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 quest to find the perfect beat. 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.
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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 quest to find the perfect beat. 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/nu-jazz anthem magnetica, by long time wah wah associate Espen Horne (the bobby hughes experience/stereo deluxe). 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 the likes of Alison Crockett, Unforscene, Max Cole, Aaron Jerome and 12th Floor, as well as 7-inch and even 10-inch pressure (check the incredible Talc release!). Artist LPs, kicking off with Max Cole, and a compilation LP are due to follow.
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 north london, and are now holed up at Cargo witrh thier monthly Wah Wah Live! sessions, whilst expending most 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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