FEATURING HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND, JEHST, STAC, MIKE L, RESONATORS, TANYA AUCLAIR, THE PARK AND MUCH MUCH MORE!

We are proud to announce the debut of the Wah Wah Live! tent at Lovebox this year.

The Wah Wah Live! tent will be open for business every day of the festival from twelve noon until 8pm bringing you a selection of top quality talent from London and beyond.

Friday

Wah Wah 45s hooks up with one of its favourite labels, First Word Records, who’ll be bringing artists including the East Park Reggae Collective, dubbed out Ethio-jazz specialists Ye Mighty, hip hop superstar Jehst, and DJ and producer extraordinaire Mike L to the stage.

Saturday

Music and spoken word collective OneTaste take the reins, with chanteuse Tanya Auclair, indie soul boys Amber States, poet Dougie Hastings, the wondrous Fiona Bevan, the stomping Frankie & The Jacks and Wah Wah 45’s very own Stac amongst those playing live.

Sunday

Two of the label’s biggest acts go head-to-head, as Hackney Colliery Band and Resonators ensure the Wah Wah roof will be well and truly raised! Add to that funk super-group The Park, direct from the U.S.A. and playing both Friday and Sunday, Belarus’ finest DJ Laurel, and your favourite DJs and hosts led by Wah Wah 45s head honcho Adam Scrimshire, and you’ve got one of the highlights of the Lovebox weekend right there!!

Download free tracks from Hackney Colliery Band and Resonators here:

 

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And don’t forget to check out the Wah Wah Shop for all your exclusive merchandise including signed CDs, t-shirts, bags for life, vinyl and stickers. Plus, we have our very own in-house bar, so why go anywhere else!!?

Optical delights come courtesy of our favourite light surgeon, Jim Hairy Eye.

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NEAREST TUBE/TRAIN : MILE END

This month is full of so many treats we may as well change the label name to Wah Wah Treats – but we won’t.

Right now there is a very, very special dub version of Gold Getter available to download for free. Alternatively you can buy the vinyl and get the original, the B-side Mandrake and the dub on digital (in any format you choose – high quality of course)! Bargain!

AND… Here is a super exclusive download from the debut Hackney Colliery Band album which will be out on July 4th, featuring other massive big hitters like Right Foot Up, Africa, No Diggity and more…

Download the stunning latin brass monster Pygmy Goats now and begin your anticipation of this amazing album. And don’t forget the huge launch party at the New Empowering Church on Friday 1st July.

So it’s with a great deal of pride that we have finished up this amazing year with THREE Wah Wah tracks in the iTunes R&B/Soul Best of 2010 list.

There are about 71 tracks in the list and we are three of them. Our lovely winners are:

• Scrimshire – The Low Road (Rapson Remix)/I Was Love
• Stac – Turn That Light Out
• Hackney Colliery Band – Money/What’s the time, Mr. Wasp?

Look at Stac in amazingly good company in the top 23 Soul albums here.

Massive congratulations to everyone involved in those releases. It’s a lovely way to finish off a year of some of our best releases to date.

And there is SO much more to come next year. Stunning albums, remixes, singles, live shows and more! We cannot wait.

But don’t forget to pick up our final release of the year either – our Christmas EP is raising money for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.

Please find it here: http://wahwah45s.bandcamp.com/album/another-wah-wah-christmas-ep and hand over just 2 small pounds for charity.

See you next year!

Such is the state of things at Wah Wah 45s now that myself and Dom are beginning to bend under the weight of jobs that need doing!

Next year promises to be our biggest yet, with a glut of albums from our favourite artists and because of that we thought it was about time to get some help in! So please welcome Miss Vicky Green. Here is a little review from Vicky of the Scala party at the end of November. You can find some photos at the bottom too…
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The other week I experienced my first ‘Wah Wah Live’ event held at The Scala in Kings Cross and oh my days did it not disappoint! We arrived early in the day to get cracking with setting up the venue and making it look pretty for the night ahead. My jobs varied between anything that people needed/wanted help with – from hanging Wah Wah 12” sleeves from the ceiling (without getting them tangled, ahem Paul!) to setting up the tables and chairs and decorating the venue.

There was much joking and laughter and I don’t think I’ve seen two men eat so much all you can eat buffet in a long time! We rolled said fatties back to the venue to deal with any last minute issues and with sound checks complete, the doors opened at 9pm. Temperatures weren’t the most tropical but that didn’t stop the soul brothers and sistas from experiencing a night of quality music.

Resonators got things warmed up in room three with their skankin dub reggae and Stac lured us into the main room with her velvety voice, beautiful backing vocalists and band. Later The Hackney Colliery Band started jamming in room three and made their way into the main room in the style of a big brassy conga with some people dancing along behind them.

I was generally floating between the backstage area checking in on the artists and the various rooms soaking up the atmosphere and enjoyed seeing how much fun everyone was having. I had the pleasure of meeting Will Quantic briefly backstage and I have to say he has one of the softest beards I’ve ever felt! Definitely a winner for Decembeard. I wonder whether he uses conditioner on it…? Anyway, I digress. His set later in the night definitely increased the temperature of the main room packing in a big crowd of smilers and dancers – everyone was having an incredible time. One guy was loving it so much he kept trying to show off his dance moves to everyone on the stage (much to the dismay of a nearby bouncer)!

Musical Bingo went down a storm in the top room with the great Jess Indeedy on the mic. I have to say I timed things pretty damn poorly and didn’t manage to take part in an actual game of bingo but every time I was there it seemed as though there were as many people up dancing to the music as there were playing bingo! I was also surprised to see how many of my friends had taken a new shine to this musical game. Perhaps it’s time for a trip down to Mecca Bingo next weekend!

Thanks to Dom, Adam and everyone involved for making it such a success and so much fun to be a part of.

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Yesterday we had the deep joy of taking the Hackney Colliery Band into our favourite London studio to record pieces for their next single and begin work on the debut album!

Once again we have been fortunate enough to have the amazing Ben Lamdin (Nostalgia 77) engineering the session. Ben’s knowledge is on another level when it comes to recording live music like this, and with a treasure trove of mics, devices, boxes and other treats, the sound and setup was beautiful.

Also there was our very lovely Simon Capstone who will be on production and mix duties for both the single and album. Between the two of them we captured something really amazing yesterday.

The Hackney Collieries themselves were on incredible form and it’s a real treat to finally start digging in to the original material they have been busily writing and arranging over the last few months. You’re going to love their original pieces. Full of all the personality, humour and energy you’ve come to expect but with deep, deep soul, funk and a touch of jazz too. We’re mad about them.

Tracks recorded include:

• Africa (by Toto, arrangement by Jeff Miller – Sousaphone);
• Right Foot Up (by Cath Roberts – Alto/Baritone saxophone);
• Happy Daze (by Olly Blackman – bass drum and percussion);
• House Arrest (by Steve Pretty – Trumpet/Melodica).

Below are one or two photos from yesterday, have a little peek. But also, you can read at the Hackney Citizen a timely feature on the band, looking back over their incredibly eventful 2010, their origins and what’s to come…

Hackney Citizen feature on the Hackney Colliery Band

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To celebrate the enormous Wah Wah Live at the Scala gig coming up on the 27th, we have got together a collection of tracks by three of the artists that will be performing on the night.

Here is an opportunity to lay your hands on some very special music in high quality digital!

Not only do you get the amazing What’s the time, Mr. Wasp by the Hackney Colliery Band, and the gorgeous Dub of Sweet Love Affair, but you get an exclusive download of the Greymatter remix of Glory by Stac. This track is not officially released until November 29th on the forthcoming Turn That Light Out : The Remixes / Vol. One.

Get hold of it now completely free by clicking the link below!

FEATURING THE UNABOMBERS, QUANTIC, HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND, THE SIMONSOUND, STAC, FLORIAN KELLER, THE HIDDEN ORCHESTRA AND MUCH MUCH MORE!

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Following on from last year’s magnificent 10^th Birthday event, which saw over 1000 people attend, renowned UK record label Wah Wah 45s return to The Scala to showcase some of the imprint’s finest acts, new discoveries, new friends and welcome international guests from across the globe.

On Saturday November 27th we’re bringing together another enormous soundclash of musicians, DJs, beatboxers and VJs to once again give you the biggest and greatest Wah Wah Party known to man.

In the main room you’ll find yourself being warmed up and enchanted by the label’s number one chanteuse – and a lady who’s winning fans as impressive as Mark Ronson, The Mercury Music Prize and The Roots’ ?estlove – Stac. This unique talent will be performing with her full band and incredible 12-piece choir. And that’s just the beginning! We’ve got live sets from brand new Tru Thoughts signings The Hidden Orchestra (think Bonobo meets the Cinematics), and Matt Ford (AKA DJ Format) & Simon James’ new project The Simonsound (featuring Laura J Martin and Debbie Clare) before we unleash another live Wah Wah outfit on your ears in the shape of the fattest brass to come out of the East End since Pat Butcher, The Hackney Colliery Band! This ten piece brass juggernaut have been blowing the roofs off venues far and wide this year, and what better way to finish it off than with a headlining live set at our annual extravaganza.

And we’re not finished there! Room One also plays host to a quartet of the finest DJs known to humankind. Mancunian duo The Unabombers are famed for their legendary Electric Chair nights and seamless DJ sets taking in disco, soul, boogie and house. They don’t play very often in London, so when they do you can expect a roadblock. Similarly, you can expect the same when our co-headliner plays in the big smoke. Since moving to Columbia, Quantic’s UK sets are few and far between, but on the rare occasions he does make it to the capital you can expect to be dazzled by his selection of tropical rarities, hip hop treats, exclusives from his own productions and silky DJ skills. And talking of silky skills, our final guest has them in bucket loads. Maybe not a household name, but German DJ Florian Keller is one of our favourite DJs full stop. His “Party Keller” compilations (Compost Records) are simply brilliant, and his sets, comprising as they do of the finest funk, boogie and old skool rap, are not to be missed! With your favourite Wah Wah residents filling in elsewhere, this is the line-up you’ve been waiting for, and would be more than worth the ticket price alone were it not for two more rooms of musical mayhem!

We’re bringing something very different to Room 2 this year. The boys and girls from Musical Bingo host nights across the capital that combine everyone’s granny’s favourite pastime with quality DJs and a combination of top and rather kitsch prizes. You’ll receive your Musical Bingo card on entry to the venue, and games will take place on the hour between 11pm and 1am on the night.

Finally, in Room 3, we’re proud to present our latest signing, Resonators, who’ll be performing a live acoustic jam at 9pm sharp, so make sure you get down early to catch this extremely talented outfit. Then, we’ve invited one of London’s finest underground parties and Garden Party favourites Boglewaltz to bring their party to our party for one night only! They’ll be joined by some of Europe’s finest eclectic DJs who collectively make up The Scandinavian Jazz Mafia. Special guest DJ Astroboy from Edinburgh will also be stopping by to drop some quality global niceness, and if you need a break from all that, then head to the Wah Wah Shop for limited edition tees, stickers, vinyl and CDs courtesy of Hands On Music.

Optical delights come courtesy of our favourite light surgeons, Exceeda & Jim Hairy Eye.

Get your tickets now!! This is THE event of the year!!!!!

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NEAREST TUBE/TRAIN : KINGS CROSS

So we have it at last! The debut single from the HOT Hackney Colliery Band.

Having just graced the crowds at Lovebox with their special brand of brassery, the hard blowing wonders of the HCB were able to sooth their hangovers with the buzz that surrounded the release of new single Money – and all while wearing the brand new HCB t-shirts (see the Wah Wah shop now to get yours!).

Links to buy the release on 7″ vinyl or digital download are all on the release page, including free streaming of the single, reactions and a place for you to leave your own comments! Right here!

And don’t forget to go and get yourself one of these, only £15: