Conversing with Oceans is the solo project of Alex Bondarev, an award-winning musician & songwriter from the Bronx, NY.

His narrative begins in Grozny, Chechnya, when the unrest of the Second Chechen war led him and his family to immigrate to the United States. Having music as his anchor from an early age, he started his first band A Moment’s Worth with his best friends from grammar school. Their brand of optimistic rock resonated deeply with audiences as they made front page news of New York Press, won the first College Battle of the Bands, and received the Elfenworks Social Justice Award for their song “Dedicate.”

In 2013, Alex and Elfenworks began their official partnership, working together closely to spread a message of hope. He has since composed music for companies such as Google and had placements in national television ads and programs. His compositions have over a million streams on SoundCloud.

Alex’s latest endeavor is Conversing with Oceans, which he describes as even an more authentic version of his voice—devotion to melody and expression of his characteristically introspective lyrical style. Collaborating with the team that engineered the Grammy-nominated “A Color Map of the Sun” (Pretty Lights), he spent the majority of 2015 in the studio honing his new songs while steadily growing his audience at some of New York City’s most trusted venues.