A+E (song)

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"A+E"
A+E Clean Bandit cover.jpg
Single by Clean Bandit featuring Kandaka Moore and Nikki Cislyn
from the album New Eyes
B-side"Nightingale"
Released7 December 2012
Genre
Length3:03 (single version)
4:06 (album / music video version)
LabelBlack Butter Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jack Patterson
Clean Bandit singles chronology
"UK Shanty"
(2012) 		"A+E"
(2012) 		"Mozart's House"
(2013)

"A+E" is the debut single by British electronic group Clean Bandit, featuring vocals by Kandaka Moore and Nikki Cislyn. It was released on 7 December 2012 as the first single from their debut album, New Eyes. The song peaked at number 100 on the UK Singles Chart,[1] but received mixed critical reception. The song's music video contains a CGI snake.

Background[]

The track was written by Jack Patterson while he was waiting for fellow band member Grace Chatto in the accident and emergency department[2] of Whittington Hospital, North London.[3] The track was originally released in 2012[4] as a double A-Side with "Nightingale". Both tracks feature Cislyn; only A&E features Moore.[5] The album version of the song includes a string trio arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion (BMV 244) Pt. 2, number 54 .

The track was recorded in Clean Bandit's studio in South Kilburn, London. Moore and Cislyn were recruited from a local community singing and dancing group next to ;[6] the studios had a scheme in which artists could use the studios for free if a trainee was taken on.[5]

Music video[]

The music video contains a CGI snake. Band member Jack Patterson taught himself CGI animation for the video.[7] He had the idea for a snake for a year previously, and said that "it was quite daunting having to make it a reality learning how to use 3D animation software on the hoof". The video contains two dancers, Rhys Dennis and Kandaka Moore, who – over the course of two hours – were painted gold (using stop-frame animation, the whole process takes about 25 seconds) and then went into central London.[8]

Critical reception[]

Critical reception was mixed. MTVIggy.com said that the song was "a funky hodgepodge of elements from the soul-sangin’ vocalists, calypso-flecked xylophone chimes and sharp snare drum beats".[9] Joe Zadeh from Clash magazine called it "a throwaway ode to UK funky".[10]

Track listing[]

Digital download
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A+E"Jack Patterson & Grace Chatto3:03
2."Nightingale"Jack Patterson, Grace Chatto & Nicole Marshall2:44
3."A+E" (Alexis Raphael Remix)Jack Patterson & Grace Chatto8:03
4."Nightingale" (Gorgon City Remix)Jack Patterson, Grace Chatto & Nicole Marshall6:13
Total length:20:03

Charts[]

Chart (2014) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[11] 100

References[]

  1. ^ "UK Charts Plus" (538). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ New Eyes (booklet). Clean Bandit. Atlantic Records.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Kate Mossman (1 June 2014). "New Eyes review – Clean Bandit's classical-dance fusion | Music | The Observer". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  4. ^ "A+E - Clean Bandit | Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Dingwall, John (25 April 2014). "Clean Bandit on their success with chart topper Rather Be and owing success to dodgy Russian bootlegs". Daily Record. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Clean Bandit - A&E | Black Butter Records". Black-butter.co.uk. 18 July 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  7. ^ Harriet Gibsone. "Clean Bandit - Extraordinary: video premiere | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Clean Bandit - A&E | Videos | Clash Magazine". Clashmusic.com. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  9. ^ Music Video (27 January 2014). "Clean Bandit — "A&E (Random Acts)"". Mtv Iggy. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Clean Bandit - New Eyes | Reviews | Clash Magazine". Clashmusic.com. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  11. ^ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK – 2012". Zobbel. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
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