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- Chicane is songwriter and producer Nick Bracegirdle from a small village in Buckinghamshire. Despite being responsible for some of clublands biggest anthems over the past decade Nick is not a DJ. His songwriting and production talents have been the reason why legendary artists like Bryan Adams and Cher asked him to produce tracks for the respective albums.
Over the years the Chicane live experience has travelled far and wide, from the relative sanity of London's Islington Academy, to the vastness of Moscow's Red Square. An appearance at the The World Trade Centre in Manila in 2006 was a similarly bizarre experience. "It was a great gig" Nick reminisces. "Thousands of fans watching us become dehydrated and shrivelling into little more than cornflakes on stage in the unbearable heat".
The Best Of - Chicane is OUT NOW, featuring the UK hit single Poppiholla.
"Hiding All The Stars" is available from 19th October 2009
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Chicane "Hiding All The Stars" - Available from 19th October
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Chicane "Hiding All the Stars" New Single
The Chicane video for "Hiding All The Stars" is attracting a good deal of comment, much like the sleeve for the single!
The video which features long time Chicane vocalist Tash Andrews in two distinctly different guises that has upset some unaccustomed to seeing girls boxing.
The last two Chicane videos including the hit 'Poppiholla', have dealt with misconception. Indeed, when the cover of 'Hiding All the Stars' was first issued people thought that a woman with a black eye must be the subject of abuse. As always in life jumping to conclusions is a tricky thing. The film reveals that Tash or her character, likes to box.
Nick was intrigued by the 2012 Olympic committee's decision to allow boxing to be included in the Games, and coincidently saw feminist Germaine Greer's views on the BBC's One show. We all jump to conclusions, and he thought Germaine would be anti the sport - she initially was, but having spent time with some female boxers, she saw how empowering it was and shocked herself by realizing it could be a good thing.
The One Show's blog showed just how contentious the whole thing is, people were incensed by the idea of the 'last bastion of maleness' being infiltrated. The media is male dominated so it will be interesting to see the reaction there, if any of course.
The video's supporting cast include Jacqui-Lee Pryce, a boxing coach and actress (Mike Nichol's Closer, Doctors), who works with the Olympic team and Mitch Horner, (The Bill, Grange Hill), Ola, who featured in the last Chicane video, 'Poppihola'.
The fact a glamorous woman likes to box is something the world will have to come to terms with, like women soldiers being in the front line. Like a lot of life we may not agree but we salute the freedom of the individual. Tash enjoyed the training, it is one of the hardest sporting disciplines in the world.
The video was shot in the east end of London. Misconceptions are everywhere, one that commonly occurs with the band is that Nick or Chicane is a DJ.
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Welcome to You and to Bebo!!
Finally made the jump from the other Social 'scene' and into the realm of Bebo!
The NEW single, 'Bruised Water' (Chicane vs. Natasha Bedingfield) is out on August 25th 2008 for Digital Download. To pre-order from Townsend Records, simply click the following:
http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/pr...
And following hot on the heels of that will be 'The Best Of' album, coming very SOON!!
Welcome to the page and hope to hear from some of you soon!!
Nick0 Comments 442 days
have my lve.x
looking for a mod..... apply within.....
Super awesome gig in Dundee last night!!!!
Of all of the trance/electronica music out there, I still use your albums as a gauge to compare to the rest, because your melodies, harmonies and originality are incomparable.
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Been a fan for a very long time now! Heard Saltwater on Gatecrasher 2 and Sunstroke on This Is Club Nation. Got hooked...
Looking forward to the Best Of...I'm kinda hoping they'll be a bonus DVD as well...Maybe?
My most fave band on the planet. Looking forward to the Best of compilation. Still cant get hold of a promo copy of Bruised Water but I hope you will release it officially by CD as well.