Name: Born [UK Version]
Brand: Unbranded
SKU: 155089
Price: 6 GBP
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Tracks

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1. Quixote

2. Wintersun

3. Victory

4. Oceani

5. Kismet

6. Korobushko

7. Alexander The Great

8. Duel

9. Bello Donna

10. The 1812

11. Dalalai

12. Hymn

13. Victory (Mix Batt Mix)

14. Viva!

Performer Notes

Bond: Haylie Ecker, Eos (violin); Tania Davis (viola); Gay-Yee Westeroff (cello, double bass).
Additional personnel includes: Carmen, Marta Sebestyen (vocals); Mark Wood, Ramon Ruiz (guitar); Pandit Dinesh, Michele Drees, Chucho Merchan (percussion); London Session Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Producers: Magnus Fiennes, Yoad Nevo, Gareth Cousins, Mike Batt.
Engineers include: Rick Featherstone, Pete Lewis, Gareth Cousins.
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Cubshack, Townhouse Studios, and Whitfield Street Studios, London, England; Oakleigh Music Studio, Strattford, England from November 1999-May 2000.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Bond: Haylie Ecker, Eos Chater (violin); Tania Davis (viola); Gay-Yee Westeroff (cello).
Producers include: Magnus Fiennes, Orion, Stuart Crichton, Andy Wright, Michael Cann.
Personnel: Anita Kelsey (vocals); Dave "Clem" Clempson (guitar, electric sitar); Ramn Garca Ruiz (guitar); Eos, Haylie Ecker (violin); Tania Davis (viola); Gay-Yee Westerhoff (cello, double bass); Joseph de Jesus (trombone); Gareth Cousins (synthesizer); Chucho Merchn, Dinesh, Michael Drees (percussion).
Audio Mixers: Gareth Cousins; Phil Da Costa.
Director: Brian Gascoigne.
Arrangers: Julian Kershaw; Gareth Cousins; Mike Batt.
BORN, the debut album by the sultry string quartet Bond, is many things but certainly not a classical record in the traditional sense. And that's the point. The group expertly mines the crossover territory mapped out by artists such as Vanessa-Mae and Adiemus, and despite the hype and marketing, Bond shouldn't be dismissed as merely a pretty girl group cloaked in classical music pretension. Along with their photogenic looks, the group boasts impressive classical and pop music credentials and canny commercial instincts. The result: a big, polished production that sets classically derived themes and traditional string quartet instrumentation in a variety of musical contexts.
The album's opening track, "Quixote," is indicative of the group's method--an ultra-romantic theme abruptly explodes into a high-energy pastiche of techno-style beats, electronically enhanced vocals, and Middle Eastern-flavored colorings. The foursome shows its multitude of musical influences in the worldbeat stylings of "Alexander the Great," the Abba-esque "Dalalai," the atmospheric "Oceanic" (with vocalist Marta Sebestyen), and "The 1812," the group's lavishly produced reworking of Tchaikovsky's well-known overture. The album closes fittingly with a remixed version of the anthemic "Victory," an apt declaration of Bond's take-no-prisoners approach.

Album: Born [UK Version]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Quixote	More Info...	4:44
2)	Wintersun	More Info...	3:28
3)	Victory Magnus Fiennes Mix	More Info...	4:41
4)	Oceanic	More Info...	6:43
5)	Kismet	More Info...	5:13
6)	Korobushka	More Info...	4:48
7)	Alexander the Great	More Info...	2:58
8)	Duel	More Info...	4:20
9)	Bella Donna	More Info...	3:16
10)	The 1812	More Info...	6:37
11)	Dalalai	More Info...	4:06
12)	Hymn	More Info...	4:48
13)	Victory	More Info...	3:25
14)	Viva!	More Info...	3:16

Album: Born [UK Version]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Quixote	More Info...	4:44
2)	Wintersun	More Info...	3:28
3)	Victory Magnus Fiennes Mix	More Info...	4:41
4)	Oceanic	More Info...	6:43
5)	Kismet	More Info...	5:13
6)	Korobushka	More Info...	4:48
7)	Alexander the Great	More Info...	2:58
8)	Duel	More Info...	4:20
9)	Bella Donna	More Info...	3:16
10)	The 1812	More Info...	6:37
11)	Dalalai	More Info...	4:06
12)	Hymn	More Info...	4:48
13)	Victory	More Info...	3:25
14)	Viva!	More Info...	3:16