!K7 Records

!K7 Music is a Berlin-based music company best known for its long-running DJ-Kicks mix compilation series and for releasing electronic music through its label group. The company’s name is an abbreviation of its original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7, a detail that has remained central to its identity as it expanded beyond Germany. Alongside its Berlin base, !K7 has opened branch offices in New York City and London.

Within the K7 Label Group, !K7 operates five independent imprints: !K7 Records, 7K!, Strut, Soul Bank and Eternal Source Of Light. The group also runs label services as well as sync and licensing departments, reflecting a structure that combines label activity with broader music-company operations.

!K7 Records functions as the group’s core label for audio releases and is closely associated with the electronic and DJ culture that surrounds DJ-Kicks. The label’s catalog has encompassed a range of electronic styles, with releases and mix projects that connect club-focused music to album and compilation formats. Artists associated with the label’s output and orbit include Rockers Hi-Fi and Marcel Dettmann, names that point to its grounding in DJ-led electronic music. More recent generations of electronic artists linked with !K7 Records include HAAi, Quantic, Kassian and CCL, indicating an ongoing interest in contemporary club and electronic sounds.

Across its wider imprint roster, !K7’s emphasis remains primarily on electronic music, while also accommodating adjacent scenes and specialist strands through its sublabels. The company’s international office presence in Berlin, London and New York City positions it as a multi-territory independent operation rather than a purely local imprint, with its label group structure allowing different musical focuses to sit under the same umbrella.