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Clean bandit are a British electro band formed in 2009. In 2010, this group released the track " Mozart "s House", which was ranked 17th in the UK Singles Chart. And in 2014 they released a new single " Rather Be", which reached 1st place in the same chart. In 2015, the composition was awarded Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.

musical style

Clean Bandit's music combines electronica and classical music to create deep house tracks.

Musical career

Formation and early career

Band members Jack Patterson, Grace Chatto and Milan Neil Amin-Smith met while studying at Jesus College, Cambridge University. By that time, Chatto was already forming a quartet with Amin-Smith. Chatto was dating Patterson at the time and he decided to record her performances. Patterson began mixing her songs with electronic music, and presenting her the fruit of her labor, Chatto stated that she liked this idea. One of their friends, Ssegawa-Ssekintu Kiwanuka, wrote lyrics for songs at that time, and together they created the track Mozart's House. And thus the idea came to them about creating a musical group. Name, Clean bandit, they took from the translation of the Russian phrase that in English language means "total fool". It is also worth noting that Chatto and Patterson lived in Russia for some time.

year 2012

First debut album New Eyes was released on May 12, 2014 by Warner Music UK and contains 13 tracks on the regular edition and 16 on the special edition.

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An excerpt characterizing Clean Bandit

- You're still afraid! Oh you learned people, said a third manly voice, interrupting both of them. - Then you, artillerymen, are very learned because you can bring everything with you, both vodka and snacks.
And the owner of the manly voice, apparently an infantry officer, laughed.
“But you’re still afraid,” continued the first familiar voice. You're afraid of the unknown, that's what. No matter how you say that the soul will go to heaven... after all, we know that there is no sky, but there is only one sphere.
Again the courageous voice interrupted the gunner.
“Well, treat yourself to your herbalist, Tushin,” he said.
“Ah, this is the same captain who stood at the sutler without boots,” thought Prince Andrei, recognizing with pleasure the pleasant philosophizing voice.
“You can have a herbalist,” Tushin said, “but all the same future life comprehend...
He did not agree. At this time, a whistle was heard in the air; closer, closer, faster and more audible, more audible and faster, and the core, as if not having finished everything that was needed, exploding spray with inhuman force, plopped into the ground not far from the booth. The earth seemed to gasp from a terrible blow.
At the same instant, little Tushin jumped out of the booth, first of all, with his pipe bitten on his side; his kind, intelligent face was somewhat pale. Behind him came the owner of a courageous voice, a dashing infantry officer, and ran to his company, buttoning up as he ran.

Prince Andrei stopped on horseback on the battery, looking at the smoke of the gun from which the cannonball flew out. His eyes darted across the vast expanse. He only saw that the hitherto motionless masses of the French were swaying, and that there really was a battery to the left. It hasn't blown smoke yet. Two French cavalry, probably adjutants, galloped up the mountain. Downhill, probably to strengthen the chain, a clearly visible small column of the enemy was moving. The smoke of the first shot had not yet dissipated, when another smoke and a shot appeared. The battle has begun. Prince Andrei turned his horse around and galloped back to Grunt to look for Prince Bagration. Behind him he heard the cannonade becoming more frequent and louder. Apparently, ours began to respond. Below, in the place where the parliamentarians were passing, rifle shots were heard.
Lemarrois (Le Marierois) with a formidable letter from Bonaparte had just galloped to Murat, and the ashamed Murat, wanting to make amends for his mistake, immediately moved his troops to the center and bypassing both flanks, hoping even before evening and before the arrival of the emperor to crush the insignificant one who stood in front of him, squad.
"Began! Here it is!" thought Prince Andrei, feeling how the blood began to rush to his heart more often. “But where? How will my Toulon be expressed? he thought.
Passing between the same companies that ate porridge and drank vodka a quarter of an hour ago, he everywhere saw the same quick movements of soldiers lining up and dismantling their guns, and on all faces he recognized the feeling of animation that was in his heart. "Began! Here it is! Scary and fun! the face of every soldier and officer spoke.
Before reaching the fortification under construction, he saw in the evening light a cloudy autumn day horsemen advancing towards him. The front man, in a cloak and cap with fur coats, rode a white horse. It was Prince Bagration. Prince Andrei stopped, waiting for him. Prince Bagration stopped his horse and, recognizing Prince Andrei, nodded his head to him. He continued to look ahead while Prince Andrei told him what he had seen.
Expression: "It has begun! here it is!" it was even on the strong brown face of Prince Bagration with half-closed, cloudy, as if sleepy eyes. Prince Andrei peered into this motionless face with restless curiosity, and he wanted to know whether he was thinking and feeling, and what he thought, what this man felt at that moment? "Is there anything at all behind that motionless face?" Prince Andrei asked himself, looking at him. Prince Bagration bowed his head, in agreement with the words of Prince Andrei, and said: “Good,” with such an expression as if everything that happened and that he was told was exactly what he had already foreseen. Prince Andrei, shoved from the speed of the ride, spoke quickly. Prince Bagration uttered the words with his oriental accent especially slowly, as if suggesting that there was nowhere to hurry. However, he trotted his horse in the direction of Tushin's battery. Prince Andrei, together with his retinue, went after him. Prince Bagration was followed by: an officer of the retinue, the personal adjutant of the prince, Zherkov, an orderly, an officer on duty on an englized beautiful horse and a state official, an auditor, who, out of curiosity, asked to go to battle. Auditor, fat man With full face, with a naive smile of joy, looked around, shaking on his horse, imagining a strange look in his camlot overcoat on a furshtat saddle among hussars, Cossacks and adjutants.

, Baroque pop , Classical electronic music

years 2008 - present A country Great Britain Great Britain Song language English label Warner Music Group Compound
  • Jack Patterson
  • Luke Patterson
  • Grace Chatto
Former
members
  • Milan Neil Amin-Smith
  • Ssegawa-Ssekintu Kiwanuka
cleanbandit.co.uk Clean Bandit at Wikimedia Commons

Clean bandit is a British electro group formed in 2008. In 2010, this group released the track " Mozart "s House", which was ranked 17th in the UK Singles Chart. And in 2014 they released a new single " Rather Be", which reached 1st place in the same chart. In 2015, the composition was awarded Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.

musical style

Clean Bandit's music combines electronica and classical music to create deep house tracks.

Related videos

Story

Formation and early career

Band members Jack Patterson, Luke Patterson, Grace Chatto and Milan Neil Amin-Smith met while studying at Jesus College, Cambridge University. By that time, Chatto was already creating a quartet with Amin-Smith. Chatto was dating Jack Patterson at the time and he decided to record her performances. Patterson began mixing her songs with electronic music, and presenting her the fruit of his labor, Chatto stated that she liked this idea. One of their friends, Ssegawa-Ssekintu Kiwanuka, wrote lyrics for songs at that time, and together they created the track Mozart's House. And thus the idea came to them about creating a musical group. Name, Clean bandit, they took from the translation of the Russian phrase, which in English means “pure (in the sense of natural, real) bandit”, as her neighbor’s grandmother called her (from an interview on Megapolis FM). It is also worth noting that Chatto and Patterson lived in Russia for some time.

2012-14: debut album "New Eyes"

As of June 19, 2017, Voice UK 2012 finalist Kirsten Joy travels with Clean Bandit as the band's lead singer.

In 2015 at the Coachella Festival, clean group Bandit performed the song "Disconnect" along with Marina and The Diamonds. The track was released on June 23, 2017.

October 16, 2017 Clean Bandit announced their new song"I Miss You" featuring American singer Julia Michaels. On the same day, the band announced their American tour, which will take place in March-April. next year. The track "I Miss You" was released on October 27, 2017.

In early December 2017, the band announced that they were going to release a second album in the first months of 2018. They also revealed that all the songs they have released so far are after their debut album will be on the new album.

From 2018 to the present: the release of the second album Clean Bandit

In early 2018, Clean Bandit performed at the 2018 Brit Awards Announcement Ceremony with their two latest hits, Symphony and I Miss You, performed by Kirsten Joy. In addition, the group was awarded two nominations for the same award: British Single of the Year And " British Video of the Year", both times nominated "Symphony".

Composition of the group

  • Grace Chatto (2008 - present) - cello, percussion, vocals
  • Jack Patterson (2008 - present) - bass guitar, keyboards, vocals, piano, sound effects, some brass instruments
  • Luke Patterson (2008 - present) - drums, percussion, some wind instruments

Former members

  • Neil Amin-Smith(2008-2016) - violin, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ssegawa-Ssekintu Kiwanuka (Love Ssega)(2008-2010) - vocals

Concert members

  • Nikki Kislin(2012-2013) - vocals
  • Yasmine Shahmir(2012-2013) - vocals
  • Florence Rawlings(2013-2016) - vocals
  • Elizabeth Troy(2013-2016) - vocals
  • Kirsten Joy
  • Yasmine Green(2016 - present) - vocals
  • Aaron Jones(2016 - present) - violin
  • Patrick Greenberg(2010 - present) - bass guitar

Nominations and awards

Year Prize Nomination Nominated work Result
UK Music Video Awards The best dance video- budget Mozart's House Nomination
Best of Pop video - budget Phone Breaking Nomination

Electronic

years 2008 - present A country Great Britain Great Britain Song language English label Warner Music Group Compound
  • Jack Patterson
  • Luke Patterson
  • Grace Chatto
Former
members
  • Milan Neil Amin-Smith
  • Ssegawa-Ssekintu Kiwanuka
cleanbandit.co.uk Clean Bandit at Wikimedia Commons

Clean bandit is a British electro group formed in 2008. In 2010, this group released the track " Mozart "s House", which was ranked 17th in the UK Singles Chart. And in 2014 they released a new single " Rather Be", which reached 1st place in the same chart. In 2015, the composition was awarded Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.

musical style

Clean Bandit's music combines electronica and classical music to create deep house tracks.

Story

Formation and early career

Band members Jack Patterson, Luke Patterson, Grace Chatto and Milan Neil Amin-Smith met while studying at Jesus College, Cambridge University. By that time, Chatto was already creating a quartet with Amin-Smith. Chatto was dating Jack Patterson at the time and he decided to record her performances. Patterson began mixing her songs with electronic music, and presenting her the fruit of his labor, Chatto stated that she liked this idea. One of their friends, Ssegawa-Ssekintu Kiwanuka, wrote lyrics for songs at that time, and together they created the track Mozart's House. And thus the idea came to them about creating a musical group. Name, Clean bandit, they took from the translation of the Russian phrase, which in English means “pure (in the sense of natural, real) bandit”, as her neighbor’s grandmother called her (from an interview on Megapolis FM). It is also worth noting that Chatto and Patterson lived in Russia for some time.

2012–2014: debut album "New Eyes"

As of June 19, 2017, Voice UK 2012 finalist Kirsten Joy travels with Clean Bandit as the band's lead singer.

At the 2015 Coachella Festival, Clean Bandit performed "Disconnect" with Marina and The Diamonds. The track was released on June 23, 2017.

On October 16, 2017, Clean Bandit announced their new song "I Miss You" featuring American singer Julia Michaels. On the same day, the band announced their US tour, which will take place in March-April next year. The track "I Miss You" was released on October 27, 2017.

In early December 2017, the band announced that they were going to release a second album in the first months of 2018. They also revealed that all the songs they have released so far since their debut album will be on the new album.

2018–present: Release of the second Clean Bandit album

In early 2018, Clean Bandit performed at the 2018 Brit Awards Announcement Ceremony with their two latest hits, Symphony and I Miss You, performed by Kirsten Joy. In addition, the group was awarded two nominations for the same award: British Single of the Year And " British Video of the Year", both times nominated "Symphony".

Composition of the group

  • Grace Chatto (2008 - present) - cello, percussion, vocals
  • Jack Patterson (2008 - present) - bass guitar, keyboards, vocals, piano, sound effects, some brass instruments
  • Luke Patterson (2008 - present) - drums, percussion, some wind instruments

Former members

  • Neil Amin-Smith(2008-2016) - violin, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ssegawa-Ssekintu Kiwanuka (Love Ssega)(2008-2010) - vocals

Concert members

  • Nikki Kislin(2012-2013) - vocals
  • Yasmine Shahmir(2012-2013) - vocals
  • Florence Rawlings(2013-2016) - vocals
  • Elizabeth Troy(2013-2016) - vocals
  • Kirsten Joy
  • Yasmine Green(2016 - present) - vocals
  • Aaron Jones(2016 - present) - violin
  • Patrick Greenberg(2010 - present) - bass guitar

Nominations and awards

Year Prize Nomination Nominated work Result
UK Music Video Awards Best Dance Video - Budget Mozart's House Nomination
Best Pop Video - Budget Phone Breaking Nomination

The night before, the Tsvetnoy department store hosted a concert by British electronic artists, this year's Grammy winners, whose work is closely connected with Russia. We caught them right before the first solo concert in Moscow and found out how they became so popular so quickly

In 2013, Clean Bandit released the track Mozart's House, which was in 17th place inUK Singles Chart, in 2014 - the single Rather Be, which already took first place in the same chart. And in 2015, the composition was awarded the Grammy Award in the nomination« Best Dance Recording».

The history of the group in which the members gatheredString Quartet from Cambridge, began in 2009. Surprisingly, for some members of the team, an important period of life is connected with Moscow: Grace Chatto studiedplaying the cello at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, andJack Patterson - for the operator at VGIK. In short, it was from here that the name of the group came - “pure bandit”, the first video for the song was shot hereMozart’s House, and in general, the influence of Russia was very reflected in the work Clean bandit. In the compositions of the group there are always strong vocal parts violin and cello sound.What seemed unattainable to young musicians at first became real in 2015.

You were one of the best last year musical groups around the world and received a Grammy. Were you ready for this?

Grace: At that time, our band was 7 years old and we dreamed of touring and traveling, but we certainly did not expect an award. Billions of people around the world are listening different music, thousands and thousands of songs - and suddenly we get a Grammy. Finding out about it was just crazy.

Jack: Yes, it was very strange to go to this for so many years.

I know that when you lived in Moscow, you were inspired by Russian house music coming from the tents.What inspires you now?

Grace: We often heard such music on Gorbushka, and we even liked it. Now we prefer variety: classical, rock, modern music. Still, of course, travel plays an important role. Recently we were on a music tour in Japan and decided to recreate our documentary, which was filmed many years ago when we were vacationing there. Especially since Jack himself directs all our clips and videos, and it was not so difficult.

What modern musicians do you like?

Jack: I'm listening to modern jazz, I like it when there are a lot of saxophones. I guess it's because every day I do pop music myself.

Grace: We love both Disclosure and James Blake. With Disclosure, we even performed together a few years ago. It's hard to say who else you like, because there are so many different artists around, playing in a variety of styles.

Have you thought about collaborations with other musicians?

Jack: In fact, each of our tracks is a collaboration with different artists. We would like to do a joint project with musicians from Asia. It would be cool.

Grace: We also do remixes, made tracks with Gorgon City, Jess Glenn, performed with Marina & The Diamonds.

When will the track with Marina & The Diamonds be released?

Grace: We don't know as long as we're recording the vocals. I would like to process the material as soon as possible, we have a lot of accumulated tracks, and we are trying to finish everything.

I know that Jack directs your videos. How do you work? Who is responsible for what?

Jack: Grace and I are producers.

Grace: Jack shoots all our videos, and his classmates from VGIK, Dasha Novitskaya and Anna Patarakina, help with editing and other technical things. They are operators with Jack.

Describe your music in a few words.

Jack: (Laughs.) In Russian? It's complicated! Dancing, funny, melancholy and a little contrasty.

What are your plans for the near future?

Jack: Release the next album, go on tour, complete all the records and finish producing them.

Where are you going after Moscow?

Grace: We're going on a tour of America for quite some time with Duran Duran, then Asia in December.



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