A string quartet with a drummer isn't a combination you see often, and that's the point. AQUILA take songs written this side of the millennium and rework them for classical strings with a beat underneath, played by musicians in constant demand around Perth. It suits rooms where a cover band would be too much and background music not enough. Prefer tradition? The same players are available as a straight string duo, trio or quartet. They need a space of about three by four metres, shelter if they're outdoors, and one armless chair for the cellist. The rest they bring themselves.
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Songs Aquila can play
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ROCK/ALTERNATIVEA Hard Days Night- The BeatlesAfrica- TotoAirbag- RadioheadAll I Want Is You- U2All My Loving- The BeatlesAll Of My Love- Led ZeppelinAll The Small Things- Blink 182All you Need Is Love- The BeatlesAnd I Love her- John Lennon/McCartneyAngie- The Rolling StonesAnother One Bites The Dust- QueenAre You Gonna Go My Way- Lenny KravtizBeautiful Day- U2Bennie and the Jets- Elton JohnBetter Together- Jack JohnsonBittersweet Symphony- The VerveBohemian Rhapsody- QueenBreak On Through- The DoorsCan You Feel The Love Tonight- Elton JohnCan't Take My Eyes off of you- Frankie ValliCan't Feel My Face- The WeekndChanges- David BowieChasing Cars- Snow PatrolClocks- ColdplayCome Together- John Lennon/McCartneyCome On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight RunnersCreep- RadioheadDance Dance- Fall Out BoyDaughter- Pearl JamDon't Stop Me Now- QueenEleanor Rigby- The BeatlesEnjoy the silence- Depeche ModeEverlong- Foo FightersEvery Breath You Take- StingFall At Your Feet- Crowded HouseFat Bottomed Girls- QueenFeeling Good- Muse/Michael BubleFields of Gold- StingFix You- ColdplayFollow You Follow Me- GenesisFragile- StingGet Back- John Lennon/McCartneyGet Lucky- Daft PunkGod Only Knows (slow version)- The Beach BoysGold On The Ceiling- The Black KeysGood Day Sunshine- The BeatlesGood Riddance (time of your life)- GreendayHallelujah- Leonard CohenHappy Together- The TurtlesHave I told You Lately- Van MorrisonHeartbeats- Jose GonzalezHello, Goodbye- The BeatlesHere, there, everywhere- The BeatlesHey Jude- The BeatlesHey Now - London GrammarHey You- Pink FloydHo Hey- The LumineersHolocene- Bon IverHoppipolla- Sigur RosHorses- Daryl BraithwaiteHotel California- The EaglesHouse Of Cards- Thom YorkeHow Deep is Your Love- The Bee GeesHow To Disappear Completely- RadioheadHysteria- MuseI Don't Wanna Miss A Thing- AerosmithI Will Follow the Sun- The BeatlesI Want to hold your hand- The BeatlesI'll Stand By You- The PretendersIf I Fell In Love With You- John Lennon/McCartneyImagine- John Lennon/McCartneyIn My Life- The BeatlesIn My Place- ColdplayJust- RadioheadKarma Police- Radiohead?Kashmir- Led ZeppelinKids- MGMTKiller Queen- QueenKilling In The Name Of- Rage Against The MachineLet It Be- The BeatlesLike A Rolling Stone- Boby DylanLivin On A Prayer- Bon JoviLove Is All Around- Wet, Wet, WetLove Song- The CureMaster of Puppets- MetallicaMessage In A Bottle- The PoliceMichelle- John Lennon/McCartneyMorning Has Broken- Cat StevensMotion Picture Soundtrack- RadioheadNever Tear Us Apart- INXSNew Slang- The ShinsNights In White Satin- The Moody BluesNightswimming- R.E.MNothing Else Matters- MetallicaNumb- Linkin ParkOne Love- Bob MarleyOctopus's Garden - Ringo StarrParadise- ColdplayParanoid Android- RadioheadRadioactive- Imagine DragonsRebellion Lies- Arcarde FireResistance- MuseRiders on the Storm- The DoorsRoxanne- The Police/StingSatisfaction- The Rolling StonesSeptember- Earth, Wind, FireShyer - London GrammarSkinny Love- Bon IverSmells Like Teen Spirit- NirvanaSomebody I Used To Know- GotyeSomebody To Love- Freddie MercurySomebody Told Me- The KillersSomewhere Only We Know- KeaneStairway To Heaven- Led ZepellinStand By Me- Ben E.KingStarlight- MuseSummer of 69- Bryan AdamsSunburn- MuseSweet Child of Mine- Guns n RosesSweet Dreams Are Made of This- The EurythmicsSweet Home Alabama- Lynrd SkynyrdTake A Walk- Passion PitTake Me Out- Franz FerdinandTears In Heaven- Eric ClaptonThe Best Of Queen- QueenThe Scientist- ColdplayThe Show Must Go On- QueenThe Quiet Things No One Ever Knows- Brand NewThere is a Light that Never Goes out- The SmithsThunderstruck- ACDCTime Is Running Out- MuseTime To Pretend- MGMTTiny Dancer- Elton JohnUse Somebody- Kings Of LeonViolet Hill- ColdplayViva La Vida- ColdplayWake Me Up When September Ends- GreendayWe Are the Champions- QueenWith Or Without You- U2Wonderful Tonight- Eric ClaptonWorld Without Love- The BeatlesWonderwall- OasisWouldn't It Be Nice- The Beach BoysYellow- ColdplayYesterday- The BeatlesYou and Me- LifehouseYou're My Best Friend- QueenZombie- The CranberriesPOP1,2,3,4 - FeistA Thousand Years- Christina PerriAin't Nobody- Chaka KhanAll of Me- John LegendAlejandro- Lady GaGaApplause- Lady GaGaBaby One More Time- Britney SpearsBack to Black- Amy WinehouseBad Romance- Lady GagaBreakaway- Avril LavigneBring me to life- EvanesceneCall Me Maybe- Carly Rae JepsenCareless Whisper- George MichaelChandelier- SiaCrazy- Gnarls BarkleyFeel- Robbie WiliiamsFrom This Moment On- Shania TwainGimme! Gimme! Gimme!- ABBAFrozen- MadonnaHalo- BeyonceHappy- Pharrell WilliamsHey Soul Sister- TrainHot Stuff- Donna SummerI Feel It Coming- The Weeknd ft. Daft PunkI Gotta Feeling- The Black Eyed PeasIf I Ain't Got You- Alicia KeysIf I were a boy- BeyonceI'm Yours- Jason MarazJust The Way You Are- Bruno MarsKilling Me Softly- The FugeesLove Story- Taylor SwiftMamma Mia- ABBAMedley- Daft PunkMoves Like Jagger- Maroon 5 feat. Christina AguileraNever Let me Go- Florence and the MachineOver The Rainbow (Hawaiian version)- Israel Kamakawiwo'oleRather Be- Clean Bandit ft Jess GlyneRolling In the Deep- AdeleRoyals- LordeRunnin (lose it all)- BeyonceSkyfall- AdeleSmooth Criminal- Michael JacksonSummertime Sadness- Lana Del RaySupreme- Robbie WilliamsTake Me To Church- HozierThe Call- Regina SpektorThis Love- Maroon 5Thriller- Michael JacksonThinking Out Loud- Ed SheeranTime After Time- Cyndi LauperTitanium- David Guetta ft SiaToxic- Britney SpearsTurning Tables- AdeleWe Found Love- Rhianna ft. Calvin HarrisWithout You- David GuettaWrecking Ball- Miley CyrusYoung And Beautiful- Lana Del RayYou're Beautiful- James BluntJAZZ/OTHERA Whole New World- From the movie 'Aladdin'A Day In the Life of a Fool - Arr. Bert LigonAll of You - Cole PorterAt Last-Etta JamesBegin the Beguine - Cole PorterBlue Moon - Arr. Matt TurnerBye Bye Blackbird - Arr. Bud CaputoCry Me A River- Arthur HamiltonEverything- Michael BubleEvery Time We Say Goodbye - Cole PorterFly Me to The Moon - Frank SinatraGabriel's Oboe (from the soundtrack 'The Mission'- Ennio MorriconneHow High The Moon - Arr. Thom SharpI Concentrate on You - Cole PorterI Get a Kick Out of You - Cole PorterIt Had To Be You - Arr. Martin NorgaardIt's All Right With Me - Cole PorterIt's Only a Paper Moon - Arr. Bert LigonI've Got You Under My Skin - Cole PorterI Love You - Cole PorterNight and Day - Cole PorterLa Vie En Rose- Edith PiafLibertango- BondLet It Go (from the movie 'Frozen'- Kristen and Robert LopezMoon River- Henry ManciniOver The Rainbow- Harold ArlenPirates Of The Caribbean- Klaus BadeltTake Five - Arr. Bert LigonUnchained Melody- Alex NorthUp Where We Belong- Joe CockerWe Go Together- From 'Grease'What A Wonderful World- Loui ArmstrongWhat Is This Thing Called Love - Cole PorterYou'd Be So Nice to Come Home To - Cole Porter
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On the day
AQUILA need a performance space of roughly 3m x 4m, with adequate lighting so the audience can see them and they can read their music. Outdoors, they have to be fully sheltered from sun, wind, cold and rain, so an umbrella is required anywhere without dense shade or proper cover. One armless chair for the cellist is the only furniture; everyone else stands and the drummer brings his own stool. They play a maximum of 45 minutes in each hour, unless it's a one hour booking, and set and break times get worked out with you on anything over three hours. Somewhere to stash instrument cases and bags is needed. Refreshments are appreciated on shorter bookings, and a proper meal for all the musicians on anything over three hours - just ask about dietary requirements.
