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4.5

Seoul-born beatmaker hits debut out of the park with dream-state 90’s dancefloor melodies in I Hear You.

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At first she was a DJ name lost in a sprawling line-up coating us with her sprawling mix of techno and house. The next, she’s got a club-topping record of insane virality and a Rough Trade Album of the Month to her name.

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IT GOES LIKE: PEGGY GOU

It takes no genius to mark this song as a defining moment in her career as an outlandish creative on the decks and in-house in the studio. While she may have appeared seemingly out of nowhere in 2016 with her hazy house tracks shining a light on her DJing aptness, it is the work of (It Goes Like) Nanana carving out such a landscape for Gou in the electronic scene. Thanks again to the workings of TikTok, Peggy will be on many-a soundtrack of this years’ Summer highlights.

But saying that she garnered attention overnight is not a fair assessment of Peggy’s dedication to the craft. Her music has a certain clasp of energy to it, which no doubt harks back to her raving days where her beloved underground dance scene soon came to know Peggy Gou – the first Korean woman to play in Berghain.

a 10-TRACK BADDY

I Hear You first plays itself off as to cool to gleam in such rewards, but it has one of impeccable club production from start to finish. The album is littered with Eurodance energy and deeply inspired by the House sounds of the ’90s. Hell, there’s even ’90s on the album. Timeless R&B is plugged in here – almost as if time itself has stood still – as she collaborates with Kravitz on the nostalgic dance track I Believe in Love Again. The infectious bass grooves and curated snares make it both an energetic modernisation to Dance of today, and a cathartic ritual to those before. Lobster Telephone is a right ’80s rifling, while 1+1=11, the albums’ final farewell, is very much a Four Tet lookalike in its suave delivery. Amongst the fan-favourites however, there’s a lot to be desired here. Forgetful whims, seedy tastes.

FFO: The Blessed Madonna, Four Tet, Barry Can’t Swim

Fortunately for us, only the favourites will be played on the festival circuits. It starts with Parklife, arguably with one of London’s biggest and ends in Emerge, Ireland’s biggest Electronic festival.

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