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Posted by chrisday on Sep-23-2009 21:49:

Chicane

Got the chance to go and see Chicane at a club near me and was wondering if it was worth going... No denying that in the past it would have been great. But to be honest I don't have a clue what to expect now.

What genre / style do they play now? Or is is just a performance of their tracks?

Posted by Zak McKracken on Sep-23-2009 21:53:

his last almost ten years of music is pretty lame imo, but i have no idea how he is live.

Posted by Kinezi on Sep-23-2009 21:53:

popiholla!

Posted by leebates1986 on Sep-23-2009 22:00:

not at the kasbah is it chris?

Posted by chrisday on Sep-23-2009 22:12:

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Originally posted by leebates1986
not at the kasbah is it chris?

Ha.... Yeah! Either that date or the date in Sheffield the night after. Thats another thing, Whats the Kasbah like as a venue?

Like I mentioned earlier I am happy to admit I'm clueless regarding what Chicane play now, do they even dj!?... I'll prob end up going and seeing what its like.

Are you going?

Posted by vinnie97 on Sep-23-2009 22:13:

It's a PA as far as I know and given what has come out for the past decade under his production guise, I'd pass.

Posted by leebates1986 on Sep-23-2009 22:22:

im thinking about it but kind of put off by it being a 14+ age event lol

Posted by chrisday on Sep-23-2009 22:26:

14 Haha.... Really!?

Might pass to then...

Posted by Lews on Sep-23-2009 22:40:

Lmao @ 14+.

Just hope they have a VIP bar area where you can just chill and drink until it's good.

It would be interesting to see, I think. Not sure if it would be a band or him DJ-ing or doing everything from his laptop or what.

Posted by gEaK on Sep-24-2009 18:25:

I saw Chicane in Manchester a while ago after he'd been away for all those years, it was a PA with Nick and a full band including a couple of vocalists.

The set was mixture, starting out with quite a bit of the Rock stuff from Somersault, but gradually becoming more Electronic and ending with a few full on classics.

I would imagine that Chicane would play very much the same as when I last saw him, if anything it would probably be less Rock focused and more Electronic based judging by his last few singles, although personally I would only really be interested in the old stuff.

I've been to the Kasbah in Coventry before as my girlfriend goes to Cov Uni and it's half decent, there's a medium sized room for live performances, a bigger room for the main club and a smaller one for chilling out.

If it's not too much hassle to get there I would definately recommend checking it out, I'm hoping to catch the show if only to hear Offshore being played on a live setup again. I can guarantee you it is an experience you won't forget.

Posted by Acton on Sep-24-2009 18:49:

quote:
Originally posted by gEaK
I saw Chicane in Manchester a while ago after he'd been away for all those years, it was a PA with Nick and a full band including a couple of vocalists.

The set was mixture, starting out with quite a bit of the Rock stuff from Somersault, but gradually becoming more Electronic and ending with a few full on classics.

I would imagine that Chicane would play very much the same as when I last saw him, if anything it would probably be less Rock focused and more Electronic based judging by his last few singles, although personally I would only really be interested in the old stuff.

I've been to the Kasbah in Coventry before as my girlfriend goes to Cov Uni and it's half decent, there's a medium sized room for live performances, a bigger room for the main club and a smaller one for chilling out.

If it's not too much hassle to get there I would definately recommend checking it out, I'm hoping to catch the show if only to hear Offshore being played on a live setup again. I can guarantee you it is an experience you won't forget.

I was at that one to

I wasn't to keen on the cheese, but the classics were fucking top notch .

Posted by Unique2701 on Sep-24-2009 20:20:

I saw Nick and the band at Koko in London a while ago. They played quite some cheese and the vocalist talked a lot inbetween the tracks to work the crowd, annoying as hell. It was really good to hear some tracks live and I guess it's not too bad for old times sake but just don't go there expecting a Palladium set.
I have the live recording of it but I actually can't stand to listen to it at home . PM me if you wanna hear it.

Tracklist was:

Spirit
Bruised Water
Nothing
Halcyon (2008 version)
Offshore
Saltwater
Don't Give Up
No Ordinary Morning
Stoned in Love.

They also played a few tracks as an encore, but I can't remember which ones.

Posted by Owsey on Sep-24-2009 21:04:

I'd go see Chicane if I knew they were going to play tracks which were made pre 2000 (that doesn't mean the shitty 2008 or whatever reworks of their old tracks)

It pretty much went downhill after 2000. Personally, I couldn't stand listening to bullshit like Poppiholla and Hiding all the Stars when I'm out.

Posted by djdk on Sep-25-2009 10:08:

I saw chicane do the live thing at Gatecrasher Summer Soundsystem last year. I was in a foul mood, horrible comedown/hangover, "slept" in a puddle in a leaking tent, it hadnt stopped raining in about 12 hours, the chemical brothers had been cancelled, the list goes on. Essentially I was properly fucked off and almost ready to call it a day.

After an hour of chicane I had a beaming smile on my face (no rugs either) and was happy as larry

Yeah it'll be a bit cheesy in places, but its good fun

Posted by Trent Steele on Sep-26-2009 19:34:

Chicane live band= money in da bank

Posted by Simon Be-at.tv on Sep-28-2009 14:20:

Here's a couple of interesting links for people interested in the Chicane LIVE performance!

http://www.be-at.tv/#/brands/isling...hicane/chicane/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loEG6Wgu1q0