Chicane

西肯的处女专辑《Far from the Maddening Crowds》在1997发行，一直是大家公认的一场劲爆的迷幻音乐盛典。之后，在2000年的英国，以第二张录音室专辑《Behind the Sun》征服了听众的胃口，其中单曲Saltwater获得了巨大成功，由此西肯被认为是Trance音乐的创始人之一。在2007年，一拖又拖的西肯个人专辑《 Somersault》发布，专辑一反西肯的固有印象，结合了大量流行音乐和house元素。不久，已经发布了10年的专辑《Far from the Maddening Crowds》又重新发布，其中有一首新歌《Offshore 2007》。在2010年，发布了《Giants》，主打歌是美国乐队Owl City主唱Adam Young献声的《Middledistancerunner》。2011-2018年又陆续发行了三张专辑。 2021年，发行第八张专辑《Everything We Had To Leave Behind》，这张专辑是在疫情期间录制的，是一张关于“和平、希望、崇敬”的专辑。Chicane对外曾说：我刚开始制作这张专辑的时候，它还没有命名，那时候形势还没有那么严峻，当事情发生了之后，事情有些不真实，因为每个人的生活都被改变了，没有了现场演出，对整个音乐产业来说是有直接影响的，对此我受到了启发。录制这张专辑对我未来看法以及音乐上来说是一种重启、宣泄，完成了之后我对未来更加期待了。 2023年，他再次通过Armada发行个人第九张录音室专辑《Nevertheless》，新专辑沿继上一张专辑的风格，能将听众带进一个幸福美满的听感。新专辑收录13首曲目，歌手合作阵容中有Paul Aiden、The Mannequin、Hanna Finsen等人，他们都能带来梦幻般的声音。最令人关注合作是与英国挪威跨国组合C-Systems合作舞池单曲“Let The Universe Surround You”。 Chicane is the most famous alias for British songwriter and producer Nick Bracegirdle. He first attracted attention along with Leo Elstob as the duo, Disco Citizens, with the UK Top 40 hit "Right Here Right Now" in 1995. They continued to work together as Disco Citizens and remixed their own track "Offshore", which had been released under their Chicane guise as their second release Offshore Ep #1. Whereas the original version of "Offshore" was an ambient track, the more dance floor friendly remix by Disco Citizens gave them huge commercial success and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 14 in December, 1996. Elstob later departed but Bracegirdle continued as a solo artist and later enlisted Clannad's Maire Brennan for a remake of their 1982 hit "Theme From Harry's Game" under the title "Saltwater", which reached the UK Top 10 and became an international hit. In March, 2000, "Don't Give Up" featuring Bryan Adams, finally gave Bracegirdle a number 1 hit in his native country. To date, Chicane has scored 11 UK Top 40 singles with five of those being with featured artists.