Dance group Clean Bandit say they have been in the studio with Elton, recording music for their second album.

The collaboration came about after last year's Ivor Novello awards, where the group won two prizes. "We actually met Elton John at that show, and we've since been doing stuff with him, which has been crazy," said saxophone player Jack Patterson. "Grace [Chatto] wandered over to him, we were having a chat and the next thing we were in the studio. It was very surreal. A very odd day. He's very cheeky," Patterson added.

Elton will reconvene with the band "next month" to finish their collaboration, Patterson said. It is not the star's first dalliance with a dance act. In 2012, he released a remix album, Good Morning To The Night, with Australian producers Pnau. "I love electronic music," Elton told the BBC at the time. "I love it to death - but I'm a Luddite and I don't know how to make electronic music."

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