Also, bond will be touring in England and Scotland next month. Be sure to check them out if you're in the area, and remind them of their fan support! Tour dates are as follows:
9th May - Westfield Shopping Centre, London
6th June - Birmingham Bullring
20th June - Taste of London, Regents Park, London
27th June - Metro Centre, Gateshead
4th July - Silverburn, Glasgow
april 28, 2009
Check out the Peugeot website to listen and watch new bond videos! Peugeot, a car company, has launched its 308CC model and has commissioned bond to help promote it. You could download all of the videos in the videos section! It's truly great to see something new from them!
Check out the press release:
PEUGEOT COMMISSIONS BOND
TO RECORD BRAND NEW ARRANGEMENT OF VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS
IN CELEBRATION OF THE
LAUNCH OF PEUGEOT’S 308CC – A CONVERTIBLE FOR ALL SEASONS
Bond, the original electric string quartet and the best-selling string quartet of all time, have brought their unique sound to classical music’s most popular and iconic work, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
The modern interpretation of the Baroque masterpiece was arranged and recorded by Bond exclusively for Peugeot to mark the launch of its new 308CC model; an innovative addition to the Peugeot family with a first-of-its kind Airwave Neck Heated System that allows the enjoyment of a convertible all year round.
Peugeot commissioned Bond to write the arrangements and the four tracks, each representing one of the seasons, will soon be available for free download exclusively from Peugeot's website FREE for a limited period only. In recording their take on the Four Seasons, Bond were inspired by their good friend and colleague, Nigel Kennedy, and the genre-defying virtuosic group aims to bring to Vivaldi’s timeless classic the modern rigour and panache that has become their unique musical signature.
This is also the first time Bond unveil their new member, Elspeth Hanson. Elspeth is the beautiful and hugely talented violinist who played alongside David Beckham, guitar legend, Jimmy Page, and Leona Lewis at the British handover at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Elspeth was chosen as one of Bond’s new violinists from scores of violinists in 2008 and is just one sign of Bond’s thrilling new sound.
Eos, Elspeth, Gay-Yee and Tania will also be staging a string of live, free performances as they accompany the Peugeot 308CC road-show throughout the country; the Bond girls will be performing their Four Seasons plus a selection of their most popular tracks, including Allegretto, Victory, Explosive, Shine and Samba! Dates will be announced soon.
For a taste of the Bond girls' FOUR SEASONS, please see the Peugeot website:
here
Also, check out a new photo from their recent Peugeot photoshoot!
april 22, 2009
NEW RECORDINGS FROM BOND ARE OUT ON FRIDAY, 4/24!
Bond have recently recorded their take on Vivaldi's Four Seasons, produced by Graham Stack. You could download them for free starting Friday, April 24 from here!
Since Haylie recently welcomed her first baby boy, she has been replaced by violinist Elspeth Hanson. Check out a picture from their recent photoshoot:
march 23, 2009
Here's some great photos from the Vodaphone event earlier this month. Thanks to toppo_ko on the OF for the find!
Tania again replaced Haylie for the first violin part, with a stand-in for Tania on viola. Haylie should be back again with the group soon!
march 2, 2009
Bond played at the Vodafone launch event yesterday in Qatar. Click here for more information. Thanks to Vicky for the find.
december 29, 2008
Bond played at the Digicel launch earlier this month in Panama. View pictures from the event!
Tania again replaced Haylie for the first violin part, with a stand-in for Tania on viola. Hopefully the original group will be back together and recording in the upcoming year! Thanks to Riem for this news.
december 25, 2008
May all of you have a wonderful holiday season, and THANK YOU so much for your support and visiting!
november 22, 2008
I apologize for the lack of updates. I will try to get some done during the holiday season. If anything happens with the group, you'll most definitely hear it here first. Thank you so much for visiting.
Bond is STILL TOGETHER! They recently performed at the Opel Insignia Presentation in London, with someone standing in for
Haylie. Watch the awesome video here. It feels great to see something from them again!
july 24, 2008
A performance of "Victory" on Spanish television is now available in the videos section. Thanks to Albert for this!
june 23, 2008
The rare Global Hits Remix of Duel is now available for download in the media section.
may 23, 2008
Bond was going to perform at the upcoming Classical Brit awards, but were disallowed:
Nigel Kennedy says he has been "Prevented from Performing" at the Classical Brit Awards show. Kennedy had planned to play Vittorio Monti's "Czardas" with the glamorous Girl band string quartet Bond, but the Show's organizers nixed it, saying Bond had not been through their selection process. Kennedy was furious, saying, " I was looking forward to this because the quartet Bond had agreed to perform the gypsy song Czardas with me, and having just finished rehearsing, it had become clear that this was going to be one of my best performances of that music, not just musically but as a visual TV spectacle as well."However, the Classical Brits committee have had other ideas. The Brits committee have correctly identified Bond as a 'star' band who they didn't elect to play and, because they didn't choose Bond as a committee, we are not allowed to present our version of Czardas on the show. I am not going to let some old farts dictate my musical decisions."
I apologize for the brief downtime. The site's gallery was hacked with a nasty bug that exploited a vulnerability in the gallery's code. Everything's back to normal now. Also, I'm sorry for the lack of updates -- school is really weighing me down at the moment. However, expect some to come in the next few weeks. As always, thanks for visiting!
march 27, 2008
Awesome live performance of "Shine" is now available for download in the videos section under "live performances"! Thank you so much to Rainer for providing the awesome video.
Despite the official site being quiet for the past couple of years, bond is still together and performing. They recently had an appearance in Muscat. Read more about it here.
december 18, 2007
Awesome fan artwork by juneri is now available in the media section! Click here to view!
A Happy Holidays greeting video from bond is now in the videos section!
october 09, 2007
Midnight Garden would like to wish Haylie a very happy birthday!
september 23, 2007
Bond on Bond video now available in media section.
august 23, 2007
An awesome, brand new RECENT video of Haylie introducing the Classical Destinations video series is now available in the media section! Screenshots from the video are available in the gallery!
august 15, 2007
Midnight Garden celebrates its 3rd anniversary today. Thanks so much for visiting the site for the past three years, and for all your support!
august 04, 2007
The Bond w/Martell promo is now in the discography. Thanks to Lawrence for his contribution!
july 28, 2007
Bond was recently in the US at a private corporate performance for Qatar Airways. Read more here. thanks, Karyn for this.
july 14, 2007
AWESOME, hilarious video of Eos's appearance on Never Mind the Buzzcocks is now up in the video section! Catch her sing a bit in the video.
july 9, 2007
Fixed broken wallpaper link. If you find any broken links yourself, please email me here. Thanks.
july 7, 2007 (07.07.07)
Video performance of "Explosive" live on Australian morning show Sunrise is now available in the media section!
july 3, 2007
WELCOME to Midnight Garden » v4, with a BRAND NEW layout! Expect much more new content to come! Also, please e-mail me your thoughts on the new layout!
june 17, 2007
MIDNIGHT GARDEN would like to wish Gay-Yee a very happy belated birthday.
may 29, 2007
Eos is currently participating as a star judge at the In Tune with Wales Schools Ensemble Competition! Find more about this here and here!
may 23, 2007
Video performance of "Fuego" live on Good Morning America is now available in the media section.
april 23, 2007
Bond is currently on a recording hiatus, but are performing at only private and corporate gigs. Their most recent show was in the Dominican Republic.
march 25, 2007
Hi-resolution scans of both the Viva! and the Viva!/Wintersun singles are now available in the gallery, thanks to Mikka!
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