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A bona fide techno juggernaut, Open Door fuses Drunken Kong’s signature energy and air-tight percussion with Juheun’s cosmic vibes and hypnotic rhythms; a combo which drives the track from start to finish. Created with nothing but the dancefloor in mind, Juhuen & Drunken Kong have crafted a record that will instantly elevate the listener to the next dimension, during those peak-time warehouse hours.

Phoenix, Arizona-based artist, Juheun, has earned himself an enviable reputation as one of the most exciting talents to break onto the American techno circuit over the past few years. Following a wealth of impressive career releases on the likes of Octopus Recordings, Set About and Kuukou to name a few, the iconic American-Korean techno producer now announces his newest release — a collaboration with Drunken Kong titled Open Door on Christian Smith’s esteemed Tronic imprint.

Juheun, produtor de techno americano-coreano com base em Phoenix, Arizona, é hoje um dos talentos mais empolgantes do novo circuito techno americano. O cara, que já lançou música em respeitados labels como Octopus Recordings, Set About e Kuukou, acaba de lançar ‘Open Door‘, uma collab com Drunken Kong.

Phoenix, Arizona-based artist, Juheun, has earned himself an enviable reputation as one of the most exciting talents to break onto the American techno circuit over the past few years. Following a wealth of impressive career releases on the likes of Octopus Recordings, Set About and Kuukou to name a few, the iconic American-Korean techno producer now announces his newest release — a collaboration with Drunken Kong titled ‘Open Door’ on Christian Smith’s esteemed Tronic imprint.

Things have been pretty great overall this year, I had the chance to play in Philadelphia, Vancouver, and my hometown of Albuquerque. I think those were my biggest highlights as far as events I played. Locally in Arizona, there’s been more of a focus on developing our event brand, Circuit with my partner Michelle Sparks. I’ve also spent the year doing a lot of networking for some big plans coming in 2023 like our new plans for a label.

Juheun’s production prowess in the studio has landed him releases on powerhouse labels in the techno scene. As he rides the high of releases on labels such as Octopus Records and Set About, the iconic American-Korean techno producer Juheun announces his return to Simina Grigoriu’s Kuukou Records.

This particular release was something that came about almost by accident. I had already finished the record and was working on figuring out who I wanted to remix it and where I felt it might make a great fit as far as the label was concerned.

I’m a big fan of all things space exploration, science, tech, and future. I try and incorporate as much of these ideas, visions and concepts into my music. I think the latest term is cosmic techno, but for me techno is all these things in one. That’s what draws me to it so much.
In my latest release for Kuukou, it ended up turning into what I think is the perfect soundtrack for traveling through space and exploring the furthest outer reaches of our galaxy.

Back when the pandemic hit in 2020, I had just finished 3 weeks in the studio working on a bunch of ideas and unfinished projects. It was really productive as I had plans to push heavy with my releases that year so I wanted to come out of it with a bunch of fresh new music. I had just come off tour and did another release on Octopus and was super motivated to hit 2020 strong. Then bam, the Pandemic hit and we go into lockdown. Looking back now, having all that music to work with helped me stay focused during the lockdown period as there was no gigs. It was the perfect time cause everyone was at home, so it made it easier to reach out to labels and artists and share music with them. We also shifted gears and jumped all over the live streaming stuff on Twitch.