Nick Bracegirdle, owner of Modena Records, records as Chicane and Disco Citizens. He writes, produces, records and engineers everything in his own studio in Buckinghamshire, England. Modena Records licenses tracks to territories throughout the world, via Dynamik, to various companies with Xtravaganza/Edel being the UK, German and North American licensee. Dynamik secured deals with Trust Foundation in Benelux, Happy Music in France, Form Records in S.E. Asia and Edelpitch in Scandinavia.

1997 has been a great year with four Top Forty hits in the UK and the Chicane album “Far From The Maddening Crowds” which has just been released. The year started with Chicane’s “Offshore” which reached number 14 in the UK Top Forty singles chart at the end of ’96 and has been included on a vast amount of dance compilations. The next single released was “Footprint” which went to number 33 followed by “Sunstroke” which went to number 21. The last single of the year was “Offshore ‘97” featuring an all new female vocal which entered at number 17. A year of consistent chart successes for a dance act.

The album includes tracks featuring Caroline Lavelle on vocals and Salt Tank remixes. It has been gaining excellent reviews and looks set to continue selling well into 1998. Nick is also a popular remixer and during the early part of 1997 remixed several artists including Everything But The Girl, Lithium and BBG - all tracks that went Top 40. He is also very involved with the visual aspect of Chicane, including the video production. The video for “Offshore” was number 12 in the USA National Video Chart.

The future looks even more interesting with work on the next Chicane album and further Disco Citizens tracks being underway. Nick is also having discussions with film producers with respect to scoring film music in the future.