Bond (string quartet), Grant / Bond Crichton Stuart / Black, Trevor / Bond Crichton Stuart / Gray, Michelle de / Vries, Marius de Crichton Stuart / Vries, Magnus Fiennes, Tonci Huljic, Gil Nevo Yoad / Brown, Orion, Pussy Galore, Mark Wright Andy / Jolley, Brian Gascoigne, Julian Kershaw, Z. Vracevic, Millennia Strings, Clem Clempson, Estaban Antonio, London Session Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kuljit Balma, Luis Jardim, Phil Todd, Craig Pruess, Gareth Cousins, Anita Kelsey, Shashi Pandit - Remixed

Bond

I have purchased "Remixed" and "Explosive" by Bond. I am so glad that I did. Classical music with a kick, I love it. August 24, 2008

Energy

Awesome high energy CD. If you enjoy Bond and you enjoy dance music, you will enjoy this CD. April 3, 2008

Awesome

Remixed is my favorite CD from Bond. Does anyone know any similar bands? I checked out Amazon's recommendations but was quite disappointed.

March 25, 2008

Groovy Classics

A great way to introduce the classics to the person who is too hip to listen to Mozart! January 9, 2007

Remixed

Hmmmm....what can I say? Remixed is the 3rd album Bond has released, consisting of remixes of old favorites and several new tracks. For those of you who don't know, Bond is a rock string Quartet made up by 4 young women. Similar in style old Vanessa Mae.

The Album starts with an exciting opening, of Viva! (Orion Mix). This is made up from a remake of Antonio Vivaldi's Allegro from Winter (The Four Seasons). Its an enjoyable piece, very simple, but the drums and the occasional shouting of "VIVA!" makes it a great song.

The second track is a remix of one of Bond's more famous piece. Victory was a huge success, but the remix wasn't so in my opinion. The 'Sharp Boys Wild Strings Edit' was a strange one. It didn't contain much of the original. After a tedious drum beat and strange sounds for about 1 minute and 10 seconds, a short clip of strings come on the original melody. For the next minute more drums, then more repeating of the melody heard in the middle.

Third track was a remix of Wintersun. Wintersun (Bobby D'Ambrosio Mix) was basically the same, but a bit more of a disco style.

Again, with Speed (Crash Club Mix). Sam thing, but a lot more of the disco sounds. I actually found myself enjoying it more than the original! It really sounds like some one is...driving a car or something.

Fuego's remix (Caliete Mix) I also enjoyed more than the original. It has a longer introduction, and more music to back up the strings. It also has a very fast sita (sp?) solo in the middle, making it sound very Spanish!

Homecoming, Atlanta and Time are new tracks. Not my most favorites, but they are very calm, remind me of Asia. Except for Time which sort of gives you the feeling that all the clocks are moving at the same time. Bond also uses Clock sounds in the middle for effect.

Shine (Dubsharka Mix) is by FAR the best song on the album. Its a fantastic dance track, with a fantastic solo and playing in the song. Its a Bollywood styled song, making you think of India. I was a little disappointed however, since this song was released on their earlier album (Shine, 2002). Although I love it, they should have put the Indian Summer Mix on instead, which cant be found anywhere except on Atlanta/Time

Duel and Bond on Bond (Both 'Hectic Mixes') I just couldn't stand. They were absolutely ridiculous. Just having the tracks played twice as fast. If I wanted to do that, I could have gone into Media player and pressed Fast Forward x2.

The Last song is Jingle Bell Rock (Pussy Galore Mix). Its an interesting one, just jazzing up the original Jingle Bell Rock.

Overall, this album is great for something like a party, for its mainly disco music. Not the best Bond Album, but very good anyway.

However, If you are a big bond fan, I would suggest you get the Import (Includes 2 videos of Victory and Fuego) or the Japanese Edition (Includes and Extra mix of Viva!, original Jingle Bell Rock, Duel Indonesian Mix and Innocent)

Hope you enjoy this CD! June 1, 2006

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