Bond (string quartet)

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Bond
MCA
  • Decca
    • Members
    • Tania Davis
    • Eos Counsell
    • Elspeth Hanson
    • Gay-Yee Westerhoff
    Past members
    Haylie Ecker
    Websitebondquartet.com

    Bond (stylised as BOND;

    classical crossover and synth-pop
    music. The quartet has sold five million albums.

    Creation

    Bond was formed following initial conversations between

    Victory
    ", which became the first single.

    The quartet currently consists of Tania Davis (first violin, formerly viola, from Sydney, Australia), Eos Counsell (second violin, from Cardiff, Wales), Elspeth Hanson (viola, from Upper Basildon, England)[4] and Gay-Yee Westerhoff (cello, from Hull, England). Hanson replaced original band member Haylie Ecker (formerly first violin and from Perth, Australia), who left in 2008 to have a child.[5]

    Genre and success

    Their début album

    Best of
    " that, again, included three unreleased pieces.

    Appearances and recent work

    Bond performing at the Metrocentre, Gateshead in promotion of the Peugeot 308CC

    The quartet spent much of 2003 touring, particularly throughout Asia, and participating in the

    Daiichi Kosho. The group made their movie debut playing themselves in a scene in Rowan Atkinson's James Bond spoof Johnny English for which they also contributed the track "Kismet" (composed by Westerhoff) and played on the Main Theme. They also appeared as themselves in the film XXX: State of the Union
    , performing "Victory".

    The classical violinist André Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra performed live on New Year's Eve in Vienna in a set that includes many Strauss favorites, as well as an appearance from Bond performing "Victory".[6]

    In 2009,

    Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" to advertise the 308CC.[7] All four members of the band helped arrange these tracks. The tracks were available for download from Peugeot's website free of charge,[8]
    with "Summer" and "Winter" also appearing on Bond's album Play.

    In an interview with the Birmingham Mail, Davis revealed that Bond were currently working on their next studio album. She also noted that the next album would have Gypsy, folk, and Eastern European influences.[9] In late 2010 the band started to perform new material from their new album Play at concerts in Mexico, including the new single "Diablo".[10]

    Songs on the album include their first single, titled "Diablo". It is characterized by an up-tempo beat, and features Bond's own

    Miserlou", featured in the opening credits of Pulp Fiction. The song "Last Time" is an interpretation of the song Bitter Sweet Symphony by the band The Verve
    .

    Members of Bond have also written their own tracks on the album. Gay-Yee Westerhoff wrote the song "Beatroot", which is strongly Russian influenced (noticeable by a clarinet improvising over the strings).

    According to the band's webpage, the group recorded a medley of Lady Gaga hits at the request of its Japanese label. The Lady Gaga medley was available initially by phone download and was released digitally, soon after, as part of a special Japanese album release.

    Bond also performed "I Am the Walrus" alongside Russell Brand at the 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony. They returned to the Olympic Stadium in London in July 2013 to perform at The National Lottery Anniversary Run event.

    A team consisting of the 4 remaining members of Bond, and composer

    Celebrity Eggheads first aired on BBC2 on Thursday 1 June 2017, winning a £20,000 prize for charity as a result.[11]

    Bond performed the

    Australian National Anthem at the Australia versus New Zealand match of the 2013 Rugby Championship
    in Sydney, 17 August.

    Bond performed "Married Life" from

    Up alongside the Cinematic Sinfonia at the Royal Albert Hall as part of Michael Giacchino
    At 50: A Birthday Gala Celebration on 20 October 2017.

    Personnel

    The Bond members in January 2018

    Current members

    Former members

    • Haylie Ecker
      – first violin (2000–2008)

    Discography

    Studio albums

    Compilations

    EPs

    • The Collection (2020)

    Promotional records

    • Raymond Weil (2001)
    • Fab Field's Mix (2003)

    Soundtracks

    Singles

    • "Victory"
    • "Wintersun"
    • "Viva!/Wintersun"
    • "Shine"
    • "Fuego"
    • "Speed"
    • "Atlanta/Time"
    • "Viva!/Victory"
    • "Explosive/Adagio for Strings"
    • "
      Fly Robin Fly
      "
    • "I Can't Wait" (2019)
    • "Panthera" (2019)
    • "Zadok the Priestess" (2020)
    • "Come Home" (2020)
    • "Artemis" (2020)
    • "Alone" (2020)
    • "Experience" by Ludovico Einaudi (2021)
    • "Cease and Desist" (2021)
    • "Rise of the Phoenix" (2022)
    • "Me and You" (2023)

    DVDs

    • Live at the Royal Albert Hall
    • Bond: Video Clip Collection

    Image gallery

    • Tania Davis in 2009.
      Tania Davis in 2009.
    • Eos Counsell in 2009.
      Eos Counsell in 2009.
    • Elspeth Hanson in 2009.
      Elspeth Hanson in 2009.
    • Gay-Yee Westerhoff in 2009.
      Gay-Yee Westerhoff in 2009.

    References

    1. ^ "BOND - Biography". Retrieved 13 November 2013.
    2. ^ "Sex in the Symphony". Time. 11 March 2002. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
    3. ^ Mike Batt's Official Website: Bond – String Quartet[permanent dead link]. Accessed 23 March 2009
    4. ^ "Fiddling with Becks at the Olympics..." Get Reading. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
    5. ^ Rees, Jasper (20 April 2009). "Escala v Bond: battle of the girl quartets". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
    6. ^ "Peugeot 308-CC". cduniverse.com. 2005. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
    7. ^ "Peugeot 308-CC". Peugeot. 2009. Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
    8. ^ "Bond – Vivaldi". Peugeot. Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
    9. ^ "Andy Coleman talks to string quartet Bond". Birmingham Mail. 5 June 2009. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
    10. ^ "Bond derrocha talento y sensualidad en concierto". lavozdedurango.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.
    11. ^ "BBC Two - Eggheads, Series 20, Episode 7". BBC. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

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