Bio

Formed in 1994 the four piece Chicane rapidly gained a strong following in their home town of Christchurch. The band features the vocal and guitar talents of Dean Chiplin who was last seen on the Failsafe label on the Avalanche compilation playing guitar for Supertanker. David Toland on drums and Ché Rogers on bass duties and shared their talents between Chicane and Springloader who featured on the Good Things compilation.

Taking advantage of recording time offered in Greymouth the band put together a six song mini-album which embraces the variety of songs in their live set.

Drummer Toland moved to Auckland after the recordings and was replaced by Whetham Alpress. The band performed gigs locally before founder members Chiplin and Schilder decided to move to Auckland, replacing Alpress with Toland and Rogers with Dylan.

Chicane's music is predominantly solid guitar-based, ranging from the swooning pop of Fabrication and Scatter Bomb to the hard-edged wired sounds of V-Flare and the title track. The upbeat Downtime has gained inclusion on Kiwi Hit Disc 14.