Yak Bondy

Yak Bondy
Born (1962-07-08) July 8, 1962
Germany
Occupation(s) Songwriter, producer, programmer, composer
Instruments Keyboards, piano, percussion
Years active 1990–present

Yak Bondy (born 8 July 1962 as Jerk Bondy in Germany) is a London-based music producer, songwriter, and composer. Bondy has been professionally involved in the music industry since 1990, when he was a musical director for Lisa Stansfield's world tour.[1] Bondy works with the music licensing service, Hollywood Elite Music & Media in Los Angeles.[2]

Career

Bondy worked as musical director on Lisa Stansfield's first world tour which included an appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show. The tour ended with a performance at Rock in Rio 1991.[3] Bondy worked as a music programmer with Indian musician A.R. Rahman on his 1997 studio album Vande Mataram. In 2000, Bondy was credited with keyboards and programming in Pokemon: The Movie 2000.[4]

In 2004, Bondy had both producer and songwriting credits on the album Free Me, from former Spice Girl, Emma Bunton.[5] One of the songs on the album co-written by Bondy, “Maybe”, debuted at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart,[6] and later a remixed version rose to number 6 in the US on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. Bondy also co-wrote and produced the song, "Just a Little Girl" with Amy Studt. The song rose as high as number 14 on the UK Singles Chart.[7]

While Bondy's most notable achievements were with Bunton and Studt, he has also worked with notable performers such as, Rachel Stevens,[8] S Club 8 and S Club 7. Bondy is also credited on the 2004 album from Alexander Klaws, Here I Am.[9] Klaws was the winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, a German, American Idol style show. Bondy works as a senior songwriting tutor at BIMM, in London[10]

Discography

Artist/album Year Credits
Lisa Stansfield/Real Love[11] 1991 Harmonica, keyboards, programming
M People/Renaissance[12] 1994 Remix, production
Spice/Fred's Bowling Center[13] 1994 Composer, production, vocals
Maysa/Maysa[14] 1995 Composer
Annie Lennox/Train In Vain; No More I love You's[15] 1995 Programming, remixes
Spice/Vario Bel Air[16] 1996 Backing vocals, production
Mark Morrison/Who's the Mack[17] 1997 Production, remix
A.R. Rahman/Vande Mataram[18] 1997 Programming
Billie/Honey to the B[19] 1998 Backing vocals, keyboards, production, programming, vocoder
A.R. Rahman/Dil Se..[20] 1999 Remix programmer
Melanie C/I Turn to You[21] 2000 Production
Madison Avenue/The Polyester Embassy[22] 2000 Percussion,programming
Billie Piper/Walk of Life[23] 2000 Arranged by(strings), keyboards, production, recorded by
S Club 7/Natural[24] 2000 Programming
S Club 7/Sunshine[25] 2001 Drums, keyboards, production
Holly Valance/Footprints[26] 2002 Programming
Amy Studt/Just a Little Girl[27] 2002 Production, keyboards, drums, bass, written by
Rachel Stevens/Funky Dory[28] 2003 Keyboards, production, written by
Amy Studt/Misfit[29] 2003 Production, written by
Amy Studt/False Smiles[30] 2003 Keyboard, production, instruments, piano
Tymes 4/4 Story[31] 2003 Production, written by
S Club 8/Sundown[32] 2003 Production
Lisa Stansfield/The Complete Collection[33] 2003 Keyboards, programming, harmonica
Emma Bunton/Free Me[34] 2004 keyboards, production, written by
Alexander/Here I am[35] 2004 Written by
Various Artists/Barbie Girls[36] 2005 Composer
Emma Bunton/Life in Mono[37] 2006 Written by, mixed by, production, instruments
Samuell Purdey/Musically Adrift[38] 2008 Vocoder

Filmography

Program/type Year Credits
Animal Traffic/Documentary(film music)[39] 1988 Drums, programmer
Dil Se.../movie 1998 Programmer
Pokemon: Power of One/movie 1999 Programmer
The Royal Variety Performance 2002/television special 2002 Arranger
I Dream/television series 2004 Composer[40]

References

  1. ↑ Piltz, Albrecht; Kleinermanns, Ralf, "interview mit Yak Bondy, Musical Director der Lisa-Stansfielt-Tour '90", Keyboards (in German): 17–25
  2. ↑ "Yak Bondy Biography". Hollywood Elite Artists. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lisa Stansfield Tour History". Lisa Stansfield. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Yak Bondy Credits". All Music. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Yak Bondy Credits". Artist Direct. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Emma Bunton". Official Charts. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Songs Written by Yak Bondy". Music VF. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Vocaltech Graduate Hits The Charts". TourDates.Co.Uk. 11 July 2003. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  9. ↑ "Music Discographie Yak Bondy". Music Discographie. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Yak Bondy". The British and Irish Modern Music Institute. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Lisa Stansfield Real Love Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  12. ↑ "M People Renaissance Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Spice Fred's Bowling Center". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Maysa Credits". All Music. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Annie Lennox Train in Vain Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Spice Vario Bel Air Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Mark Morrison Who's the Mack Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  18. ↑ "AR Rahman Vande Mataram Credits". All Music. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Billie Honey to the B Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  20. ↑ "A.R. Rahman Dil Se.. Credits". All Music. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Melanie C I Turn to You Credits". Discogs. October 27, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Madison Avenue The Polyester Embassy Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Billie Piper Walk of Life Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  24. ↑ "S Club 7 Natural Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  25. ↑ "S Club 7 Sunshine Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Holly Valance Footprints Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Amy Studt Just a Little Girl Credits". Discogs.
  28. ↑ "Rachel Stevens Funky Dory Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Amy Studt Misfit Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Amy Studt False Smiles Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  31. ↑ "Tymes 4 4 Story Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  32. ↑ "S Club 8 Sundown Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  33. ↑ "Lisa Stansfield The Complete Collection Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  34. ↑ "Emma Bunton Free Me Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  35. ↑ "Alexander Here I am Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  36. ↑ "Barbie Girls Credits". All Music. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  37. ↑ "Emma Bunton Life In Mono Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  38. ↑ "Yak Bondy Discography". All Music. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  39. ↑ "Latin Quarter Swimming Against the Stream Credits". Discogs. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  40. ↑ "Yak Bondy Profile". IMDb. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
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