Pretty flowing lounge jazz here from Finnish drummer producer Teppo Mäkynen with super finessed production to deliver a crunchy 1970s-like keys and drum honed groove. While guest voices from Dika Javi, Byron Breaks, Black Kofi are sprinkled throughtout it's really the instrumental groove that wins through. Duktus is not at all a demanding listen given the tunefulness of what's here and the lapping motion of repeated vamps and generous licks skilfully weaved together. And certainly faster tracks like 'Futuristic Earth' are even dance floor friendly. DJs will have plenty of fun feeding this all into their sets as it all has a malleable non-generic veneer. Mäkynen's cool credentials are certainly still completely intact.
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