Aqua Velvets
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Biography
Aqua Velvets are an American surf rock revival band from San Francisco, California, formed in the 1980s by guitarist Miles Corbin. Rather than simply recreate the vintage 1963 surf sound, Corbin set out to add depth and dimension with original songs that included strings, horns, keyboards, and exotic instruments. The result was a cinematic sound more akin to film composers like Ennio Morricone and John Barry. The group released their debut album in 1992, recorded over a period of several years. This album was recorded in the auto repair shop where bassist Michael Lindner worked. They signed to Atlantic Records in 1995 to release Surfmania; subsequent releases appeared on BMG subsidiary Milan Records. The Velvets continued to release a steady stream of albums through 2015, most notably Tiki Beat (2010) and El Morocco (2015). The Aqua Velvets' songs have been covered by a number of other surf artists. The group performs live mostly on the West Coast.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Slow Dance with a Fast Girl
- Nomad
- In a Spanish Mood
- Mysterious Mambo
- Surfmania
- Surf Nouveau
- Shred Ready Betty
- Trip Don't Slip
- Hollowbody and the F Holes
- Bamboo Torches
- Martini Time
- Stella
- High Diver
- Hey You with the Sneakers on...out of the Pool
- Pool Party Boogaloo
- Swaying Palms
- Piñata
- Out of the Sand into the Swing
- Mambo Jungle
- The Big Sea (Moderato)
- Backflip Louie
- Dance of the Sun Children
- Barbie Q
- Girl With the Turkish Shoes
