One of the more organic (sounding) producers in the field of electronic music, multi-instrumentalist Max Brennan works from his base on the Isle of Wight, a relatively isolated outpost in the middle of the English Channel. The solitude must undoubtedly accelerate his recording schedule, since during 1996-97 Brennan released a total of seven LPs under his three main aliases: the quasi solo acts Fretless AZM, Universal Being and Maxwell House (many of whose releases also feature the work of Brennan compatriots Paul Butler and Rupert Brown). The blueprint of all three projects are much akin, a locked-groove variation on deep jazz-funk, minus its earthy qualities and more indebted to the cosmic reckonings of Sly and George Clinton electro-funk with slapped bass and rhythm schemes borrowed from worldbeat.