Following in the footsteps of Outplay’s offshoot 24 Carrot’s number one iteration published last year, Fouk & Junktion are back with the second volume in their carotenoid-rich series - again soberly titled, ’24 Carrot #2’. Known for their juicy blends of low-slung house and tribal funk, the Dutch duo take an outright peppy shot at the news threads’ continuous doom-and-gloom with four delectably carefree cuts that’ll boost your lockdowned arses to proper upward feelings.

Moving the cursor from Afro polyrhythms to sample-heavy house and everything in between, ’24 Carrot #2’ serves up a quartet of jacuzzi-warm treats, starting with the fun-loving ‘Winner Winner’ - an effervescing, Fela-meets-Ethiopian-jazz-inflected fusion of groovy piano, percussive friskiness and further classic Chicagoan-derived programming.
True to the classic filtered house recipe, tasty slab ‘Chicken Dinner’ gets the vibes flowing and swing swirling cheeky-fowl-style, with its savvy mixture of snappin’n’slappin' cello, straight shuffling patterns and FX-altered vox sampling.

Flip sides and here comes Junktion with the piquant ‘Mustard’ - a breaksy, drum-driven number merging pizzicato’d punk-funk with typical padded deep-house atmospherics and further wonky downtempo electronics.

Rounding off the package is the rewarding after-dinner ’Smokes’, better tasted with a glass of quality whiskey in one hand and a flock of friends by the dancefloor. Taking us on a helluva cinematic, B-movie-friendly jaunt, Fouk & Junktion dish out a fine blend of acidulous bass, rowdy boogie and solid cosmo-discoid pulse pouring over from distant spaces, as they keep the swing-o-meter ticking its way smack dab in the incendiary zone.