Dguru launches Sangsu Records with 9-track compilation

DJ, producer, and third member of electronic band Idiotape, Dguru, has unveiled his latest venture: a fresh imprint named Sangsu Records.

Its first full-length release is available on Bandcamp and will hit major streaming platforms on January 24.

Announced as “exploratory, patient, and grounded in live scenes”, Sangsu Records is set to showcase a diverse roster of artists with a keen focus on “attention to texture and space”.

The label's debut, a weighty compilation titled 'Sangsu 001', packs tracks from GAEZAEBAL, Motoko, Haihm, and Dguru himself, among others.

“After years in underground dance music, I began to feel that electronic music, in a broader sense, was settling into a fixed grammar.
That grammar made things efficient, but it also narrowed the space for risk and experimentation,” Dguru shares with Mixmag Asia.

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“Working within Seoul’s club and live performance scenes, I was constantly encountering sounds that didn’t fully belong to those structures — music shaped by small rooms, long processes, and local conditions rather than global trends.
Sangsu Records grew out of the need to give that kind of work a place to exist and be documented”, he adds.

True to his nature, he sets the tone with a bold first release—'Sangsu 001'.

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“The first release was designed to show a range rather than define a sound.
It moves through leftfield electronics, experimental forms, and club-informed approaches that are sometimes functional and sometimes deliberately not,” he explains, adding: “Sangsu Records won’t follow a single style going forward.
The sound will shift, but the approach will remain consistent.”

With Sangsu Records, Dguru reaffirms his role as not just a producer and DJ, but as a curator of future sounds.

This new platform sits alongside his long-running project Idiotape—which last year marked 16 years since the release of their first EP titled '0805'—giving him the freedom to dive further into his multifaceted profile and continue shaping South Korea's next generation of electronic producers and DJs.

Listen to and purchase 'Sangsu 001' here.

Daniela Solano is a freelance writer for Mixmag Asia, follow her on Instagram here.

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