Dukwa

Peggy Gou’s Gudu Records kicks off 2024 with the launch of a new EP series, titled Club Gudu. A home for dance singles aimed squarely at the club,the series is ‘all about instinct and not overthinking’, offering the label’s roster and extended family an outlet for their dancefloor impulses, indulges and when it suits them, experiments.

Club Gudu 001 comes from Dukwa, the Florence-based artist who has appaently proved a favourite with Solomun, Ben UFO, Pete Tong, Seth Troxler and  Peggy herself. It marks his third appearance on Gudu following 2022’s ‘Matter of Time’ EP and a contribution to 2023’s ‘Gudu & Friends’ compilation, and aims to showcase him at his stripped-down best.

Dukwa: “How a photographer captures memories in photos, I do the same with music. I recorded these tracks during a very strange period of my life, full of changes. I was trying to ‘Take Me Away’ from a ‘Digital Forest’ I had fallen into, unable to clearly see what was happening around me. Then I found ‘The Hedge’, I crossed it, and I realised it was just my life that once again proved to me that I am stronger than I think. Life is wonderful.”

Titled ‘Mental Fortitude’, the EP will be released on 28 March. 

Launched in 2019 with Peggy Gou’s ‘Starry Night’, Gudu Records has expanded its scope and roster every year. 2023 saw releases from Special Request & Novelist, Lady Blacktronika, Mogwaa, Matisa, Hiver, Matrefakt, DMX Krew, Brain de Palma, Salamanda, Dukwa and Closet Yi. 

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