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Bond Biography
| As early as 1980,
at either 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 favoured cello. |
The Mission
Begins Bond begin 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. |
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| 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 reinvention 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 be sat 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. Symbolising both their unity and the ambition of their
masterplan, the four girls give themselves the collective name bond. |
The Adventure
Continues. 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 Prom-style 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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