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Posted by meneedit on Mar-01-2004 01:59:

Chicane

Who owns "Chichane - Far From The Maddening Crowds"?

is it worth buying?

Posted by dj_alucard on Mar-01-2004 02:02:

it is

Posted by meneedit on Mar-01-2004 02:04:

wikkid

Posted by webmeister on Mar-01-2004 02:04:

Yes, most definitely.

Posted by starglider on Mar-01-2004 02:07:

I own this and Behind The Sun; both essential albums really. FFTMC is perhaps a bit better in terms of overall flow.

Posted by meneedit on Mar-01-2004 02:14:

No worries starglider. Its just... the only reason I am asking is because I just heard a sample from this album on the net.

Whichever track I was listening to sounded alot like saltwater.
Same style anyway.

I take it that Chicane is one of those DJ's that has a signature style or whatever to fook its called....

Posted by rainbow_marble on Mar-01-2004 02:47:

chicane rpes the common nwb.

Posted by meneedit on Mar-01-2004 02:56:

rpes? nwb?

oh i get it, more of the latest jargon.

hmm let me see..... "nwb".... noob?

who knows

Posted by rainbow_marble on Mar-01-2004 03:04:

quote:
Originally posted by meneedit
rpes? nwb?

oh i get it, more of the latest jargon.

hmm let me see..... "nwb".... noob?

who knows

not a bad guess for a rook like yourself.

Posted by tranceDJ on Mar-01-2004 03:11:

The perfect session for listening to some chillout would be listening to chicane's far from the maddening crowds and then behind the sun.

Posted by meneedit on Mar-01-2004 03:29:

my favourite track from behind the sun is Andromeda... no wait.. its Low Sun.... yeah definitely low sun

Posted by meneedit on Mar-01-2004 03:32:

wait a minute!

http://www.discogs.com/release/211835

fok, I thought he only had 2 albums!

well then, was there something you werent telling me

Posted by meneedit on Mar-01-2004 03:50:

I hate it when it goes quiet

Posted by meneedit on Mar-01-2004 04:01:

Hellooooo-oooooooo-oooooo

Posted by starglider on Mar-01-2004 04:10:

Spamming much?

Easy To Assemble is indeed Chicane's third album, however, while it is not without merit, I would not call it "essential" as I did his previous two.

Posted by meneedit on Mar-01-2004 04:12:

Not essential.

So no stand out tracks then?

Posted by Porky on Mar-01-2004 06:29:

quote:
Originally posted by meneedit
Not essential.

So no stand out tracks then?

love on the run - i give it a B

Posted by T_2199 on Mar-02-2004 09:20:

quote:
Originally posted by meneedit
Not essential.

So no stand out tracks then?

I think 'Empires' is an outstanding track!! Its soo good Ive listened to it like 1000000000000000x times

Posted by GrimReaper on Mar-02-2004 11:48:

Empires is one of the best tracks on Easy To Assemble. The album is not officially released tho, thanks to the ppl who leaked the promo out into the net b4 it was meant to so they decided to delay the release and possibly Chicane is doing/did some reworking and changes to the album. We'll see.

You should also try Chicane's non-mixed compilation Visions Of Ibiza. Damn nice selection of mostly older (some classic) tracks from chilled ones to trance.
2xCD: Beechwood Music, UK, 2001 (CHICCD01)

01. Kama Sutra - Sugar Steps (5:18)
02. Heights Of Abraham - E.V.A. (8:44)
03. Aphex Twin - Windowlicker (6:04)
04. The Sabres Of Paradise - Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix) (4:10)
05. Everything But The Girl - Before Today (Chicane Mix) (6:10)
06. Chicane - Offshore (Disco Citizens Edit) (4:27)
07. Simple Minds - A Brass Band In African Chimes (9:12)
08. Innocence - Natural Thing (4:05)
09. Rabbit In The Moon - Deeper (10:46)
10. Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Part II (Edit) (6:50)
11. Chicane - Early (4:12)
12. The Orb - Into The Fourth Dimension (8:57)

01. Leftfield - Not Forgotten (4:42)
02. Slam - Eterna (6:14)
03. Spice - 69 Overdrive (Timo Maas Extended Vocal Edit) (5:28)
04. Mansun - Wide Open Space (Perfecto Mix) (7:15)
05. Tin Tin Out - Strings For Yasmin (4:05)
06. Planet Funk - Chase The Sun (Adam Freeland Mix) (11:23)
07. Huff & Puff - Help Me Make It Through The Night (Deep Mix) (9:06)
08. South Street Players - (Who?) Keeps Changing Your Mind (Fresh Fruit Mix) (7:35)
09. Bassheads - Is There Anybody Out There? (Original Edit) (3:27)
10. Three Drives - Greece 2000 (Original Mix-Miro Vocal Version) (7:48)
11. Dubstar - Stars (Way Out West Remix) (6:13)
12. Rank 1 - Airwave (Dutch Force vs. Rank 1 Vocal Edit) (2:57)

Posted by A.J. on Mar-02-2004 12:29:

Anyone have a tracklist for the FFTMC CD???

Posted by GrimReaper on Mar-02-2004 12:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Vigilante
Anyone have a tracklist for the FFTMC CD???

01. Early (4:17)
02. Already There (2:55)
03. Offshore (Original) (6:45)
04. Lost You Somewhere (Original) (8:26)
05. From Blue To Green (5:51)
06. Sunstroke (Disco Citizens 'On The Train' Remix) (9:06)
07. Leaving Town (feat. Salt Tank) (5:58)
08. Red Skies (7:35)
09. Sunstroke (Original) (6:18)
10. Offshore '97 (feat. Power Circle) (9:12) aka Offshore (Anthony Pappa Bootleg Mix)
11. The Drive Home (6:06)

For more info about Chicane and his works, go to http://www.chicane.cc/ .

Posted by A.J. on Mar-02-2004 12:45:

Only one i have hard is Offshore, but I am a big fan of Chicane, so i might go see if i can find the CD somewhere local

Posted by Peter K on Mar-20-2004 06:26:

anyone know the release date of Easy to Assemble? Nick hasn't updated his site since december(chicaneonline.com)

Posted by GrimReaper on Mar-20-2004 07:40:

I haven't seen an exact release date yet, only "early 2004".

Posted by CortexBomb on Mar-21-2004 16:34:

Chicane's sound has altered significantly over the years, his first full length was mainly chilled, with some trance influence.

Behind the Sun was much more commercial, more Trancey, and had a lot more vocals, but still maintained a decided chill tone.

Easy to Assemble is very, very commercial with less of chill/trance influence remaining. The song that most laud as the best on it, Empires, is to my ears, a reworked version of Hybrid's Finished Symphony, and not deserving of *too* much praise.

I love Chicane, and I think FFTMC and BTS are both excellent, but ETA hasn't impressed me, hopefully some 'reworking' before the formal release will help it out, but I'm not holding my breath. The album isn't *horrible* by any stretch, but it's not nearly as good as Nick's previous efforts either.

He definitely has a signature sound though, which is one of the reasons he's had such a solid following for so long, despite the lack of new releases for going on 4 years now with the pushback on the new album.

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