Biography

Chicane is the group name for British trance musician and remixer Nick Bracegirdle who first attracted attention under the name Disco Citizens with the Top 40 UK hit Right Here Right Now in 1995 Changing to Chicane he reached the British Top 20 in late 1996 with Offshore He then enlisted Clannads Maire Brennan for a remake of the Clannad hit The Theme From Harrys Game under the title Saltwater which reached the UK Top Ten and became an international hit The first Chicane album Far From the Maddening Crowds was released in 1997 As a remixer Bracegirdle transformed Bryan Adams Cloud 9 for another major hit in most Western countries Employing Adams as an uncredited vocalist he then topped the British charts with Dont Give Up It was featured on the second Chicane album Behind the Sun released in Europe in the spring of 2000 This disc reached the Top Ten in Britain and charted across Europe and in the Far East Behind the Sun was released in the US in August 2000 Visions of Ibiza appeared the next summer William Ruhlmann All Music Guide