{"id":75995,"date":"2022-06-09T13:22:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=75995"},"modified":"2022-06-09T13:22:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:22:53","slug":"chicane-celebrates-debut-albums-25th-anniversary-with-far-from-the-maddening-crowds-evolution-mixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/06\/chicane-celebrates-debut-albums-25th-anniversary-with-far-from-the-maddening-crowds-evolution-mixes\/","title":{"rendered":"CHICANE CELEBRATES DEBUT ALBUM\u2019S 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH \u2018FAR FROM THE MADDENING CROWDS (EVOLUTION MIXES)\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The year is 1997, and Chicane just released the album that would promptly cement its spot in global dance music culture. Seminal to its core, \u2018Far From The Maddening Crowds\u2019 covered a broad landscape of club hits and ambient allure, of night-time sensation and Balearic beauty. Many sat on the rocks outside Caf\u00e9 Mambo and watched the sun go down to \u2018Offshore\u2019 or stepped onto the dance floor to embrace the more energetic cadence of tracks such as \u2018From Blue To Green\u2019.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For a brief moment, the world of dance music was Ibiza, and Chicane lent a hand with a collection of anthems befitting each moment and each mood, from the beach to the clubs. And now, the British producer returns to the point where it all began for himself and countless of his fans, celebrating the album\u2019s 25th anniversary with all new Evolution Mixes of the tracks that impacted the scene so greatly. \u00a0 Pre-order Chicane \u2013 Far From The Maddening Crowds (Evolution Mixes)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like catching up with a friend, and it\u2019s weird looking back on something you created so long ago\u201d, Chicane says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019d started to reassess \u2018Far From The Maddening Crowds\u2019 sometime in 2020, and that can be daunting when such an album is replete with influential trance tracks and sunset favourites. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s mainly because music evolves, like our memories evolve alongside. I was very aware that touching this album, re-recording and reworking it, was going to be tricky. I didn\u2019t want to take anything away or add anything unnecessarily into the mix. But all things considered, revisiting my debut album was something I couldn\u2019t not do. I had learned so much over the twenty odd years and I had a recall of the Balearic sound seasoned with time and love.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And so it began: evolution in its purest form. \u00a0 Not only does this reworked album offer glimpses of a budding electronic scene on the verge of expansion and heightened global relevance, it also highlights the current and future appeal of records that already stood the test of time. The world of dance music may have evolved since, and the maddening crowds are now embellishing every street corner rather than far and between, but this incredible album update takes the bliss of a pre-2000s Ibiza, stirs in the sound of modern times and finally presents a piece of perfect evolution that won\u2019t have any trouble wowing dance music fans until it\u2019s become part of the legacy itself. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tracklist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early (Evolution Mix)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already There (Evolution Mix)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offshore (Evolution Mix)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lost You Somewhere (Evolution Mix)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Blue To Green (Evolution Mix)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunstroke (Disco Citizens Evolution Mix)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaving Town (Evolution Mix)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red Skies (Evolution Mix)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunstroke (Evolution Mix)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offshore (Disco Citizens Evolution Mix) The Drive Home (Evolution Mix)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The year is 1997, and Chicane just released the album that would promptly cement its spot in global dance music culture. Seminal to its core, \u2018Far From The Maddening Crowds\u2019 covered a broad landscape of club hits and ambient allure, of night-time sensation and Balearic beauty. <\/p>\n

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