Peggy Gou

Peggy Gou channels the spirit of classic dance music into richly melodic, rhythmically irresistible club anthems that sound vintage and contemporary all at once. Born Kim Min-ji in South Korea in 1991, at 14, she moved to London where she soaked up the city’s house music and got her start behind the decks. Early releases like “It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)” were notable not only for their sleek textures and effortless grooves but also for their Korean-language lyrics. A fixture on some of the world’s biggest club and festival stages, the DJ is one of Korean dance music’s most visible ambassadors on the European scene. Her label, Gudu Records, casts a wide international net, but what most characterizes all her output is the way it uses familiar sounds to transcendent ends. As she told Apple Music, “’90s music is timeless for me.”