BOND Story

bond a long time coming…

As early as 1980, at both ends of the earth, bond has begun. In Perth, Australia, a five-year-old Haylie Ecker has been given her first violin, and is displaying the kind of nimble-fingered virtuosity which will continue to astound tutors throughout her childhood. A couple of thousand miles across the coast, in Sydney, Tania Davis is being bribed with chewing gum and plastic farmyard animals to practice her first notes on both violin and piano. In Cardiff, Wales, Eos (pronounced Ay-os) is also toying with her first bow. While on the other side of the UK, in Hull, seven-year-old relative late-starter Gay-Yee Westerhoff is eyeing up the piano -- although as soon as she is big enough to hold it, she’ll have switched to her favored cello.

bond several years later…

Laden with prestigious trophies picked up almost at will during their musical apprenticeships, the four sexy, sassy and spectacularly gifted young women have each begun to dream of a bigger prize – the re-invention of the classical string quartet. Introduced to each other by legendary concert promoter Mel Bush, the girls begin to share their vision: there will be no stiff bow ties or flowing, black dresses, and neither will the performers sit down in front of reams of sheet music at the mercy of a magisterial conductor. Instead, they will be a breath of complete fresh air -- although classical in its instrumental make-up, the quartet will not be constrained by any existing genres or traditions. Symbolizing both their unity and the ambition of their musical aspirations, the four girls give themselves the collective name bond.

bond begins recording a series of mostly original works (composed by, among others, Magnus Fiennes). Standard classical procedures go out of the window as the four brilliant performers enhance the compositions using both well-honed technical skills and innate flair. Their arrangements are laced with tinges of everything from trance and house music to salsa and traditional East European folk songs -- the result is dramatic, compelling, sexy and sparklingly original.

Signed by Decca, bond’s mission is universal. Unconstrained by convention, appreciation of their music is international and ageless, requiring no prior knowledge of classical composers, no dress code and no old school snobbery. And as naturally talented and expertly trained performers, bond refine their onstage act behind closed doors, secretly becoming a breathtakingly charismatic live unit.

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