The story behind "Chicane - Offshore" with Nick Bracegirdle | Muzikxpress 050 

I love this interview. Maybe in the future, you could do another chicane interview about SALTWATER? Keep up the good work.

'Offshore' remains an absolute classic - one of those tracks that somehow resonates for so many people in countless ways. For me, it's a perfect representation of what I call 'widescreen' music - lush, atmospheric, melodic, and highly evocative. Beautiful chords supporting a hugely compelling riff.

The day I no longer get goosebumps while listening to this track is the day I no longer consider myself alive.

Known nick from school came to the ministry of sound with me once so he could give a few copies of his records out to the dj’s who were playing that night. That record launched him into world wide success!

No tunes do it like Offshore and Saltwater. So simple, yet takes you further than almost anything else out there today. They can both bring bliss, memories, emotion, nostalgia, euphoria, they’re absolute Masterpieces of Trance

I love this Artist. Unbeknownst to Nick , his music defined my life. There is NO OTHER artist that moves me on the dancefloor and just for that alone, indeed a great Artist. A TranceGod !!

This Track & saltwater always gave me the "hot summer deserted beach walk feels"' So dreamy & So Melancholic. The music Chicane created always felt inspirational and life if full of potential. Thanks Chicane & Bedankt beste Twan.

Interviewed in FM 95 May 2000 I still have it. He used mainly Roland S-750 & S-760's back then, there are four in the rack. He had a JV-1080 that he used but tended towards the samplers. A Spirit Studio analog mixer, a pair of SH-101's. He used an Alesis 3630 across the mix and an SPL Vitalizer on everything. He also used the Lexicon MP1 on everything as that's what he had, also used a pair of Boss SX-700 effects. Sometime after Offshore he got a Nord Lead Keyboard and Rack which he used on main plucks for Saltwater.

I was 12 when offshore came out, my brother had it on cassette and even then I remember I got butterflies in my stomach. For me something about the track signifies strength and hope, even without the vocal. Its so well produced. I really get what Nick is saying about the music being in you. I really do believe that one is born with an innate sense of knowing what/how to write, its like a gift. Offshore is 100% the best example of this. The emotion is conveys seems to be universal.

I must have listened to this track over a thousand times. Still love it just as much as the first time I heard it. Ultimate classic!

The investment in tracks back then still shows to this day, when production becomes quick and easy, tracks become disposable, unfortunately

I remember participation in a super rig, night of the discotheques, where we compete to be the best club in Flanders. Intro was Adiemus - Adiemus and a remix from this, goosebumps alert, and public lost their minds and go into the trip. Still goosebumps here hehe. Understanding mixing and mastering can be chaotic in some manner, leave the working project, doing something else, going back, so he learned it hard way lol, poor fella.

If GOD listen music then OFFSHORE must be on his playlist.....

my first introduction to this brilliant man. Chicane's beautiful work has been a part of who I am since 1997. :)

Saltwater warms my heart and takes me on a nostalgic Time Machine every time I hear it.

The Saltwater track is like the music talking about the existence of having a holiday in Ibiza .

Phenominal artist. Probably the one I hold in highest regard for the most inspirational uplifiting tracks in my life.

So good from a production standpoint to hear that Nick takes a long time in order to let a track marinate. Instead of: "Yeah, man. Tossed off that hit in an hour." He's always been one of my greatest influences. What an amazing artist. Thanks for this outstanding interview.

Brilliant interview mate, and what an absolute legend Nick is! Love this one :) Huge thanks for getting my 'Saltwater' vinyl signed too! Framed and on the wall already of course :D

Chicane is a brilliant producer! Love all of his music and I still own a great many of his CD's!

Offshore '97 is the GOAT

Amazing! It's really hard these days to produce such great songs, to listen again after 10-20-30 years like it was released yesterday.

Offshore was by far the best track he ever did, absolute masterpiece with such an ambiance at the end, I’ve always enjoyed his music but this track is fantastic, Hats Off To U Aswell Muzikxpress 🙏

Wooow🙌🙌🙌🙌one of my favourite Trance legends😁🙌if you're from 90's, you must have heard and liked "Offshore", wow interview of Chicane 😍👌😇🙌😁👏👏👏Thank you Muzikxpress, thanks a lot😁🙌👍love this show, and thanks a lot sir Nick Chicane🙌😁😇😍👍🙌🙌🙌🙌😇👏👏👏👏hope you create more tracks like "saltwater" "don't give it up", "poppihola" "spirit" (almost all your past tracks left a massive footprint in Trance World, loved/still love your tracks sir😇🙌😇👏👏👏Thank you 😁😇🙌👏

the sound of 90s ibiza

Nick, you are just a brilliant composer, this is a great composition when I hear it, all problems disappear and it gives strength and joy

💞💞...new music.2021...💯🎵Nick...what an inspiration to the world of music..😷.🥁🎻.🤗✌️💋☘️

Love it and he seems such a nice guy aswell.

every single track from Chicane is great masterpiece, but my most favorite one is Red Skies

I was i gues 14 years old, now i am 34 and still listening this song every day in bed.

As a producer this very inspirational for me 🙏🔥

😉✌️This guy!? Took months? Glad he finished it. Master piece.

Thank you for carrying my soul from the rain to the beach.

Xtravaganza -- golden years of Nick Bracegirdle... Idea with vocal version of "Offshore" (i think) led to collaboration with Brian Adams to another radio hit #1

very cool again, Twan!!

Nick without doubt is a Trance God!.. Offshore, Seven Cities (Solarstone), Out of the Blue (System F (aka Ferry Corsten)) and Children (Robert Miles) defined the Trance Genre for me and if something new comes up that I love you can be sure it has echoes of those types of songs!.. Nick you are a Genius truly a modern day Mozart!! 😊

Offshore is great, reminds me of very, very good times. I still love to lesson to it today. Thank you Nick!

Great interview. The main thing I take from this is that he REALLY knows his stuff.

I was blown away when I heard Don't Give Up. I was like wow Bryan Adams doing dance music.

Excellent channel and content, you deserve more attention, keep it up!

Very nice interview! Im very thankful to Nick for including one of my remixes on his recent Sun:Sets compilation! Legend....

This tune is my number one tune of all time, closely followed by BT - Flaming June and Lustral - Everytime.

What a legend! Thanks a lot for the interview! Chicaaaaaaaaaaane!!!!

It's incredible how challenging it was to complete this track, which has had such profound impact on electronic music - Everything after the album Far From The Maddening Crowds was VERY good as well, and certainly less challenging to produce from a technical POV, but this, this was something unprecedented, it was/is that good!

Love his Rapa Nui shirt. Easter Island represent! 😆

Chicane = Superb !

More history taken from insert of Anthony Pappa's - Resolution, amazing mix CD btw really captures Pappas soul, that IS HIM YOU ARE HEARING. He did have a few advantages, mind. He'd met a number of British DJs while playing in Australia and there was also the small matter of him being extremely good. Those musical skills encouraged by his dad had found an outlet in his DJing, not least his harmonic mixing skills (he still organises his box into keys). In face, this was how he chanced across the Chicance/Offshore liaison. "I wasn't mad on the record, but i thought it was a nice vocal. Offshore was breakbeaty tune. I keyed them both and put them in my record box and I wondered how they'd sound together and-bang-that was it." That was, indeed, it: 'Offshore' reached number 14 in the pop charts.

Great interview, Nick seems like a top bloke. Offshore is one of my favourite tunes ever!

Mate im from oz. Used to dj but not anymore. Chicane's No Ordinary Morning is a personal favourite of mine i still have it on vinyl. Keep these old skool contents coming ur doing a great job

Thank you

I can acknowledge the influences of Vangelis and Jean Michel Jarre in Chicane's work, but Offshore definitely has a Tangerine Dream influence. Love on a Real Train from the Risky Business soundtrack. Not that its a bad thing, they were among the pioneers of electronic music.

I listen to this track every week.. Its part of me 💜. Part of My most innocent lovely time of my life when I first listen to this track back in the day of 1997... My heart was so pure.. Still is, especially when I put this track on to enhance that emotion 💚 He is such a down to earth wonderful being. Luv this guy !. Thanks for the interview 🌟

Great interview - its a track I always used to start a set with!

I found it really interesting how he Nick said he often listens to music he loves with an ear to figuring out precisely *why* particular chords or harmonies etc 'work' for a specific result. Made me instantly think of that beautiful middle-8 / angelic voices pad reprise he put into Poppiholla. At the time I remember thinking how much musically it reminded me of James Horner's final cue from the Titanic score and if he'd made it sound like than on purpose as a homage to it.

This track gets me emotional every time I hear it. I dedicated it to 3 female ex co-workers of mine when I walked away from my job. I had a crush with one of them and did not tell her at the time as I barely knew her... She had her birthday on that day and I left with tears in my eyes. She never saw that scene. Never seen her or heard from her since then... I am still furious about this till today.

Great video as always! Can't wait for the next one!

What you see is their success, but what you do not see is the hard work that goes into it. Great interview.

I love this channel so much! and damn, these legends are getting old, and by extension, so am I xD but some immortal pieces of music on the spotlight, amazing!

Thank you for taking the time to do this interview. I've always wondered what Nick/Chicane is like & the history of his music style. Originally I found Chicane with Halcyon, thought it was a remix of Orbital's at first

Thank you for taking the effort to bring us this! It REALLY means a lot!

What a gem of a channel

Great channel, love your interviews. Especially the more in depth questions about production, equipment and motivation are great. Keep up the great work Twan/Toine.

Thank you, for so great interview, again. Greetings from CZ.

I love this track. Thank you for this great interview.

Very cool, down to earth chilled dude and of course a master artist!!

Top man. Top tunes. Creates music that makes my heart soar. Total respect.

Much love & respect to Nick (and for you Twan once again for a great interview)! ‘Saltwater’ is most def in my top fave tracks of all time and many others, like ‘Offshore’ have left a deep memory mark, too!

Chicane one of my all time favorites. Really happy that I found this interview. Thanks alot for doing this

love it

Love every week podcasts - Chicane:SunSets

Your channel should have at least one million subscribers

Absolute legend! Love Chicane ❤️

nice interiew he is the founder of the famous plucked type sounds that came from the nord lead you can heard in many trance tracks from other artist as well

Brilliant interview, and awesome introduction of the timeline and versions of the track.

Very interesting interview. Thanks!

A good interview. It was detailed and Nick provided good information. 👍👌

Love these videos ✨

Another great interview!

Thank you for this interview, thanks to Nick i discovered more and more music, i still remember how i discovered his music by accident and to this day he stayed one of my favorite musicians. I still embrace more his second album Behind the Sun, and my favorite Chicane track is Low Sun

Beautiful song so much memories!!! Reminds me little bit prodigy singer!

AWESOME!!!!

The legend himself ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Great interview Twan. The best thing about offshore? The breakdown at 3.12 as per the radio edit. Incredible. And on live versions with the electro acoustic guitar. This track is what defines my passion for this type of music. 😊

massive thanks

Wonderful interview, he seems very intelligent, and very thoughful about his productions which definitely shows in his tracks. Thank you for this great interview :)

Love this!!!, Can’t wait for another sitdown with Nic

Great interview!

Another great video and interview 👍

Great interview! Chicane single was my first CD single I ever bought... love this track to bits and play it very often. I have his whole discography but love the early stuff the most up to Giants, after that there’s just one or two cool tracks and rest were just fillers

I love chicane & still have the vinyl version of salt water & thanks for sharing, great interview, and love his work and other songs & will continue & support his work & DJ and mix his songs in my sets

Excellent video. Thank you for this.

Love on the run - made me 'look for him' back in 2003. Good to see him enjoying the interview. Thanks for sharing. Peace from Pakistan.

the artist is amazing genious....

Fabulous interview. I've loved Chicane for over 20 years

Music genius = Nick Chicane

Really like this channel man, big big fan of what you're doing!!

"Bracegirdle" What a name! lol Great producer top guy nice interview :)

Loved this great .

First one 😂 thank you Twan, been waiting for this one!

Classic track. SALTWATER is amazing.