Nuthin' But Sum Duke Knwldg vinyl

This sly white label offering from The Duke Of Juke takes on the juke genre with the tongue-in-cheek humour intact, but also injects some patience and measured production into the mix across four club ready cuts. "Feel My MF Bass" is actually quite a sweet natured track with its dreamy synth line, offsetting the razor sharp drum arrangement to great effect. "Shngn (remix)" presumably uses the African Shangaan Electro sound as its jump off point, and so it's no surprise that a percussion-focused workout ensues, but there's no prizes for spotting the inspired and somewhat nonsensical sample source for the lead hook on "Junkin' Bird". "As U Hear It" has its fair share of old skool rave sensibilities in amongst its bubbling beat, mostly manifested in a maddening rush of a lead synth line.

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