Let me tell you something. My heart and soul is rock and roll, Metallica, Motorhead, Kiss, AC/DC to name a few. When this particular track came out back in 96/7, I just had to have it. I can honestly say, that the album/cd 'Far From The Maddening Crowds' that spawned this particular track has been one of my best buys ever. I never tire of listening to it, it is a timeless piece of work. Offshore, has memories from the past for me, places and people , but you can never go back there.
Getting home from a night's out, winding down watching some videos and then this came along. It was 1996 and I was sold. Seminal track and album, timeless.
Great all time Trance classic. Such a wonderful melody and atmosphere. Reminds me so much of the summer days back in '96. My driving license, my first car, great partys... And always "offshore" and "saltwater" in my tapedeck.
i used to drive down at the beach,pop the Chicane CD in the car and just close my eyes and relax..(most of the times i just fell asleep :D ) Cheers from Greece
i often listen to this smoking a big fat one chilling in lanzarote in a place called los hervaderos watching the sun set. if anyone has been there then they will know this song will never die,,, long live chicane casper
My journey with music started with this song. Since then I can`t imagine my world without music. I can`t express what emotions music has builded in my heart. . With this music I`ve traveled big piece of earth. Been in 4 continents, seen 2 oceans, mediteranian see, been in ibiza, mallorca, major part of europe, and i`m just a small boy from poland. Still all places in the world, they`re nothing without music. I hope there is one person in the world that fells the same I do. Greetings
Probably the best trance anthem of all times! This was my first favourite trance track and this video made me wanna go to Ibiza and Formentera and just be part of the vibe and the magical atmosphere there. I made it twice! They were my best holidays in my life and the nicest places I've seen in Europe! I just feel sorry I couldn't visit the island in the '90s, cause it must have been different those days. Anyway I still got goosebumps when listening this track and I can completely chill out and find my mind somewhere else in space and time.
Brought this track 2 or 3 years after it was released in 1996. Still listen to it now, and always will. Timeless piece of instrumental dance!! Isn't it about time dance acts revert back to music like this??!!!
Praise Chicane! Praise Chicane! Best music producer every!! i Don't think ive ever heard anything so brilliant in all my life! This and salt water!!!, there is nothing else lhat compare's anywhere!!!!
Chill..... I can listen to this song over and over and over. Reminds my of 2004, when we found it on a friends brothers oooold computer. Love it. Munchies
This is the best summer music ever! Every time i heard this music its makes me sit back, relax, and enjoy the summer and the music!! It is so great and nice!! Thank you for upload it!!!
This tune was the beginning for me, the beginning of something wonderfull, and now i listen to nothing but trance. Effects me deep inside, emotional like nothing else, as long as i have this nothing else matters. Live the dream
This track and also Sunstroke (by Chicane as well) are in my opinion not only classic but two of the best songs written. Both capture the summer spirit in their music. Excellent
Oh look, an actually decent, atmospheric trance song that isn't overly loud and sappy with blaring broken vacuum cleaner noises! And it's by Chicane. Not surprised. Really only Chicane, BT, Above & Beyond, a couple underground atmospheric trance musicians, and maybe Solarstone deserve to exist in the trance community anymore. Armin van Buuren , Ferry Corsten, and Tiesto have long turned into electro house junkies for the sake of pleasing the crowd.
Totally agree!! :))) Haven't listened to Chicane though for some time, just remembered, searched it, turned it on and immediately got carried away by the sound
This song is right up there along with the excellent dance tunes that came out in 1996!! Any chance of a re-release??? Fantastic track. If only dance music looked and observed a track like this, this is how dance music should be!!!
Stunning tune, one of the very best ever made.. It captures in a way hidden longings, desires and dreams whithin the Soul, and it makes me both uplifted and sad. But most of all I feel this songs shows hope, and the Beauty in the world
OMG! I haven't found such a great song in a very long time:) Now it's the first time I'm listening to it, but I'm sure I will listen it again many times:D ... :)
Chicane is a Trance/ Ambient Project of the english producers Nick Bracegirdle. He worked together with many others, "Dont give up" with Bryan Adams, "Love to Run" with the vocals of peter cunnah, "Stoned in Love" with Tom Jones and "Bruised Water" with Natasha Beddingfield. and there was another one together with Keane... I think Offshore is one of the best trance tracks ever.
this was playing and i was a passenger in a car, on a sunday morning after a fabulous night out,the sun was just rising, windows down ,driving over the new severn crossing. MINT !!
beattie25 That was Chicane also. The song was released in remix form (with vocals) a few months after this original was released. The version you're after is called Offshore '97. The vocals are sampled from Power Circle's "A Little Life, A Little Love", effectively making the song a mash-up. The song was mixed by Anthony Pappa and started life as a bootleg. Both versions reached the UK top 20, the original in December 1996 (#14) and the remix in September 1997 (#17).
yes. it was wonderful. this song come 10 minutes before the show starts. and in the course of the song they say, that are 10 minutes left until the show. :)
Let me tell you something. My heart and soul is rock and roll, Metallica, Motorhead, Kiss, AC/DC to name a few. When this particular track came out back in 96/7, I just had to have it. I can honestly say, that the album/cd 'Far From The Maddening Crowds' that spawned this particular track has been one of my best buys ever. I never tire of listening to it, it is a timeless piece of work. Offshore, has memories from the past for me, places and people , but you can never go back there.
Amen, brother.
Getting home from a night's out, winding down watching some videos and then this came along. It was 1996 and I was sold. Seminal track and album, timeless.
You tell me? I waited like 5 years to listen to it fully! I didn't have a PC back at home in '98 and I was always catching parts of it on MTV :)!
Indeed after almost 20 years still great, a real classic!!!
Great all time Trance classic. Such a wonderful melody and atmosphere. Reminds me so much of the summer days back in '96. My driving license, my first car, great partys... And always "offshore" and "saltwater" in my tapedeck.
i used to drive down at the beach,pop the Chicane CD in the car and just close my eyes and relax..(most of the times i just fell asleep :D ) Cheers from Greece
i often listen to this smoking a big fat one chilling in lanzarote in a place called los hervaderos watching the sun set.
if anyone has been there then they will know this song will never die,,,
long live chicane
casper
My journey with music started with this song. Since then I can`t imagine my world without music. I can`t express what emotions music has builded in my heart. . With this music I`ve traveled big piece of earth. Been in 4 continents, seen 2 oceans, mediteranian see, been in ibiza, mallorca, major part of europe, and i`m just a small boy from poland. Still all places in the world, they`re nothing without music. I hope there is one person in the world that fells the same I do. Greetings
This is one of the most perfect song ever written. Makes me get in my car, windows open and drive through the fields and forests on a hot summer day!
Not only one of the best trance tunes ever, one of the best tunes ever! :)
Probably the best trance anthem of all times! This was my first favourite trance track and this video made me wanna go to Ibiza and Formentera and just be part of the vibe and the magical atmosphere there. I made it twice! They were my best holidays in my life and the nicest places I've seen in Europe! I just feel sorry I couldn't visit the island in the '90s, cause it must have been different those days. Anyway I still got goosebumps when listening this track and I can completely chill out and find my mind somewhere else in space and time.
I envy you!
Brought this track 2 or 3 years after it was released in 1996. Still listen to it now, and always will. Timeless piece of instrumental dance!! Isn't it about time dance acts revert back to music like this??!!!
I agree - one of the best of all times. I still get chills when i hear it 13 years later.
Give me the chill out mix any time! 10 years later and i still listen to this
Praise Chicane! Praise Chicane! Best music producer every!! i Don't think ive ever heard anything so brilliant in all my life! This and salt water!!!, there is nothing else lhat compare's anywhere!!!!
Absolute materpiece! Complete, wonderful, spiritual musical experience! Never tire of listening to this...
Chill..... I can listen to this song over and over and over. Reminds my of 2004, when we found it on a friends brothers oooold computer. Love it. Munchies
Doesn't matter how old is the song ...because some songs ...are timeless !!Just like thise!
This is the best summer music ever!
Every time i heard this music its makes me sit back, relax, and enjoy the summer and the music!!
It is so great and nice!!
Thank you for upload it!!!
This is the Disco Citizens mix, my favorite version... Simply awesome music :-)
Although I truly love the original, this Disco Citizens mix is what got me to love it in the first place. Great music in great times!
This is truly one of the most beautiful [trance] songs/videos, along with Saltwater.
I'm driving to my hometown in a week's time, and I'll be starting early morning with Offshore playing in the stereo.
Gi Chan Nice!! Check out my playlist called Loser. It’s all 90’s 💗 This is definitely going in
Will never get rid of this track, makes feel good every time I listen to it!!
Aural beauty. This band set the bar years ago, and I still measure good trance by the Chicane standard. Thanks for the post!
This type of trance is soooo relaxing god!! you dont' need all that bass pumping all the times for good trance music!!
How cool is this?I heared back in the 90's and i still love it.
I could never EVER become tired of trance! Best genre of all time!
Weltklasse...
Den kann man immer noch hören...
Ibiza rules...
you are right this song is so relaxing. Great track. cant believe its that old.
Chicaaaannnneee, rhaaaaaa... close your eyes... and keep the vibe all over the world :) cheers from France.
Saltwater and this one, the best of chicane.
Greetings from Spain
I can feel the waves flow! this song brings me back some good memories... 12 years agor past by in a heart beat :(
I don't get tired from this song! Thanks 4 sharing Niko
This is a great song and the video is great, shows the beauty of the coast and beach
Definitivamente esta cancion esta en mi top 10 de toda mi vida, que impresion los recuerdos que trae
excellent piano... and the drums....great classic song, once i've listened this song i was swept in electronic music forever
+alecsbaf It's a great place to be :).
thanks a lot...i jst listened "I Feel You"...liked it...thanks!
SPREAD MUSIC SPREAD LOVE.
This tune was the beginning for me, the beginning of something wonderfull, and now i listen to nothing but trance. Effects me deep inside, emotional like nothing else, as long as i have this nothing else matters. Live the dream
Just hearing this again transports me to a beautiful beach.
Im still listening in 2018. Top notch
sooo emotional music.
this track wakes up moments from the past in my mind.
This track and also Sunstroke (by Chicane as well) are in my opinion not only classic but two of the best songs written. Both capture the summer spirit in their music. Excellent
Oh look, an actually decent, atmospheric trance song that isn't overly loud and sappy with blaring broken vacuum cleaner noises!
And it's by Chicane. Not surprised.
Really only Chicane, BT, Above & Beyond, a couple underground atmospheric trance musicians, and maybe Solarstone deserve to exist in the trance community anymore. Armin van Buuren , Ferry Corsten, and Tiesto have long turned into electro house junkies for the sake of pleasing the crowd.
+Sigurd Vansen ¨Electro house junkies¨, what an accurate description! Van Buuren used to be so decent around year 2000 and before.
Sigurd Vansen Lol the first thing I noticed after listening to this, was that my ears weren't hurting.
Totally agree!! :)))
Haven't listened to Chicane though for some time, just remembered, searched it, turned it on and immediately got carried away by the sound
this is just amazing , I remember I felt the same 10 years back
Great tune! One of the best chill trance tunes.
Absolutely magical... one of the best songs ever..
this song is special - its put together like an escape from reality
Wonderful time...wonderful music...wonderful feelings. Thx Chicane!
This song is right up there along with the excellent dance tunes that came out in 1996!! Any chance of a re-release??? Fantastic track. If only dance music looked and observed a track like this, this is how dance music should be!!!
Perfect!!!
chicane in my opinion remains one of the best dj's in our world .....wordless
Stunning tune, one of the very best ever made.. It captures in a way hidden longings, desires and dreams whithin the Soul, and it makes me both uplifted and sad. But most of all I feel this songs shows hope, and the Beauty in the world
way ahead of its time..fantastic tune!
This song may be over 10 years old, but hear it once in a night club and brings everyone over the Edge no matter when it's played....
OMG! I haven't found such a great song in a very long time:) Now it's the first time I'm listening to it, but I'm sure I will listen it again many times:D ... :)
2021 and just now discovering :D When i think of good trance.. this type of sounds is what comes to mind.
fantastic piece of music.........a timeless classic.
this song is very special, its like something between chillin and full dance/ trancebeat :)
Very beautiful and cool:)
Chicane is a Trance/ Ambient Project of the english producers Nick Bracegirdle. He worked together with many others, "Dont give up" with Bryan Adams, "Love to Run" with the vocals of peter cunnah, "Stoned in Love" with Tom Jones and "Bruised Water" with Natasha Beddingfield. and there was another one together with Keane...
I think Offshore is one of the best trance tracks ever.
great,huge,wonderful,awesome,unbelieveble,frenetic,outstanding!
It's hard to believe this is a tune from 96. It still sounds very fresh.
No words needed... just perfect.
chicane makes very beautiful and unique music i think. Its something between dance/ trance and chill out/ spiritually
Chicane simply the best and top notch video nice package!!
I was 17 and I was in love with this song..., but still!
this song reminds me of one big love from my past...i adore this song!!
Listen to this tunes makes me feel just fine, even if i think back to the times i heard it for the first time...
This takes me back, good times, this tune captures a 3 month trip across Asia I made inthe 90s - '97??
Bracegirlde we salute you buddy! Thanks to him the late 90's trance scene was magical!
Great tune. "Far From The Maddening Crowds" must be one of the best debut albums ever.
love this tune,takes me back !!
Wow Flaming June...I remember the day I got it on vinyl. Still have it to this day. The record lasted longer then the decks.
how awesome is that track?!?! friggin amazing stuff
so many nice times with this track... remembering the goog old times...
Absolutely!..... never gets old
1996 Discoteca La Real, dj Rudy en cabina, 04:00 a.m , y éste temazo.... pocos momentos en la vida fueron tan buenos!
this is defo in my all time favourites i love the tune
well this is personaly my favourite track of all time, makes me dream. lost you somewhere - pity there is no video :/
20 years old, almost. Damn
I love the sea and this clip give me the feeling of it diving in it..
Questo è giusto un disco per assaporarsi la miglior musica dei 90..capolavoro della dream progressive
Sono sempre io che rispondo a me stesso... Questo sound, non finirà mai di piacermi...Che bellezza di disco quanto. Ti amo
Love the colour of the Video...its awesome...n the babe is stunning too....
i can listen to this and nalin and kanes beach ball all day. Brilliant tune!
Thi is so amazing.I have never heard something beatiful like this.He is godgous producent!!!
this was playing and i was a passenger in a car, on a sunday morning after a fabulous night out,the sun was just rising, windows down ,driving over the new severn crossing. MINT !!
I wish I had found this earlier (like ten years earlier O_o). It's gorgeous piece, to say the least, and with regard to both the video and music.
beattie25
That was Chicane also. The song was released in remix form (with vocals) a few months after this original was released. The version you're after is called Offshore '97. The vocals are sampled from Power Circle's "A Little Life, A Little Love", effectively making the song a mash-up. The song was mixed by Anthony Pappa and started life as a bootleg.
Both versions reached the UK top 20, the original in December 1996 (#14) and the remix in September 1997 (#17).
yes.
it was wonderful.
this song come 10 minutes before the show starts.
and in the course of the song they say, that are 10 minutes left until the show. :)
i love all versions of this track... is a classic...
Offshore, Saltwater and Sunstroke are part of my all time favorites!
simply amazing.. Trance 1990-1999 RIP
Love this track ...gets me motivated
simply amazing...its just timeless..
Perfecto ! Very good ! The song year is when i born ! wow ! :)
TUUUUNNNEEE!!! I just went all goosepimply!
you tube amazing...re-living classic clubbing songs...back in the day when used to go clubbing friday saturday without fail.........
It makes me feel so happy inside as I listen at work ;)
P.L.U.R.
Such a beautiful piece of music
I love it so much!!! Throufh th years!