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Officially a British band Clean Bandit appeared in 2009, although its future members knew each other several years before the idea of forming their group, being students at Cambridge University. The team consists of four: Jack And Luke Pattersons, Grace Chatto And Milan Neil Amin-Smith. The latter two were already playing in their own string quartet, and at that time Chatto was dating Jack Patterson, who offered to record their performance. Later the recording was processed, and everyone liked the result. This is how the group’s own style emerged, when classical works (for example, Shostakovich and Mozart) were mixed with electronics and house.

The name of the group was not chosen by chance, albeit with humor. Patterson and Chatto lived in Russia for some time, where they became familiar with the phrase “ complete idiot" Translating the phrase into English they received “ clean bandit", which was chosen as the name. In 2010, the newly formed band released the single Mozart's House, which got into rotation on British radio and brought attention to the musicians. The guys began to release new singles, perform a lot live, and collaborate with promising and established vocalists.

After several mini-albums, the band released a full-fledged studio album New Eyes in 2014. The album cannot be called a super hit, but it took quite high places in the international charts and has already received gold certification in the UK. So the debut can be considered successful. At the moment, the most successful single of the group can be considered the song Rather Be, which topped many European charts and brought the group Grammy for the best dance recording in 2015.

The night before, the Tsvetnoy department store hosted a concert by British electronic musicians, this year's Grammy winners, whose work is closely connected with Russia. We caught up with them right before their first solo concert in Moscow and found out how they became 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 a Grammy Award in the category« Best Dance Recording».

The history of the group in which the participants gatheredstring quartet from Cambridge, began in 2009. Surprisingly, some members of the team have an important part of their lives connected with Moscow: Grace Chatto studiedplaying the cello at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, andJack Patterson is a cameraman at VGIK. In short, this is where the name of the group came from - “pure bandit”, and the first video for the song was shot hereMozart’s House, and in general the influence of Russia was greatly reflected in creativity Clean Bandit. The group's compositions always feature strong vocal parts, violin and cello.What seemed unattainable to young musicians at first became real in 2015.

Last year you became one of the best musical groups in the world and received a Grammy. Were you ready for this?

Grace: At that time, our group was 7 years old and we dreamed of going on tours and traveling, but we certainly did not expect a bonus. Billions of people around the world listen to different music, thousands and thousands of compositions - and suddenly we get a Grammy. Finding out about this 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 this kind of music on Gorbushka, and we even liked it. Now we prefer variety: classics, rock, modern music. Of course, travel also plays an important role. We were recently on a music tour in Japan and at the same time decided to recreate our documentary that we filmed many years ago when we were on vacation there. Moreover, Jack himself directs all our clips and videos, and it was not that difficult.

What modern musicians do you like?

Jack: I listen to modern jazz, I like it when there is a lot of saxophone. It's probably because I make pop music myself every day.

Grace: We like both Disclosure and James Blake. We even performed together with Disclosure a few years ago. It's hard to say who else I like, because there are so many different artists around, playing in so many different 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, and performed with Marina & The Diamonds.

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

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

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

Jack: Grace and I are producers.

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

Describe your music in a few words.

Jack: (Laughs.) In Russian? It's complicated! Danceable, funny, melancholic and a little contrasting.

What are your plans for the near future?

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

Where are you going after Moscow?

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

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Years 2008 - present A country Great Britain Great Britain Language of songs English Label Warner Music Group Compound

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Clean Bandit are a British electro band founded in 2008. In 2010, this group released the track “Mozart’s House”, which was awarded 17th place 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 in the category “Best Dance Recording”.

Musical style

Clean Bandit's music combines influences such as electronica and classical music, creating deep house-style tracks.

Story

Formation and beginning of a 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 after presenting the fruit of his labor to her, Chatto stated that she liked the idea. One of their friends, Ssegawa-Ssekintu Kiwanuka, was writing lyrics for songs at that time, and together they created the track Mozart's House. And thus they came up with the idea of creating a musical group. Name, Clean Bandit, they took from the translation of a 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 is traveling with Clean Bandit as the group's lead singer.

At the 2015 Coachella Festival, Clean Bandit performed the song "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", recorded with the participation of American singer Julia Michaels. On the same day, the group 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 set to release a second album in the early 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: Clean Bandit's second album released

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

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 participants

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

Nominations and awards

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

Grace, it's no secret that you studied in Moscow. Were those good years?

(in Russian) Yes, I studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and lived in a dorm. And it was very interesting (laughs and switches to English). Living in a hostel was both strange and wonderful. Music sounded there 24 hours a day. I ended up living in Moscow for 2.5 years, met a bunch of wonderful musicians and still remember that amazing time with warmth.

So every time you come back to us as an international star, you get hit with a wave of nostalgia?

Certainly! By the way, I now realized that I haven’t been with you for a long time. Jack and I first came to Moscow about ten years ago. He studied at VGIK and worked at the Tretyakov Gallery: he organized exhibitions. We shot our first video, “Mozart's House,” in Moscow in that insanely hot summer of 2010, when everyone left the city because of the smog. Many people still don’t recognize Moscow in the frame, the city looked so strange at that time .

And we can say that it was this clip that started our career. At that time, we already had some recordings posted online, but no one listened to them. And the video suddenly took off, and our songs began to be played on BBC radio. So we have very important memories associated with this video.

I know that you generally take filming videos seriously. In the new video “I Miss You” you put on a real fire show. How did you agree to this?

Initially, we did not plan to shoot anything like that in the video. But already on the set, Julia Michaels (whose voice is heard in the song - the author) said that she knows how to spin a hula hoop. I've always been fascinated by circus tricks, and I thought: it would be so cool to film Julia spinning a hula hoop while standing on a piano in the middle of the desert.

And when the shooting ended, I decided that I would like to show some kind of trick myself. And a couple of weeks later in England we finished filming the scene where I spin fireworks. In my teenage years, I often went to psychedelic raves, where I learned how to do it. And I thought that I would remember everything easily. Not so! In the first take, I threw a fireball straight at my head and burned a bunch of hair. A terrible commotion immediately began, but I was not going to stop, and we still filmed the scene. And, in my opinion, it turned out quite convincing.

What other secret talents do you have? Or will you not reveal all your cards for now?

Oh, you can’t say that right away. Here's Jack and Luke skateboarding. I think they need to demonstrate this in a video somehow.

I wouldn't call myself a singer. I like to sing, but compared to the powerful voices that usually sound in Clean Bandit records, my voice will sound like a whisper. Although that “my” song “Come Over” is still one of my favorites.

Is it true?! I don’t know anything about Russian hip-hop yet, can you tell me more? I've always adored Zemfira, it would be great to record something with her. And when we lived in Russia, Jack and I liked the group UmaThurman, do they still perform? They were very funny guys!

We'll give them everything. In the meantime, let's talk about the tour. Are you taking that gorgeous mirror cello from the “I Miss You” video on tour?

I think I'll take it. There is only one problem: it is all covered with mirror mosaic, which makes it wildly heavy. I don’t know if it’s possible to take it on board a plane, to be honest.

Speaking of touring. How do you generally look after your health?

A couple of months ago I started practicing Ashtanga yoga. I like that you can do it anywhere: in a hotel, or even at the airport. And no gym is needed, the main thing is to remember the order of the asanas. It is also beneficial for both body and mind.

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