Peggy Gou - I Go (Soulwax Remix)

  • Soulwax hit it out of the park again.
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  • Peggy Gou's "I Go," released last year, was one of her catchiest tracks yet, inspired both by '90s Eurodance and what she imagined clubbing must have been like while growing up in South Korea around the same time. If the original was sweet and nostalgic, then Soulwax dial it up to 11 on their remix, laying down a frisky beat and—what else—a loon sample. Their remix hinges on a grubby, addictive bassline, somewhere between DFA Records and French house, letting Gou's original vocal melody come out in wisps on the breakdowns and then melting it down into a hooky vocoder motif. Deftly turning poppy material into dance floor gold is what Soulwax have always done best, for decades, and here they show that their unique gift hasn't dulled any with the passage of time. Their Marie Davidson remix in 2019 made for a late-career highlight and one of the year's biggest house tracks. "I Go" might not be far behind.
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