Yak Bondy

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]

Yak Bondy
Born (1962-07-08) 8 July 1962
Germany
Occupation(s)Songwriter, producer, programmer, composer
InstrumentsKeyboards, piano, percussion
Years active1990–present

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 Pokémon: 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
Pokémon: 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 28 October 2015.
  3. "Lisa Stansfield Tour History". Lisa Stansfield. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  4. "Yak Bondy Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  5. "Yak Bondy Credits". Artist Direct. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  6. "Emma Bunton". Official Charts. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  7. "Songs Written by Yak Bondy". Music VF. Retrieved 28 October 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 28 October 2015.
  10. "Yak Bondy". The British and Irish Modern Music Institute. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  11. "Lisa Stansfield Real Love Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  12. "M People Renaissance Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  13. "Spice Fred's Bowling Center". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  14. "Maysa Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  15. "Annie Lennox Train in Vain Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  16. "Spice Vario Bel Air Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  17. "Mark Morrison Who's the Mack Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  18. "AR Rahman Vande Mataram Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  19. "Billie Honey to the B Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  20. "A.R. Rahman Dil Se.. Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  21. "Melanie C I Turn to You Credits". discogs. 27 October 2015.
  22. "Madison Avenue The Polyester Embassy Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  23. "Billie Piper Walk of Life Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  24. "S Club 7 Natural Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  25. "S Club 7 Sunshine Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  26. "Holly Valance Footprints Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  27. "Amy Studt Just a Little Girl Credits". discogs. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  28. "Rachel Stevens Funky Dory Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  29. "Amy Studt Misfit Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  30. "Amy Studt False Smiles Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  31. "Tymes 4 4 Story Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  32. "S Club 8 Sundown Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  33. "Lisa Stansfield The Complete Collection Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  34. "Emma Bunton Free Me Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  35. "Alexander Here I am Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  36. "Barbie Girls Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  37. "Emma Bunton Life in Mono Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  38. "Yak Bondy Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  39. "Latin Quarter Swimming Against the Stream Credits". discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  40. "Yak Bondy Profile". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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