloride). On the United States Geological Survey (USGS) salinity scale, saline water is saltier than brackish water, ...
", which featured vocals by
Clannad
Clannad () is an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal by siblings Ciarán, Pól, and Moya Brennan and their twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan. They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history, including ...
member
Máire Brennan
Moya Brennan (born Máire Philomena Ní Bhraonáin on 4 August 1952), also known as Máire Brennan, is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist. She is the sister of the musical artist known as Enya. She began performing pr ...
, and the UK number-one hit "
Don't Give Up", featuring vocals by
Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer. He has been cited as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and is estimated to have sold between 75 million and mor ...
, which also became a top ten hit on singles charts across Europe and Australia.
''
Far from the Maddening Crowds
''Far from the Maddening Crowds'' is the debut studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane, released on 20 October 1997 through Xtravaganza Recordings. It is highly regarded as a seminal release in the trance music community, and was ...
'', Chicane's debut studio album from 1997, is still considered a seminal release among the
trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged from the British new-age music scene and the early 1990s German techno and hardcore scenes.
Trance music is characterized by a tempo generally lying between 135–150 beats per minut ...
community,
and his second studio album, 2000's ''
Behind the Sun'', was
certified gold
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in the UK. In 2007, after the hindrance of an ultimately unreleased album (''
Easy to Assemble'') in the intervening time, the third artist album ''
Somersault
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'' was released on Bracegirdle's
independent record label, followed shortly after by a tenth anniversary re-release of ''Far from the Maddening Crowds'' which included a new mix of "Offshore" ("Offshore 2007"). He released his fourth
studio album ''
Giants
A giant is a being of human appearance, sometimes of prodigious size and strength, common in folklore.
Giant(s) or The Giant(s) may also refer to:
Mythology and religion
*Giants (Greek mythology)
*Jötunn, a Germanic term often translated as 'gi ...
'' in 2010, with the fifth studio album ''
Thousand Mile Stare
''Thousand Mile Stare'' is the fifth studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane. An exclusive 'Collectors Edition Box Set' version of the album was released on 12 December 2011 before any regular CD or digital version was announced ...
'' following less than two years later, in spring 2012. The sixth studio album, ''
The Sum of Its Parts
''(The Whole is Greater Than) The Sum of Its Parts'' is the sixth studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane. It was released on 26 January 2015 by Modena Records and Armada Music.
The album debuted at number 44 on the UK Albums ...
'', appeared in early 2015, and his seventh studio album, ''
The Place You Can't Remember, the Place You Can't Forget'', was released in 2018. The eighth studio album, ''
Everything We Had to Leave Behind
''Everything We Had to Leave Behind'' is the eighth studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane. The album was officially announced on 26 February 2021, along with the release of the fourth single from the album "8 (Circle)". It was r ...
'', was released in 2021.
In addition, Bracegirdle also worked with Leo Elstob under the alias Disco Citizens, producing a handful of less radio-friendly, vocal-less tracks with a stronger
progressive house
Progressive house is a subgenre of house music. The progressive house style emerged in the early 1990s. It initially developed in the United Kingdom as a natural progression of American and European house music of the late 1980s.Gerard, Morgan; ...
sound. Working with singer
Vanessa St. James and producer Mr. Joshua, Bracegirdle was part of the Mr. Joshua Presents
Espiritu project, known for the song "In Praise of the Sun", released with both English and French vocals. Bracegirdle contributed with executive production on Tomski's "14 Hours to Save the Earth". Nick Bracegirdle has also used the alias, Sitvac, to produce a one-time single, "Wishful Thinking".
Early life
While having trained in classical guitar and piano at an early age, Bracegirdle's earliest influences in electronic music came from melodic composers such as
Jean Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel André Jarre (; born 24 August 1948) is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music, accompanie ...
and
Vangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou ( el, Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; el, Βαγγέλης, links=no ), was a Greek composer and arranger of ...
, and
synthpop pioneer
Vince Clarke
Vincent John Martin (born 3 July 1960), known professionally as Vince Clarke, is an English synth-pop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since its inception in 1985, and was previously ...
;
[Tracks: Nick Bracegirdle: Recording Chicane's "Don't Give Up"](_blank)
(May 2000). ''Sound on Sound
''Sound on Sound'' is an independently owned monthly music technology magazine published by SOS Publications Group, based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The magazine includes product tests of electronic musical performance and recording devices, ...
''. Retrieved 17 March 2006. a further influence was the dance hit "Anthem" by the
house music group
N-Joi
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. All of this convinced him to pursue the creation of
melodic
A melody (from Greek μελῳδία, ''melōidía'', "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most literal sense, a melody is a combinat ...
electronic dance music. By the age of 12, he was making music in recording studios and sending
demos to record labels.
[Tierney, Paul]
Chicane
''Top Magazine'' (retrieved from the Internet Archive
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). April 2000. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
Career
1996–1998: Initial success and ''Far from the Maddening Crowds''
Bracegirdle's first release was the four track EP ''Cyanide Music Volume One'' in 1996. This contained music styles varying from
deep house to
trip hop
Trip hop (sometimes used synonymously with " downtempo") is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. It has been described as a psychedelic fusion of hip hop and electronica with slow tem ...
and nu-disco. This was released the Cyanide record label and was a little known precursor to "
Offshore". The Cyanide label then released ''Offshore EP #1'', which contained the original version of "Offshore" as well three other tracks, again of varying styles. Eventually Bracegirdle founded his own record label Modena Records, which holds the rights to all his songs and
licenses
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A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...
them to other labels for release and distribution. A partnership with Leo Elstob produced the first Disco Citizens single, "Right Here Right Now", in 1995, as well as the first Chicane single, "Offshore", in 1996. "Offshore" would be the first of Chicane's many releases on Edel UK Records and
independent
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UK dance music record label Xtravaganza Recordings, then-newly founded by DJ and Bracegirdle's college friend Alex Gold.
[Interview with BBC Radio 1](_blank)
(1998). Chicane.cc. Retrieved 7 April 2006. It reached No. 12 on the
UK Singles Chart
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(and No. 1 on other UK-based charts compiled by ''
Mixmag
''Mixmag'' is a British electronic dance and clubbing magazine published in London. Launched in 1983 as a print magazine, it has branched into dance events, including festivals and club nights.
History
The first issue of ''Mixmag'' was prin ...
'', ''
Record Mirror
''Record Mirror'' was a British weekly music newspaper between 1954 and 1991 for pop fans and record collectors. Launched two years after the '' NME'', it never attained the circulation of its rival. The first UK album chart was published in '' ...
'', and others),
[Chicane biography](_blank)
Chicane.cc (Retrieved from the Internet Archive
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). Retrieved 17 March 2006. the top 40 in multiple European countries,
[Editorial – Chicane](_blank)
. (May 2000). Urbnet.com. Retrieved 17 March 2006. and No. 5 on the US ''
Billboard''
Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts in 1997 upon re-release.
[ Artist Chart History – Chicane Billboard.com. Retrieved 17 March 2006.] Its inclusion on numerous
Ibiza-themed
trance music
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Trance music is characterized by a tempo generally lying between 135–150 beats per minut ...
compilation albums
[ Offshore ]AllMusic
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. Retrieved 17 March 2006. (such as ''
Café del Mar
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'') attest to its popularity in the
nightclub
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Nightclubs gener ...
s on the island, one of the worldwide epicentres of dance music.
"
Sunstroke
Heat stroke or heatstroke, also known as sun stroke, is a severe heat illness that results in a body temperature greater than , along with red skin, headache, dizziness, and confusion. Sweating is generally present in exertional heatstroke, b ...
", the follow-up single, attained similar popularity and chart numbers. A third single, "Offshore '97" (a separate item from the re-release of "Offshore") is a
mashup of "Offshore" with the
a capella
''A cappella'' (, also , ; ) music is a performance by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Rena ...
from the Power Circle song "A Little Love, a Little Life", mixed by producer and DJ
Anthony Pappa
Anthony Pappa (born 15 November 1973) is an Australian DJ and electronic music producer from Melbourne.
Early life
Pappa was born in Italy but was raised in Melbourne, Australia where he attended Marcellin College. At the age of four he got his ...
. Originally a bootleg, it was turned into an official release, credited to "Chicane with Power Circle".
Following these releases, Bracegirdle's debut studio album ''
Far from the Maddening Crowds
''Far from the Maddening Crowds'' is the debut studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane, released on 20 October 1997 through Xtravaganza Recordings. It is highly regarded as a seminal release in the trance music community, and was ...
'' was released in September 1997. Additional singles that followed were "Lost You Somewhere", the
Benelux
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release "Red Skies", and the non-album single "Strong in Love", for which Bracegirdle used vocals by British singer
Sylvia Mason-James (after discovering that she was the vocalist on the
Paul Oakenfold
Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Mas ...
and
Steve Osborne
Stephen John "Steve" Osborne (born 1963) is a British record producer, living in Bath, England. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Suede, the B-52s, A-ha, New Order, Elbow, U2, Happy Mondays, Placebo, Gregory Porter, Do ...
remix of "
Lemon
The lemon (''Citrus limon'') is a species of small evergreen trees in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to Asia, primarily Northeast India (Assam), Northern Myanmar or China.
The tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit is used for culin ...
" by
U2)
and first collaborated on production with
Ray "Madman" Hedges (producer for
B*Witched
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and
Boyzone
Boyzone were an Irish boy band, created in 1993 by talent manager Louis Walsh. Before even recording any material, Boyzone made an appearance on RTÉ's '' The Late Late Show''. Their most successful line-up was composed of Keith Duffy, Steph ...
).
1999–2003: Collaborations and ''Behind the Sun''
1999 saw the release of "
Saltwater
Saline water (more commonly known as salt water) is water that contains a high concentration of dissolved salts (mainly sodium chloride). On the United States Geological Survey (USGS) salinity scale, saline water is saltier than brackish water, ...
", a song based on
Máire Brennan
Moya Brennan (born Máire Philomena Ní Bhraonáin on 4 August 1952), also known as Máire Brennan, is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist. She is the sister of the musical artist known as Enya. She began performing pr ...
's vocals from "
Theme from Harry's Game
"Theme from ''Harry's Game''" is a 1982 song by Clannad commissioned as the theme for '' Harry's Game'', a Yorkshire Television miniseries adapted from a 1975 novel set in The Troubles in Northern Ireland. It was released as a single in Octob ...
" by the Celtic band
Clannad
Clannad () is an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal by siblings Ciarán, Pól, and Moya Brennan and their twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan. They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history, including ...
. It surpassed all previous Chicane singles, reaching No. 6 on the UK charts and No. 1 on all five major UK dance charts.
The song was used in a Belfast City advertisement broadcast in 2005–2006 across regional channels. The version of the vocals used in "Saltwater", however, was a new recording by Brennan herself.
After producing a radio remix of
Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer. He has been cited as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and is estimated to have sold between 75 million and mor ...
's "Cloud Number Nine", Bracegirdle offered Adams the vocal position on the song "
Don't Give Up". The vocals Adams recorded were subsequently heavily
processed through a
vocoder
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The vocoder was ...
so as to play down his
rock music
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vocal style. The vocal credit was initially not publicised when the single was sent to
Pete Tong
Peter Michael Tong, (born 30 July 1960) is an English disc jockey who works for BBC Radio 1. He is the host of programmes such as ''Essential Mix'' and ''Essential Selection'' on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio stre ...
's
BBC Radio 1
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program ''
Essential Selection
The ''Essential Selection'' is a radio show on Friday evenings on BBC Radio 1, originally conceived by producer Eddie Gordon and hosted by Pete Tong.
History
"The Essential Mix programme was originally produced by Radio 1 producer Eddie Gord ...
''.
[Interview with BBC Radio 1](_blank)
. (February 2000). Chicane.cc. Retrieved 7 April 2006. On the show, Tong made the song his first "Essential New Tune" selection of the new millennium.
[Gill, Alexandra]
. ''Globe Interactive''. 22 August 2000. Retrieved 29 March 2006. It was also Chicane's biggest hit, debuting at No. 1 on the UK charts (and notably replacing "
American Pie",
Madonna's No. 1 single of the previous week),
[Zywietz, Tobias]
Chart Log UK: Oliver Cheatham – Convert
(22 March 2005). Chart Log UK. Retrieved 17 March 2006. reached No. 3 on the US dance chart and No. 1 on Australian and Russian charts, and made other charts across Europe as well.
On 27 March 2000, Bracegirdle released his second studio album ''
Behind the Sun''. It was certified gold by the
BPI, while "Don't Give Up" was certified silver.
[Zywietz, Tobias]
Chart Log UK: M – The Mars Volta
(22 March 2005). Chart Log UK. Retrieved 17 March 2006. Two other singles were released from the album—the double A-side "
No Ordinary Morning / Halcyon", and "Autumn Tactics"—but neither were as successful as the preceding releases.
In 2002, Bracegirdle co-wrote two songs on
Cher's album ''
Living Proof'', "You Take It All" and "
Alive Again", the latter which was released as a single in Europe only. The 2001 Edition of the EA Sports Formula One Video Game Series included the songs "Sunstroke", "The Drive Home", and a remix of "Nagasaki Badger".
2006–2008: New management and ''Somersault''
Eventually, under the new management of John Cavanagh, April 2006 saw the release of a new single, "
Stoned in Love", on Globe Records through
Universal Music Group
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, featuring singer
Tom Jones on vocals
(Press Release) At the time of the announcement the song was also played twice by Pete Tong.
[BBC Radio 1 – Pete Tong – Tracklisting, 24 February 2006](_blank)
BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 29 March 2006.[BBC Radio 1 – Pete Tong – Tracklisting, 10 March 2006](_blank)
BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 29 March 2006.
The track received substantial UK TV promotion in the run up to the week of release, featuring utterly live performances on ''
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross and broadcast on BBC One between 2001 and 2010. The programme features Ross' take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews (usually three per show) ...
'', ''
The New Paul O'Grady Show
''The Paul O'Grady Show'' is a British comedy chat show presented by comedian Paul O'Grady, first shown on 11 October 2004. The programme is a teatime chat show consisting of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts, musical performances, an ...
'' and a semi-live performance on BBC's now defunct ''
Top of the Pops
''Top of the Pops'' (''TOTP'') is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was the world's longest-running weekly music show. For most o ...
''. Jones and Bracegirdle were also interviewed on
Channel 5 News; When asked in the 5 News interview where he had been since "Don't Give Up", Bracegirdle replied that he had been "basically stuffed" by the internet bootlegging of the album ''Easy to Assemble''.
In February 2007, Chicane departed from Universal as well; according to the official website, all new material would be released through Modena itself. The follow-up single "Come Tomorrow" was released on 16 July 2007, followed by the third official studio album, ''
Somersault
A somersault (also ''flip'', ''heli'', and in gymnastics ''salto'') is an acrobatic exercise in which a person's body rotates 360° around a horizontal axis with the feet passing over the head. A somersault can be performed forwards, backwards ...
'', a week later on 23 July 2007. Bracegirdle has entirely self-financed these initial independent releases, as well as subsequent live performances.
On 4 May 2007, the
Cicada
The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into tw ...
remix of "Come Tomorrow" was played on Radio 1 by Pete Tong.
[BBC Radio 1 – Pete Tong – Tracklisting, 4 May 2007](_blank)
BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
On 25 August 2008, Chicane released "
Bruised Water" with
Natasha Bedingfield
Natasha Anne Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is a British singer and songwriter. Bedingfield released her debut album, '' Unwritten'', in 2004, which contained primarily up-tempo pop songs and was influenced by R&B music. It enjoyed intern ...
. Promotional copies of the track were made available, with remixes from Mischa Daniels and Adam K. Following the leak of his 2003 album, Chicane now employs the international internet policing company,
Web Sheriff
Web Sheriff is an anti-piracy company based in the United Kingdom that provides intellectual property, copyright and privacy rights protection services. The company monitors various websites that host links to downloads of music and film. Web ...
to prevent links to unlicensed material, such as this single and other tracks from his upcoming album, from being posted on various blogs and websites.
In October 2008, Chicane released a
greatest hits
A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...
compilation, ''
The Best of Chicane - 1996-2008'' which features his previous singles, along with a new track called "Wake Up", a collaboration with
Keane. "No Ordinary Morning", "Don't Give Up" and "Saltwater" were re-recorded for the album as the original sound recordings were still owned by Xtravaganza and were unable to be licensed due to the dispute between Chicane and Alex Gold in 2002. Chicane's Xtravaganza recordings from ''Far From The Maddening Crowds'' were no longer owned by Xtravaganza and thus were included in their original form.
2009–2010: ''Giants''
Bracegirdle worked with producers James Hockley and Richard Searle on the ''Re-Work EP'' for a targeted summer 2009 release, along with a new and fourth Chicane album and mixes of forthcoming productions by
BT and
William Orbit
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. The lead track from the ''Re-work EP'', "
Poppiholla" based on the track "
Hoppípolla
"Hoppípolla" () is a song by Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós from their 2005 album '' Takk...''. It was released as the album's second single on 28 November 2005. The song title is a univerbation of (the ''-a'' in ''hoppa'' is not pronou ...
" by
Sigur Rós, was A-listed on Radio 1. It charted at No. 7 in the top 10 on 19 July 2009, and was added to a reissued version of the ''Best of'' album. The download single contained a remix by
the Thrillseekers
Steve Helstrip, known by the stage name The Thrillseekers, is an English DJ and record producer. His debut single was "Synaesthesia", released in 1999.
Helstrip has worked under the guises of En Motion, Insigma, Rapid Eye and Hydra. He also w ...
, along with a mix by Bracegirdle's moniker Disco Citizens. The follow-up to this single was revealed as "
Hiding All the Stars
"Hiding All the Stars" is a song by British electronic dance music artist Chicane featuring vocals by Natasha Andrews. The song, which samples "Cars" by Gary Numan, was released on 18 October 2009 in the United Kingdom.
"Hiding All the Stars" ...
", which contains a sample of
Gary Numan's "
Cars
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, Car seat, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport private transport#Personal transport, people in ...
", which had its first full play on
Radio 1 Radio 1 or Radio One most commonly refers to:
*BBC Radio 1, a music radio station from the BBC
** BBC Radio 1Xtra, a digital radio station broadcasting black music
*CBC Radio One, a talk radio station operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporatio ...
's Floorfillers on 21 August 2009.
In September, Chicane produced a remix of the classic track "Relax (Don't Do It)" by
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood were an English synth-pop band formed in Liverpool in 1980. The group's best-known line-up comprised Holly Johnson (vocals), Paul Rutherford (singer), Paul Rutherford (backing vocals), Peter Gill (FGTH drummer), Peter ...
, which is part of the 25-year anniversary of the seminal track. It was learned that the Re-Work EP was cancelled although no official announcement was ever made in regards to this. Other 'reworked' tracks that were due to appear on the EP were never mentioned from the initial announcement. Recently stated from Chicane Management; ''there were actually quite a few that people never got to hear''. In a June 2010 interview with
Impact Magazine, Bracegirdle commented on the 'Re-work EP' issue. "We covered House Arrest and there's a massive bag of legal problems with that record. God knows why. Poppiholla became this complete and utter monster... The best laid plans of mice and men can go completely astray once you have a big record. Things change all the time... the plan was to (release Re-worked) and then the whole thing went completely mental... in a good way."
The first official word on Chicane's fourth studio album, ''
Giants
A giant is a being of human appearance, sometimes of prodigious size and strength, common in folklore.
Giant(s) or The Giant(s) may also refer to:
Mythology and religion
*Giants (Greek mythology)
*Jötunn, a Germanic term often translated as 'gi ...
'', came in January through his
Facebook
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artist profile. "Come Back", the first single in connection with the new album, is a rework of the Paul Young 1980s hit "
Come Back and Stay
"Come Back and Stay" is a song that was first recorded in 1981 by its writer Jack Lee. In 1983, singer Paul Young released his version as a single from his album, '' No Parlez'', and it became an international hit. The song reached number 4 o ...
" and came with a remix by
Riley & Durrant. The single was released on 25 April. The same month a new track, "Barefoot", was added to Chicane's website. A laidback, Baleric-style tune, it proved popular with listeners awaiting the new album. This was followed by the track "Titles".
In May, Bracegirdle officially announced the new album through Facebook. He also revealed a new single "
Middledistancerunner
"Middledistancerunner" is the second official single taken from the 2010 Chicane album ''Giants''. It features American musician and vocalist Adam Young (of Owl City
Owl City is an American electronic music project created in 2007 in Owaton ...
", featuring
Owl City
Owl City is an American electronic music project created in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota. It is one of several projects by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young, who created the project while experimenting with music in his pa ...
's Adam Young on vocals. "The Nothing Song" is a remake of another
Sigur Ros song: "Untitled 4". The album also features the singles "
Hiding All the Stars
"Hiding All the Stars" is a song by British electronic dance music artist Chicane featuring vocals by Natasha Andrews. The song, which samples "Cars" by Gary Numan, was released on 18 October 2009 in the United Kingdom.
"Hiding All the Stars" ...
", "Come Back" and "
Poppiholla".
The album and "Middledistancerunner" were released on 2 August 2010. During the first week of release, a new track, called Velo, was given away as a free download via Chicane's website. In November the track "
Where Do I Start" was released as a single. Among others it was remixed by
Armin van Buuren.
2011–2015: ''Thousand Mile Stare'' and ''The Sum of Its Parts''
![ChicaneStockholm](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/ChicaneStockholm.jpg)
An upcoming Chicane single was announced in April through
Twitter
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. "
Going Deep", featuring British producer and rapper Aggi Dukes, had its first airplay on Steve Smart's radio show ''
Friday Night Kiss'' on 8 April. The video was released at the start of July and tells the story of Aggi Dukes—represented by a comical puppet, starting off in a cafe in the UK, before he undertakes on an epic party holiday to
Magaluf
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,
Mallorca. The single was released on 14 August, and remixes were made by Steve Smart & WestFunk, and VillaNaranjos. On 18 June, Chicane released the 'Wawa Remix' of his production "Spirit" as a free download from the official homepage.
On 29 July 2011, Chicane revealed a preview of the title track for the then forthcoming artist album ''
Thousand Mile Stare
''Thousand Mile Stare'' is the fifth studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane. An exclusive 'Collectors Edition Box Set' version of the album was released on 12 December 2011 before any regular CD or digital version was announced ...
'' on
YouTube
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. Unfortunately, by November it was clear that the album had been leaked onto the internet, the second time such an occasion had occurred in Chicane's career. For a time it seemed doubtful whether the album would ever get released, but an exclusive box set version of ''Thousand Mile Stare'' was released on 12 December 2011. It included a
cassette
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Technology
* Cassette tape (or ''musicassette'', ''audio cassette'', ''cassette tape'', or ''tape''), a worldwide standard for analog audio recording and playback
** Cassette single (or "Cassingle"), a music single in th ...
-shaped
USB flash drive
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of rare material and an album of remixes. Each early order contained the buyer's name on the album sleeve. The regular version of the album, which contained three previously unreleased tracks, was released on 16 April 2012, with an album launch live show following in
London
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at
Koko on 27 April with guest performances from
Kate Walsh, Vigri, Aggi Dukes and support from VillaNaranjos.
On 13 April 2012, the
Dutch
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* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
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* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
label
Armada Music
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Signed ...
announced that they had joined with Chicane's UK record label Modena Records. After having worked together extensively throughout the past four years, with Armada Music releasing Chicane's singles and albums for the
Benelux
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,
Germany
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,
Switzerland,
Austria
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and
Poland
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, Armada will be representing Chicane worldwide in the future.
In July 2012, Chicane collaborated with
Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten (; born 4 December 1973) is a Dutch disc jockey, record producer and remixer from Rotterdam. He is well known for producing many pioneering trance tracks during the 1990s–2000s under his numerous aliases, including System F, Moon ...
to write and produce a track called "One Thousand Suns", featuring singer
Christian Burns, and loosely based on Chicane's "Thousand Mile Stare".
In a 9 December 2012 interview with Eightoctaves.com, Chicane announced that he was working on a new album. He also said in the interview that "There are going to be some pretty stunning collaborations and guest appearances, I hope. I've just been recording in
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...
with
Anushka and that track is going to be stunning."
In 2013, Chicane released "One More Time" which featured the vocals of
Duane Harden
Duane Harden (born August 5, 1971) is a German-born American dance music vocalist and songwriter who has sung on several hits by various producers.
Harden is particularly famous in the United Kingdom, having sung on two best-selling dance singl ...
.
In April 2014, Chicane had a dispute with DJ
Mark Knight
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about his unauthorized sampling of "Saltwater" in Knight's track "The Return of Wolfy".
On 25 May 2014, Chicane released the single "No More I Sleep", featuring the vocals of Senadee.
In the July 2014 issue of the ''Sun:Sets'' radio show, Chicane named the title of the upcoming album ''
The Sum of Its Parts
''(The Whole is Greater Than) The Sum of Its Parts'' is the sixth studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane. It was released on 26 January 2015 by Modena Records and Armada Music.
The album debuted at number 44 on the UK Albums ...
''. It was released on 25 January 2015. An unconfirmed pre-order listing on iTunes UK showed an early release date (16 November 2014) and a different track list running order. The fourth single from the album is called "Still With Me" and is sung by British artist
Bo Bruce
Lady Catherine Anna Brudenell-Bruce (born 25 November 1984), known as Bo Bruce, is an English singer-songwriter previously signed to Mercury Records. She has released one EP, '' Search the Night ''(2010), and an album '' Before I Sleep'' in 20 ...
. A remix by Andreas Van Hoog was premiered on
Forth One Radio. The single was officially released on 26 October 2014.
Chicane released "Oxygen" as a remix EP on 5 July 2015, the fifth single from ''The Sum of Its Parts''. On 2 October 2015, he released two new tracks "Ibiza Strings" and "Ibiza Bleeps" as part his second extended play ''Ibiza''. He released the sixth and final single "Fibreglasses" on 30 October 2015.
2016–2019: ''Twenty'' and ''The Place You Can't Remember, the Place You Can't Forget''
On 29 July 2016, Chicane released a compilation album titled ''
Twenty
Twenty or 20 may refer to:
* 20 (number), the natural number following 19 and preceding 21
* one of the years 20 BC, AD 20, 1920, 2020
Music
Albums
* ''20'' (2nd Chapter of Acts album), 1992
* ''20'' (Cunter album), 2011
* ''20'' (Dr ...
'' as a celebration of his Twentieth anniversary in the music industry. The album was preceded by the lead single "Carry Me Home" (a rework of the song of the same name by Gloworm) featuring the vocals of
Steve Edwards; released on 3 June 2016.
''Twenty'' features Chicane's
greatest hits
A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...
, plus brand new remixes by
Philip George,
Kryder
Christopher Knight (born Hertfordshire, England), better known by his stage name Kryder, is an English DJ and record producer.
He is best known for his record "K2" and original track "Aphrodite" released on Axtone Records and his remix of K ...
,
Grum
Graeme Shepherd (born 7 May 1986), better known by his stage name Grum, is a Scottish electronic musician and producer.
Career
Grum's debut album, ''Heartbeats'', was released on 17 May 2010. It has been compared to Daft Punk's ''Discovery' ...
,
Jody Wisternoff
Joseph Wisternoff (born 25 November 1973) is an English electronic music producer and DJ.
He is best known as one half of the electronic music duo Way Out West, and also as a solo producer of dance music spanning early 1990s hardcore to deep ...
, Thomas Datt, and himself. As with
the 2008 best of album, "No Ordinary Morning", "Don't Give Up" and "Saltwater" are re-recordings as the original sound recordings were still owned by Xtravaganza and were unable to be licensed for this compilation due to a dispute between Chicane and Xtaravagnza boss Alex Gold, dated back to 2002. Chicane's previous Xtravaganza recordings which had been distributed by Edel Records in 1996/1997 are featured in their original form as Xtravaganza lost the rights to those sound recordings, with "Strong in Love" being released for the first time since its original release in 1998.
On 16 February 2018, Chicane released a mix compilation album titled ''Sun:Sets 2018 (Selected by Chicane)''.
In 2018, Chicane announced his seventh studio album on his weekly ''Sun:Sets'' podcast. The album ''
The Place You Can't Remember, the Place You Can't Forget'' was released on 8 June 2018. It includes the singles "
Gorecki" (originally written & performed by Lou Rhodes and the band Lamb) and "Serendipity" featuring
Tracy Ackerman
Tracy Ackerman is a British singer and songwriter. She works with several other British songwriters including Andy Watkins and Paul Wilson of Absolute and Mark Taylor. Ackerman has written for artists including Geri Halliwell, Cher, Boyzone, ...
.
In 2019, Chicane released the follow up to the original ''Sun:Sets'' compilation with the album titled ''Sun:Sets 2019 (Selected by Chicane)''.
2020–present: ''Everything We Had to Leave Behind''
In May 2020, Chicane released ''Behind The Sun (2020 Anniversary Mixes)'', featuring new mixes and remixes from other artists of the original tracks from the 2000 album.
On 23 April 2021, Chicane released his eighth studio album, titled ''
Everything We Had to Leave Behind
''Everything We Had to Leave Behind'' is the eighth studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane. The album was officially announced on 26 February 2021, along with the release of the fourth single from the album "8 (Circle)". It was r ...
''.
Musical style
Style
Bracegirdle describes his music as being strongly influenced by the relaxed, summer atmosphere of
Ibiza, where he was taken on holidays as a child.
[Shepherd, Stephanie]
Samplings – Chicane – Carries Ibiza Sound Across the Pond
. ''DJ Times''. September 2000. Retrieved 29 March 2006. In an interview in 2012, Bracegirdle stated that he does not draw inspiration from dance music; but from film soundtracks and musicians like
Brian Eno and
Trevor Horn
Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English music producer, label and recording studio owner, musician and composer. He is best known for his production work in the 1980s, and for being one half of the new wave band The Buggles (wit ...
.
He wrote "I have a lot of time for producers like myself,
BT,
Eric Prydz
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, but as I said, they are not really an influence upon me. It's artists such as
Vangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou ( el, Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; el, Βαγγέλης, links=no ), was a Greek composer and arranger of ...
that inspired me many years back".
His first two studio albums, along with ''
Giants
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Giant(s) or The Giant(s) may also refer to:
Mythology and religion
*Giants (Greek mythology)
*Jötunn, a Germanic term often translated as 'gi ...
'' – the fourth studio album – are known for atmospheric,
ambient melodies and shifting moods and tempos, particularly ''
Far from the Maddening Crowds
''Far from the Maddening Crowds'' is the debut studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane, released on 20 October 1997 through Xtravaganza Recordings. It is highly regarded as a seminal release in the trance music community, and was ...
'', which has been called "a soundtrack for an average day".
[Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. ''Far from the Maddening Crowds'' review ]AllMusic
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. Retrieved 17 March 2006.
Bracegirdle's career took a turn following the release of ''
Behind the Sun'', at which point he stated desires to focus on being a recording artist and producer, starting with planned work on Bryan Adams' then-upcoming studio album. (However, Adams would not release another studio album until 2004.) Bracegirdle also put remix work on hold at this point, reportedly turning down
Jean Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel André Jarre (; born 24 August 1948) is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music, accompanie ...
,
Moby, and both
Kylie and
Dannii Minogue.
The music that followed also changed; in more recent interviews, Bracegirdle has noted that he is consciously moving away from the influences of Ibiza in his songwriting—calling it a return to his "song writing background" as opposed to dance music.
Bracegirdle's dance music productions have caused him to be incorrectly identified as a
DJ throughout his career. As early as 1997, ''
The Mirror'' called him a "top DJ" in an article,
while the ''
Portland Press Herald
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Founded in 1862, its roots e ...
'' published a 2000 review in which both Chicane and BT were referred to as DJs.
Most recently, in 2007, Bracegirdle remarked in an interview that many people still hold this belief.
''Far from the Maddening Crowds'' and ''Behind the Sun'' were both primarily recorded at Chicane's personal recording studio, Modena One (sharing the name of his own record label),
located at his parents' house.
Co-producers who worked on these albums are Leo Elstob,
Salt Tank
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, Ray "Madman" Hedges, and Martin Brannigan. Tomski was commissioned to program the opening tracks ("Early" and "Overture") on both albums and contributed snippets and sounds to other tracks. However, Bracegirdle has stated that he works alone when in his own studio.
Recently, references to a studio called "Modena 2" have appeared in
liner notes
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Liner notes are desc ...
since the April 2006 release of the "Stoned in Love" single.
With the April 2011 premiere of the Chicane single "Going Deep" Bracegirdle stressed his own statement, that 'Chicane music is not bound by a certain genre'. 'Going Deep' is certainly a new turn in the sound as it is a blend of 90s retro disco, rap in a modern house, trance package.
Live
Chicane also performs live shows as a full-fledged band, which has included a rotating line-up of singers, guitarists, drummers, and flautists, as well as Bracegirdle himself on keyboards.
Justine Suissa
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Career and collaborations
She has collaborated with Armin van Buuren, Markus Schulz and Robbie Rivera, and has continu ...
, who provided vocals on "Autumn Tactics" from ''Behind the Sun'', toured with the band in 2000.
[Justinesuissa.co.uk](_blank)
. Retrieved 30 March 2006. English electronic producer Tom Jankiewicz (Tomski) was a frequent musical collaborator with Chicane from 1995 to 2006, and he also played keyboards and engineered in the band during that period.
[. Tomskimusic.com. Retrieved 17 March 2006.] Session drummers in the band, notably, have included Mark Pusey (Eminem, Natasha Bedingfield, Sway), Shovell from
M People
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, Simon Merry (Natalie Imbruglia) and David Barbarossa from
Bow Wow Wow
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.
[Amos, Chris]
Chicane's Nick Bracegirdle
. Bent.com. Retrieved 17 March 2006.
The band's current line-up since 2006 consists of the following musicians:
* Nick Bracegirdle (Chicane) – keyboards, programming
* Natasha Andrews, Kristin Hosein or
Jaki Graham
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– vocals
* Simon Small – guitars
* Carl Holt – bass
* Mark Pusey (2005–present) – drums
* Simon Merry – drums (2009–present)
Though the band's singers usually substitute for the original vocalists from the song due to the latter's other recording commitments, there have been exceptions; for example, both Maire Brennan
and Bryan Adams performed live with the band in
Ibiza in 2000. The former took place at one of the annual Ibiza festivals held by
MTV at the turn of the 2000s,
while the latter took place at a heavily promoted concert hosted by Xtravaganza on 4 August at
Privilege Ibiza
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, which was attended by over 7000, including
Bono and
Noel Gallagher
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.
Chicane has also played at major European music festivals, such as the
Glastonbury Festival and
Creamfields
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in England
and the
Roskilde Festival in Denmark;
[Almind, Christian]
Chicane
Roskilde Festival 2003 interviews. 26 November 2003. Retrieved 30 March 2006. as well as
Red Square
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in Moscow.
[Chicane biography](_blank)
. Chicanemusic.com. Retrieved 30 March 2006.
Chicane has performed
remixes (specifically, the "Tomski vs. Disco Citizens" remixes) live, as shown by a track listing from Chicane's 22 January 2000 performance at the Palladium in
Cologne
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, Germany.
[Bootlegs: Live at Palladium, Cologne, 22 January 2000](_blank)
. (24 August 2004). Chicane-Web. Retrieved 17 March 2006. This is unusual in that remixes, as products of
audio editing, are not generally considered instrumental performances in their own right. At least some aspects of this are credited to Tomski himself, on stage.
Bracegirdle also made a guest appearance live with Bryan Adams at the 2000
Slane Concert
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, as seen on Adams' ''Live at Slane Castle'' DVD.
[''Live at Slane Castle'' DVD credits](_blank)
. Bryanadams.com. Retrieved 17 March 2006.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Far from the Maddening Crowds
''Far from the Maddening Crowds'' is the debut studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane, released on 20 October 1997 through Xtravaganza Recordings. It is highly regarded as a seminal release in the trance music community, and was ...
'' (1997)
* ''
Behind the Sun'' (2000)
* ''
Somersault
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'' (2007)
* ''
Giants
A giant is a being of human appearance, sometimes of prodigious size and strength, common in folklore.
Giant(s) or The Giant(s) may also refer to:
Mythology and religion
*Giants (Greek mythology)
*Jötunn, a Germanic term often translated as 'gi ...
'' (2010)
* ''
Thousand Mile Stare
''Thousand Mile Stare'' is the fifth studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane. An exclusive 'Collectors Edition Box Set' version of the album was released on 12 December 2011 before any regular CD or digital version was announced ...
'' (2012)
* ''
The Sum of Its Parts
''(The Whole is Greater Than) The Sum of Its Parts'' is the sixth studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane. It was released on 26 January 2015 by Modena Records and Armada Music.
The album debuted at number 44 on the UK Albums ...
'' (2015)
* ''
The Place You Can't Remember, the Place You Can't Forget'' (2018)
* ''
Everything We Had to Leave Behind
''Everything We Had to Leave Behind'' is the eighth studio album by British electronic music artist Chicane. The album was officially announced on 26 February 2021, along with the release of the fourth single from the album "8 (Circle)". It was r ...
'' (2021)
References
External links
*
*
VK-community*
Official Bebo PageReview of Live Performance at Ministry of Sound (2013) by TranceFixxedChicanebiography at MN2S Booking Agency
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1971 births
Ambient musicians
Chill-out musicians
English record producers
English house musicians
Living people
People from Chalfont St Giles
Musicians from Buckinghamshire
English trance musicians
Progressive house musicians
Electronic dance music DJs