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Can deep ever be too deep? What happens when deep sends itself so far into the hole that it ends up sprawling on Bedouin cushions before sliding off the seats and dripping down the side of the sofa? Daze Maxim is what happens apparently. At least that is the initial reaction on first hearing.

'Tube People'  is the tune that your head makes when you've been out for 3 days and have ended up at a house you don't know very well doing ketamine with 2 virtual strangers. A smooth repetitive line beckoning to be wallowed in and then swept away, yet with a sinister undercurrent of minor chords and tuneless stabs signaling that all is not well…a smidgin of unsettling suspicion all the way through. For one so precociously musical as Marcus S. Manowski AKA Daze Maxim you might be expecting something less stripped back and more experimentally tuneful, but track one on this EP is not the place to find it.

'Jat' on the B side delivers on that front fortunately. A rolling rackety intro bongos its way into a perfect tribal groove.  A rhythmic percussion fest that really shows off some skills with a  beat and a talent for timing.

'Mudhole' is perhaps the sound that you'd be expecting to hear on Hello?Repeat, Maxim's label. Certainly more typical of many tunes floating around right now. Seductive loops and a 4/4 bass keep a constant pace as the track meanders in and off the dancefloor. A heads-down foot twitching filler that could slot into most sets without bothering the dials too much. As an aural journey it's certainly not going very far, although by this time of the morning, I'd assume most the crowd wouldn't be either. It's hard to say which state of mind is preferable when looking at the tracks on this EP. But whether stomping on an early morning dancefloor or lying barely comatose on it there's a selection on here for you.