MAIK YELLS Schallplatten & CDs

Review: London's Maik Yellis is the UK's answer to Romania's unprecedented minimal-techno wave that has taken Europe by its feet over the last five years. Out through the rising Altiorem imprint, "Out Of My Planet" is a moody, itchy club driver with a bass-driven mixdown, whereas "Bonsai" ups the tempo with comparatively more sonic textures at its core, and "Paloma" heads deep into the aqueous dub flow that seems to characterize Yellis' recent slew of releases.

Review: For his latest trick, London-based house producer Maik Yells has decided to tell tales of brave Ulises on Germany's fast-rising Taverna Tracks stable. He casts off into the unknown via the deep, woozy and gently spacey tech-house/deep house fusion of "Atopos", before foot-stepping into jazzier worlds via the swinging, crackling beats, warm bass and jammed out electric piano motifs of "Latika". Over on the back page (sorry, B-side), Ed Herbst delivers a sturdy but dreamy, ultra-deep dub of "Atopos", before "Yulises" sees Yells pepper a bustling, Robsoul style tech-house groove with weird noises and eccentric, Maurice Fulton style synth solos.