Wah Wah 45s see out 2025 with a whopping thirty track compilation, showcasing some of the finest remixes and reworks that have been released on the label in recent years, as well as a dozen brand new, never before heard cuts!
Wah Wah 45s Remixed 3 is the first remix compilation on the label in seven years, following on from 2017’s debut collection of reworks and its follow up a year later. That’s a long time in the life of a record label, and in that period the imprint released a number of (sometimes a little slept on) remixes from the producers, DJs and musicians that included broken beat dons Daz-I-Kue, Jamz Supernova, EVM128 and WheelUP; masters of disco-house music Dam Swindle, Ashley Beedle, Session Victim, Aroop Roy, Village Cuts, The Reflex, Ben Gomori and sometime artist on the label Medlar; leftfield technicians Sarathy Korwar, Dutchie and Blood, Wine Or Honey; funky breaks specialists Sam Redmore and our very own Gene Dudley; and even a little drum & bass courtesy of erstwhile indie star Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly!Remixes from all of these incredible producers can be found across this essential collection, and they’re joined by twelve more, hugely exciting previously unreleased reworks from a dozen of our favourite international selectors, beat makers, and recording artists. Opening things up, French bruk and future jazz producer Quiet Dawn re-invents Jamie Finlay’s sublime Family for the more discerning dance floor, while another broken beat aficionado, London based Anglo-Turkish producer Cengiz takes Sunbörn & Clap! Clap!’s Vuvuzela Dourada, featuring the rasping vocals of Brazilian Carolina Lelis (Da Lata), to bass worrying places indeed! As we delve in, Japanese duo Dazzle Drums give Dele Sosimi & The Estuary 21’s E Si M’èdò a foot friendly, percussive re-rub, and Berlin based disco-house fiend Delfonic delivers a typically uplifting take on Land Of Echo’s What We Want featuring the glorious Kathy Diamond. Elsewhere, our main man Medlar transforms Lawne’s Huge Balloon into a furiously funky acid workout, and seasoned German producer and pianist Eren Solak, AKA Sevdavision, reworks IKE’s Rapids, featuring Danny Kuttner, into an understated sonorous dance floor bubbler. One of our favourites, Brighton based French producer, musician and DJ Laroye brings Kotoa’s gorgeous I Am to the club with a forward thinking Afrobeat flavour, and the mysterious BORDA delivers an irresistible Space Funk mix for Sunbörn & Clap! Clap!’s Jolloff On The Roll Off. As we get deeper into the compilation, rising UK electronica producer Echo Juliet comes through with a high octane yet centred re-imagining of Lawne’s Beta Pan, and label mates Bev Lee Harling and Hardkandy come together, with the latter providing a very tasteful late night re-version of the former’s Tears On Your Heart. Sticking with label mates, Raz Olsher’s disco influenced Bassically alter-ego gets busy with music partner Alfa Sackey’s highlife monster Mofeemo Ke Eno, and finally downtempo electronica wizard, Frankson, takes Bev Lee Harling’s Dirty Dragon Fly somewhere quite stunning and ethereal.
Reactions & Radio Play
Radio play from Craig Charles (BBC 6 Music) (Kotoa – I Am (Laroye Remix)), Aly Gillani (Bandcamp Radio) (Jamie Finlay – Family (Quiet Dawn Remix)), Tiago Santos (Radio Oxigenio, Portugal), Markus Milz (Radio Corax 95.9FM, Germany) (Kotoa – I Am (Laroye Afobeat Remix)), Mark Ward (2SER 107.3FM Sydney, Australia), Simon Harrison (Basic Soul, UK) (Kotoa – I Am (Laroye Afrobeat Remix)), DJ Ritu (Resonance FM), Veronique Prebolin (Radio Krimi, France) (Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu / Bassically Remix)
“A whopping compilation of 30 tracks.. a thing of beauty!” Craig Charles (BBC 6 Music)
“A major rhythm bud blessing.” Robbie Vincent (Jazz FM)
“Strong package!” The Reflex
“Excellent. Full support.” Laurent Garnier (PBB/Worldwide FM, France)
“Sounding good.” Robert Luis (Tru Thoughts)
“Killer mixes!! Quality and quantity in equal measure……killer compilation!!” Jazzcat (Ness Radio, Italy)
“LOVE the Medlar remix, gloopy 808 sounds!” Lady Jane (Mr. Bongo)
“Some fab remixes!” DJ Ritu (Resonance FM)
“Unbelievable Jeff!” For Mankind (Pikes, Ibiza)
“Wonderful! Laroye Remix is the one for me!” Soulist (Souleance, France)
“Killer stuff …wicked.” For Mankind (Pikes, Ibiza)
“Super package!” Chris Knight (Kelburn Garden Party, Scotland)
“Absolute quality but unsurprising from a label of the highest calibre like Wah Wah.” Aldo Vannuci (Brooklyn Radio, UK)
“Excellent release- love all the tunes!” DJ Angola (Wonderwheel, USA)
“Great compilation, so many great remixes here!” Llorca (Various, France)
“Simply greatness.” Mans Stromberg (Radio Helsinki, Finland)
“Sweet!” Nicole Finnerty (Kane FM 103.7, UK)
“Weekend goodness! Perfect for dj sets and for my radio shows. Radio support, starting right now!” Tiago Santos (Radio Oxigenio, Portugal)
“Amazing remixes. Absolutely killer comp.” Alex Attias (Visions Recs, Switzerland)
“Woosshhhh, what a treat!” DJ Bobafatt (First Word / Soho Radio / BBC 6 Music, UK)
“That Medlar mix is immense. Support on pointblankradio.com DAB London.” Paul Courtney (Point Blank Radio, London)
“First class.” Dan Playlister (Playlister FM, UK)
“Amazing selection…will play on the floor.” Daniel Best (Sonar Kollektiv, Germany)
“Some great shit, thanks!” Phil Gray (KPSU, USA)
“This is the best early Xmas present ever. Party in a can. So many good tunes. Why are you making me pick a favourite. No filler, ALL KILLER.” Karl Phillips (Source 96.1FM, UK)
“Wonderful.” Olivier Cavaller (De La Bonne Musique, France)
“Fantastic set of remixes. Plenty of heat!” Jason Palma (Footprints, Canada)
“Massive package if well produced tracks.” Lorenzo Aldino (Jockey Club Ibiza, Spain)
“All Favourites! Congrats!” Enrique Domenech (CKUT 90.3FM, Canada)
“Nice comp! Gene Dudley’s mix of Kutiman is the one for me. Tasty!” Bean Noodler (Soul Buggin’, UK)
“Very complete release. From cool chill vibes to pure dancefloor.” Manuel Fosc (Xiringuito, Ibiza)
“More crisp remixes to enjoy – thank you!” Steve Johns (Solar Radio, UK)
“Excellent tracks.” Robert Lochmann (Radio X, Germany)
“Hard to pick a favorite from theis excellent and varied compilation- they are all good!” Derek Rath (KPFK, USA)
“Fantastic Laroye remix.” Simon Harrison (Basic Soul, UK)
“Nice comp.” Chris Ex (Black Radio Berlin, Germany)
“What a lineup! The Cengiz remix is awesome – giving Zero DB vibes.” Ennio Styles (3RRR FM, Australia)
“I like all the tracks, but my fave is from Sunborn and Clap! Clap!” Matteo “Pzzo” Chelini (Ritmo Radio Show, Italy)
“SUPERBE RYTMIQUE ET CHANT SOUL!” Jean Marc Baehler (Couleur 3, Switzerland)
“Wicked remixes!” Amar Kabouche (Fauve Radio, Hong Kong)
“More quality remixes off the forthcoming comp, that Medlar joint is a big one, full support!!!” Alan O’Malley (RTE Pulse Dublin, Ireland)
“Excellent.” Eric Tchaikovsky (Night Light Radio Show, Ukraine)
“explosion of excellent sounds!!” Veronique Prebolin (Radio Krimi, France)
“Hyper varié, et groovy.” Jean-Marc Baehler (Couleur3, Switzerland)
“Thank you so much and congratulations on the comp. There’s a lot of great stuff here and will play it on the radio. Thanks!” Daniel Penacoba (Pure Ibiza, Spain)
“Outstanding reworks, very nice!! “A true five-star-deluxe remix package, absolutely recommendable!” Sven Thomschke (Radio Z 95.8FM, Germany)
“I like and I’ll play The Huge Balloon (Medlar Remix).” Cesare Cera (Bologna Uno, Italy)
“Brilliant!!” DJ Makala (Global Funkers, Spain)
“GEEZ, the motherlode here!” Junior (Record Breakin’, USA)
“Wow, so many great reworks!” Dob Marzov (Radio Varna, Bulgaria)
“Stunning compilation.” DJ Osric (RTR FM, Australia)
“Y’all spared NO EXPENSE on getting top notch remixers to take these songs into the STRATOSPHERE!” Michael Stukes (WHCR 90.3FM, USA)
“Nice collection of remixes!” Jon Freer (Freer Sounds, UK)
“Pure gold!” Robert Lochmann (Radio X, Germany)
“Cool concept and solid range of groovy remixes, esp like the Yes Yan Yan remix.” Peter McLennan (Base FM, New Zealand)
“Always nice to hear how remixes reimagine and rework the originals. Medlar is always my go to for exciting remixes and Laroye remix is really beautiful. Thanks for the release I’ll support a few across a couple of shows.” DJ Nelito (Power FM, UK)
“Ace as always, every tune is killer.” Paddy Disco Shed (Disco Shed, UK)
“KOTOA is sounding good. I am going to play that tomorrow night at my gig . .” Mark Johnson (1BTN, UK)
“Amazing remixes!” Enrique Domenech (CKUT 90.3FM, Canada)
Fantastic remix package.” Jon Brent (Dusk Dubs, UK)
“Very beautiful.” Ahu (Istanbul, Turkey)
“Medlar on point once again!” Steve KIW (1BTN, UK)
“Hard to pick the best track, all are equally good and have their place in a set. Super strong package.” Rado Tomek (Nu Spirit, Slovakia)
“Wah wah has long been my favourite label. My most played label in my dj career of 35 years That says something about the quality of its output. This lp proves its quality.” DJ Expression (What’s Hot Radio, UK)
“Stunning compilation, dancefloor action guaranteed! Top notch!” DJ Six (Various, USA)
“Great end to 25 great mix ups.” DJ abbo (Stomp Radio, UK)
“Amazing ! Hard to pick a fave.” Mark Ward (Sideways Through Sound, Australia)
“Corkers! Will be playing on my “Random Jukebox” show.” Karl Phillips (Source 96.1FM, UK)
“Love the Medlar remix.” Ben Smith (Echo Empire, UK)
“Awesome!!!!” DJ Makala (Global Funkers, Spain)
“What a selection!” Rene Josquin (Format Analog, Germany)
“Cool ones.” Tjerk Coers (Armada Music, The Netherlands)
“Christmas has come early with this abdundance of rhythmical riches!” Jamie Renton (Chilli Fried, UK)
“Heavy remixes.” Mr Shiver (Various, UK)
“Cool ones.” Tjerk Coers (Armada Music, The Netherlands)
“Marvellous! I shall be listening and featuring..” Nick Emancipation (TheAlternative9, UK)
“Huge releases from these groups and to have them remixed, wow! Each track is beautiful, moving and deserves it’s place on this label and compilation.” DJ Mr Lob (Various, Australia)
“Nice music, and great compilation!” Ivan Mera (Higher Club, Spain)
“Awesome!!!” Markus Milz (Radio Corax 95.9FM, Germany)
“Big beats! Some gems in there.” Nigel Wood (Various, UK)
“Nice ones!” Tobi Kirsch (HHV, Germany)
“So many bangaz!” DJ Snuff (Universal Magnetic B Boy, UK)
“The beats are a plenty on this new beauty.” Aja Allsop (Ketch-A-Vibe, UK)
“That’s five now and stacking up very nicely. On first listen I thought there was a Raz&Afla influence to the Vuvuzela Dourada remix, there are certainly some familiar sounds in there. There are some constants in life, one of which is that you can always trust a Medlar remix so, with fired-up sounds as the source what could possibly go wrong? Loving the wobbly cumbiapsych-style keyboard break after the first drop. Finally, wonderful Kotoa getting the Laroye treatment on a smooth, well-oiled afrobeat workout where Kotoa touch Kokoroko. Fab. All 5*, all destined for the dancefloor. 2½-hour WahWah45s dance party anyone?”” Drummie Dave (Various, York, UK)
“”The new ‘Wah Wah 45s Remixed 3’ is the first remix compilation on the label in seven years and what an impressive choice ‘leader’ Dom Servini has made from the wealth of producers, DJs and musicians that have worked with over the years.
From the most recent Sunbörn Meets Clap! Clap! project (with ‘Vuvuzela Dourada’ on the Cengiz remix) to Jamie Finlay with the album opener, the Quiet Dawn remix of ‘Family’ (originally on the album ‘Sun Dogs’ – see review HERE).
Of course you can’t miss out Dele Sosimi who seems busier than ever with gigs in Bristol and London’s Fox & Firkin early in the new year. The album ‘The Confluence’ (see review HERE) with The Estuary 21 didn’t need any remix, but Dazzle Drums are more than up to the task on ‘E Si Mè dò’ (and if they’re listening, Dom, Chris Long and me are still awaiting the FB3 Dazzle Drums Remix – please). And so influencial Dele is, you’ll the project with Medlar (see review HERE) and there’s the Dele Sosimi x Medlar ‘Full Moon’ Dam Swindle remix and then Medlar’s own remix of their ‘All About The Dance’ and Daz-I-Kue on ‘Gudu Gudu Kan’.
And there’s a heavy Afrobeat heritage presence with Raz & Alfa Sackey, Isaac Birturo & The Rail Abandon, Eparapo (with a WheelUP remix – check out his new album, ‘Inner Light, see review HERE) plus the Sam Remore remix of ‘Black Lives Matter’; Brum’s finest Redmore having had Dele Sosimi guesting on his track ‘Home’ (see review HERE).
The label, like Dom’s DJ sets and radio shows, are always varied, fun and quality and that’s what’s the feature of this collection, especially as long term artists like the always impressive Soothsayers (‘Natural Mustic’ Sarathy Korwar remix), Bev Lee Harling (Aroop Roy remix HERE and Hardkandy HERE) to the ‘historic’ TALC, The Reflex Revision of ‘De Gui Ding’ (see review HERE) and you’ll know Afrikanz On Marz as Ashley Beedle who we understand will be recuperating from home soon with his F*CLR/Ramrock musical family and another of Dom’s old mates, Espen Horne’s ‘Bergen Sunray’s being remixed by Session Victim (see review HERE).
Even then, names that perhaps are not so familiar stand out, like Land Of Echos’, ‘What We Want’ (remixed by disco guru Delfonic – fresh from his Roy Ayers 12”, see review HERE) as they’ve “got it”.
With all these tracks and seven years of remixes to pick from this is a collection that you’ll be more than happy to say that you’ve got it!” Gerry Hectic (You And The Music, UK)
