{"product_id":"peggygou-dj-kicks","title":"Peggy Gou - DJ-Kicks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Peggy Gou released her debut EP \u003cem\u003eArt of War \u003c\/em\u003ein 2016, she made a list of career goals. One of them was to become the first South Korean DJ to play Berlin’s techno institution Berghain, an objective she achieved only a few months later. Another item on that list was to record an instalment of !K7’s DJ-Kicks series. “It’s the premier class of DJ mixes,” she says. “Some of my favourite selectors have contributed to it.” Now Peggy Gou can tick that off her list too as she proudly presents the 69th edition of the mix series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Berliner-by-choice started working on the mix, it was a busy time for the 28-year-old: she’d just scored her first Mixmag cover and her single \u003cem\u003eIt Makes You Forget (Itgehane\u003c\/em\u003e) was receiving awards and critical acclaim. Each month she would DJ in 20 nightclubs all over the world. And yet, the goal for her mix was ambitious: instead of trying to capture the energy of her DJ sets, she aimed to create a portrayal of her own musical journey. An 18-track listening session that takes you straight into Peggy Gou’s living room where she plays you the formative tunes from her collection. No genre boundaries – she moves across disco, house, techno and electro. No tempo limits – the mix ranges from 90 to 150 BPM. And no age restriction – the earliest tunes on the mix are\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom 1983.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe same level of attention was brought to the arresting cover artwork, in which the well-documented animal lover references both Korean iconography and the endangered status of the creature of the country's foundational mythology, the tiger:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I had the concept of this cover in my mind for a long time - as the first Korean woman to contribute to the DJ-Kicks series I wanted to do something from my heritage, so I chose the tiger, which is very important in Korean traditions and a metaphor for my personality,\" says Peggy. \"As it is not humane to shoot with a real tiger, I and the photographer Jonas Lindstroem used a library image to make a composite. The tiger 'disappears' when you turn to the inside-cover photo, to highlight that these beautiful animals are already extinct in my home country and in danger of disappearing from our world entirely\" — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/k7records.bandcamp.com\/album\/dj-kicks-peggy-gou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"700\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/14BFEPRu1ERewCV8dhRQ6R?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: !K7 Records\u003cbr\u003eSeries: DJ-Kicks\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2x Vinyl, 12\", Compilation\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Germany\u003cbr\u003eReleased: Jun 28, 2019\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: House, Deep House, IDM, Techno\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Club Mix Compilations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"!K7 Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456740106398,"sku":"730003738210","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/c96a280dd5c897f83f1071222707100c55bce7c2.jpg?v=1646295875","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/peggygou-dj-kicks","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}