Yak Bondy

Yak Bondy
Born	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.