>> Wah Wah 45s
bio: The brainchild of dj's Simon Goss and his brother Chris, that sprung to life way back in 1989, the hey day of Acid Jazz, in the form of the first proper Wah Wah session at The Old Albany (the venue where the Chemical Brothers started too!!) in London.
After some serious underground parties, the session returned to The Albany in 1996, and its quality selection of wah wah jazz,funk, latin and the best of the new skool sounds impressed the Jazz Cafe's Adrian Gibson so much that he headhunted Simon and Chris to run their friday night sessions, along with (over the years) DJ's Billy Whizz and Oscar Goldenchild. The wah wah sessions remained at the Jazz Cafe for another four years, seeing off all in their path, and keeping the good folk of Camden happy with far too many legendary parties to remember. Over the years Wah Wah played host to the likes of Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers, Donnie, Fred Wesley, Common and Nathan Haines to name but a few. Guest DJ's varied from Phil Asher, A Man Called Adam, Bob Jones, IG Culture and DJ's from around the globe including The Kyoto Jazz Massive, Espen Horne, Eivind Olsvik and DJ Spider from France. In 1999, Simon and Chris enticed mouseorgan's Dom Servini to join them on their mission. Due to Chris' pivotal role in London Elektricity (Hospital records) his involvement in Wah Wah has become less pronounced, leaving Simon and Dom to run most of the club sessions and the record label alike.
The wah wah 45's 7-inch imprint's first release was the massive dancefloor latin/future jazz anthem Magnetica, by long time Wah Wah associate Espen Horne (The Bobby Hughes Experience). The fantastic reception that the single received on the Camden dancefloor, as well as from DJ's worldwide, spurred the crew on to more and more releases. Since then, the label has really made its mark, releasing a number of 12s from, amongst others, Alison Crockett, Unforscene, Max Cole, Aaron Jerome, Scrimshire, Landslide, The PTH Projects and 12th Floor, as well as 7-inches from Easylifenatural, Luna & Bazis, Colman Brothers and more, and even 10-inch pressure (check the incredible Talc release!). Artist LPs followed from Max Cole, Talc and Speeka, as well as the first two Wah Wah compilations. There is much more to come in 2008 from Jamie Finlay, Middlewood Sessions, Stac and Scrimshire, as well as the third Wah Wah comp, another Talc album, and more surprises to be announced!
Since leaving the Jazz Cafe in 2001, the crew ran the popular I Love Wah Wah party at Catch, in London's fashionable Shoreditch, followed by their Wah Wah night at Clockwork in Kings Cross, and are now holed up at Cargo with thier bi-monthly Wah Wah Live sessions, as well as regular live sessions at The Pigalle Club, The Vibe Bar and The Jazz Cafe, whilst expending the rest of their energy on getting lots and lots of records out!!
Wah Wah..all the right records, not necessarily in the right order.
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