Aqua Vista
Aqua Vista was an Indie/Surf-Rock band formed in Derbyshire, UK in the mid-nineties. The band consisted of Rapido Turismo Lusso (guitar), Enrico Guivara (bass), Trabajo de Llama (bass), Nimmoy Colossus (drums) & Durango (organ).
Aqua Vista's music can only be described as "100mph Reverb Drenched Beach Punk". Fast guitar instrumentals in the suft vein, but overdriven and played at twice their natural speed.
They were previously known as The Surf Creatures and they released the X50 LP and Toxic Beach EP which was played by Peel multiple times.
Links To Peel[]
John was a big fan and supporter of the band. Despite not achieving huge success, Peel played dozens of songs by the band, even playing their demo CDR regularly on his show, Radio Eins and BBC World Service. The band recorded 2 sessions for the show in 2001-02 and their debut EPs ended up in Peel's Record Box those same years.
Ken Garner's The Peel Sessions book misspells the group as 'Acqua Vista' in the sessionography section of the book.
Sessions[]
1. Recorded: 2001-06-24. Broadcast: 17 July 2001
- 25 Gallons Of Paranoia / Viva Quatro / Dangerman / Tiger 100 / Toxic Beach
2. Recorded: 2002-08-06. Broadcast: 18 September 2002
- Surf Creature / We're Gonna Feed Your Voodoo Ass To The Lions / Rapido A Gogo / Holidays Are The Best Days / Los Grandes Tiborones Blancos / Down Shiftin'
Other Shows Played[]
- 2001
- 29 March 2001: Gravel Rash (CD: The Gentleman Racer) CDR demo
- 05 April 2001 (Radio Eins): Gravel Rash
- 10 April 2001: The Model (CDR - The Gentleman Racer) Demo
- 12 April 2001 (Radio Eins): The Model
- 12 April 2001 (Radio Eins): Gravel Rash
- 22 April 2001 (BBC World Service): The Model (demo)
- 02 May 2001: Torque Induction (LP-The Gentleman Racer) (white label)
- October 2001 (SFK): Down Shiftin (7" - The Gentleman Racer) Fuzzpop
- 16 October 2001: Down Shiftin' (7” mini LP – The Gentleman Racer) Fuzzpop
- 17 October 2001: Slim Side (7” mini LP – The Gentleman Racer) Fuzzpop
- 23 October 2001: Torque Induction (7” mini LP – The Gentlemen Racer) Fuzzpop
- 24 October 2001: We're Going To Feed Your Voodoo Ass To The Lions (split 7" with Bearsuit - Sickroom
- 24 October 2001 (BBC World Service): Down Shiftin (7" - The Gentleman Racer) Fuzzpop
- 01 November 2001 (Radio Eins): Down Shiftin (The Gentleman Racer Mini - LP)
- 05 November 2001 (BBC World Service): Torque Induction (LP - The Gentleman Racer) Fuzzpop
- 08 November 2001 (Radio Eins): Torque Induction The Gentleman Racer (EP)
- 08 November 2001 (Radio Eins): We're Gonna Feed Your Voodoo Ass To The Lions (7")
- 14 November 2001: Downshifting (EP - The Gentleman Racer) white label
- 27 November 2001: Surf Creature (EP - The Gentlemen Racer) Fuzzpop
- 29 November 2001 (Radio Eins): Dawn Shiftin (The Gentleman Racer - EP)
- 05 December 2001: Slimside (7” EP – Gentlemen Racer) Fuzzpop
- 06 December 2001 (Radio Eins): Surf Creature The Gentleman Racer (EP)
- 06 December 2001 (Radio Eins): Down Shiftin (album)
- 2002
- 09 April 2002: Everybody’s Favorite Alien (2x7” EP – The Twominutemen) Jonson Family
- 11 July 2002: The Model (LP-Go Feral) (Purr)
- 18 July 2002: Danger Men (EP - Go Feral) Purr
- 26 July 2002 (BBC World Service): The Model (7" - Go Feral) Purr
- 08 August 2002: The Robot (EP- Go Feral) (Purr)
- 17 September 2002: The Model (EP - Go Feral) Purr PURR 004
- 26 September 2002 (Radio Eins): The Model (7" EP - Go Feral)
- 11 October 2002 (BBC World Service): The Model
- 2004
- 17 July 2004 (BBC World Service): The Gentleman Racer
See Also[]
- November 2001 (Peel's Record Box): The Gentleman Racer (FuzzPop)
- December 2001 (Peel's Record Box): The Gentleman Racer (EP - FuzzPop)
- July 2002 (Peel's Record Box): Go Feral (EP - Purr)
- Twominutemen