- Bond (band)
Infobox Musical artist
Name = bond
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Genre = Classical crossover
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Years_active = 2001 – present
Label = MCA Music, Inc.Decca Records
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URL = [http://www.bondmusic.net/ www.bondmusic.net]
Current_members =Haylie Ecker Eos Chater Tania Davis Gay-Yee Westerhoff
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Notable_instruments =Violin ,Viola ,Cello Bond (often typeset as bond in deference to the owners of the 007 copyright) [cite web | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,501020318-216347,00.html | title=Sex in the Symphony | date=2002-03-11 | accessdate=2007-12-20] is anAustralia n/Britishstring quartet that specialise in classicalcrossover music . Bond has been described as the best selling string quartet of all time [ [http://www.iclassics.com/featureArticle?contentId=1173] iClassics: Crossover Café] , selling over 4 million records.Creation
Bond was formed by music producer
Mike Batt , after Batt told fellow-producer Mel Bush that the two of them should put together a quartet consisting of "four beautiful, talented musicians". [http://www.mikebatt.com/bond.html Mike Batt's Official Website: Bond - String Quartet] . Accessed May 27, 2008] Batt went on to produce their first single, with Bush producing their albums. The quartet consists ofHaylie Ecker (firstviolin , from Perth, Australia),Eos Chater (second violin, fromCardiff , Wales),Tania Davis (viola , fromSydney ) andGay-Yee Westerhoff (cello , from Hull, England).Genre & success
Their debut album "Born" was removed from the
UK classical chart , apparently owing to its "sounding too much likepop music ". "Born" later rose to the #1 position on 21 different charts around the world. "Shine", their second album, went gold in six countries. "Remixed", their third release, featured remixes from their first two hit albums as well as three new unreleased songs. Their third studio album "Classified" was a popular and successful release. "Classified" went double platinum in Australia, reaching the number one spot on both the classical and pop charts. "", their latest release, is a "best of" collection that includes three previously unreleased songs. They also participated at the 50th annualMiss World pageant in 2000, held inLondon .Appearances & recent work
The quartet spent much of 2003 touring, particularly throughout
Asia , and participating in theMiss Universe 2003 held inPanama City ,Panama . They also fitted in performing and filming a TV commercial for American department store chainMarshall Field's and made a commercial inLos Angeles for the Japanese karaoke manufacturer Daiichi Kosho. The group made their movie debut playing themselves in a scene inRowan Atkinson 's James Bond spoofJohnny English for which they also contributed the track "Kismet", composed by Gay-Yee, and played on the Main Theme. They also appeared as themselves in the film "", performing "Victory". Their single "Explosive" became a massive hit in Australia when it was used as the theme song for the national TV coverage of the 2004 Athens Olympics.The quartet is currently working on an untitled fourth studio album, which was set to be released in spring of 2008, but has now been pushed back to sometime between September and November, 2008. Bond was recently on a "collective maternity leave" for Tania Davis because she gave birth to a boy named Lukas.
Discography
Albums
Compilations
Promotional albums
* "Raymond Weil" (2001)
* "Fab Field's Mix " (2003)Soundtracks
* "
Johnny English "Singles
* "Victory"
* "Wintersun"
* "Viva!/Wintersun "
* "Shine"
* "Fuego"
* "Speed"
* "Atlanta/Time "
* "Viva!/Victory "
* "Explosive/Adagio for Strings "
* "Fly Samba Fly "DVDs
* "Live at the Royal Albert Hall"
* ""Movie appearances
* " "
* "Johnny English "References
External links
* [http://www.bondmusic.net Bond's official site]
* [http://www.universal-music.co.jp/classics/bond/index.htm Bond's official Japanese site]
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