The Buffy EP is the second release by Velvet Chain

Velvet Chain

Velvet Chain is a Los Angeles based band who play a mixture of trip-hop, rock, and pop, with a jazz/funk flavor. Velvet Chain was formed in the mid-1990s by Jeff Stacy and Erika Amato, the creative core of the band...

. It was released to the Internet in February 1999, and for sale in the US in October of the same by the Freak Records label. It arose out of the appearance of Velvet Chain in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from which it derives its title and title track. With the exception of the remix of "Frenchie" the songs on the EP are mellow pieces dominated by the vocals of Erika Amato

Erika Amato

Erika Amato is an American singer and actress, and a founding member of the band Velvet Chain.-Biography:Amato was born in the town of Plainfield, New Jersey and grew up in the town of Summit. She started playing and performing music at the age of three...

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Personnel

• Erika Amato - lead and backing vocals, turntable
  Turntablism
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  s on "Strong"
• Jeff Stacy - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , loop
  Music loop
  In electroacoustic music, a loop is a repeating section of sound material. Short sections of material can be repeated to create ostinato patterns...
  
  s, samples
  Sampling (music)
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  , turntables on "Strong" and "Watching You"
• David Fraga - keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  s on "Buffy" and "Watching You"
• Brian Reardon - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   on "Buffy" and "Watching You"
• Brett Chasen - drum
  Drum
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  s on "Buffy"
• Tom Calzini - guitar on "Lovin' Ain't So Easy", "Strong", "Treason", and "I Don't Care"
• Jay Stolmack - horns
  Horn section
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   on "Lovin' Ain't So Easy" and "Treason"
• Craig Van Sant - drums on "Treason"
• Diana Lorden - violin
  Violin
  The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
  
   on "I Don't Care"
• Janna Robinson - additional backing vocals on "Buffy"
• Brett Albrecht - additional keyboards on "Lovin' Ain't So Easy" and "Treason"
• Seth Green
  Seth Green
  Seth Benjamin Green is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, and television producer. He is well known for his role as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as Dr. Evil's son Scott in the Austin Powers series of comedy films, Mitch Miller in That '70s Show, and the voice of Chris...
  
   - additional guitar on "Buffy"

Track listing

1. Buffy (Jeff Stacy, Erika Amato) - 5:20
   • This song is based on the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and is a retelling of the relationship between Buffy
     Buffy Summers
     Buffy Summers is a fictional character from Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise. She first appeared in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer before going on to appear in the television series and subsequent comic book of the same name...
     
      and Angel during seasons 1 and 2 of the show.
2. Watching You (Stacy, Amato, A Costa) - 3:42
3. Lovin' Ain't So Easy (Stacy) - 4:32
4. Strong (original version) (Stacy, Amato) - 4:29
   • A version of this track is on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer soundtrack
     Soundtrack
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     . This is one of the songs to appear on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
5. Treason (Stacy, Amato, Tom Calzini) - 4:14
   • This track was not included on the internet release. This is the second song to have appeared on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
6. I Don't Care (Stacy, Amato) - 6:54
7. Frenchie (extended club mix) (Stacy, Amato) - 12:38
   • This track was remixed by Jeff Stacy and D.J. Luke. It also includes a second version of Strong as a hidden track
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External links

• The Buffy EP info page