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.
Tracklist:
1. Jamie Finlay - Family (Quiet Dawn Remix) [feat. Ellen Beth Abdi]
2. Paper Tiger - Bioluminescent (EVM128 Remix) [feat. Olivia Bhattacharjee]
3. Sunbörn, Clap! Clap! - Vuvuzela Dourada (Cengiz Remix) [feat. Carolina Lelis]
4. Dele Sosimi, The Estuary 21 - E Si M'_è_dò (Dazzle Drums Remix) [feat. Lizzy Dosunmu]
5. Isaac Birituro, The Rail Abandon - So Ma (Blood Wine Or Honey Remix)
6. Raz & Afla - Shikor Shikor (Jamz Supernova & Sam Interface Remix)
7. Eparapo - From London to Lagos (WheelUP Remix) [feat. Dele Sosimi]
8. Land Of Echo - What We Want (Delfonic Remix) [feat. Kathy Diamond]
9. Dele Sosimi, Medlar - Full Moon (Dam Swindle Remix Full Length Version)
10. Lawne - The Huge Balloon (Medlar Remix)
11. IKE - Rapids (Sevdavision Rework) [feat. Danny Kuttner]
12. Bev Lee Harling - Beautiful Life (Aroop Roy Remix)
13. KOTOA - I Am (Laroye Afrobeat Remix)
14. Eparapo - Black Lives Matter (Sam Redmore Remix) [feat. Dele Sosimi]
15. Sunbörn, Clap! Clap! - Jolloff On The Roll Off (BORDA Space Funk Mix)
16. Talc - De Gui Ding (The Reflex Vocal Revision)
17. Lawne - Beta Pan (Echo Juliet Remix)
18. Bev Lee Harling - Tears On Your Heart (Hardkandy Remix)
19. Dele Sosimi, Medlar - All About the Dance (Medlar Remix)
20. Isaac Birituro, The Rail Abandon - Senye (Ben Gomori Remix) [feat. Wiyaala]
21. Soothsayers - No Sacrifice (Dutchie Remix)
22. Dele Sosimi, The Estuary 21 - For the Love of It (Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly Remix)
23. Afla Sackey, Afrik Bawantu - Mofeemo Ke Eno (Bassically Edit)
24. Isaac Birituro, The Rail Abandon - Yesu Yan Yan (Village Cuts Remix)
25. Dele Sosimi, Medlar - Gúdú Gúdú Kan (Daz-I-Kue Remix Full Length Version)
26. Sam - American Cars (Africanz on Marz West Coast Drive Rework)
27. Kutiman - So Long (Gene Dudley Remix) [feat. Rioghnach Connolly]
28. Bev Lee Harling - Dirty Dragonfly (Frankson Remix)
29. Soothsayers - Natural Mystic (Sarathy Korwar Remix)
30. Espen Horne - Bergen Sunrays (Session Victim Remix) [feat. Selim Mutic]
