Mr. YT – Universo [Short Span]

Out on Short Span, Mr. YT‘s “Universo” offers 4 tracks of deep, pocketed deep house ready for prime time. Spanning 116–132 BPM across its 4 tracks, this release gives DJs flexible tempo options for different set moments.

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Universo – Deep House Release Details

Artists: Mr. YT

Genre: Deep House

Release Date: 2026-06-05

Label: Short Span

Catalog: SHORT14

Behind the Deep House : Release Notes

Mr. YT returns! The cult deep house alias of Yuji Takenouchi was last seen on Brand New Day in 2017, which compiled a series of soft scenes and deepest soulful house for the ambient techno predator R&S and its Apollo, Generations and Global Cuts sub-labels across the mid-to-late 90s. Quietly and confidently some of the most beautiful house music ever made. So it’s a thrill to announce the Universo EP today on Short Span, and to say that hes still making incredible new dance music in his studio. This is the first Mr. YT record of brand new material in twenty eight years. The lushness springs forth as delightfully as ever. The inspirations of Detroit chords floating and interacting with a certain kind of Japanese plasticity and futurism. Crystal clear blue skies, sweet perfume and space race optimism, touched with a gentle wistfulness. The four tracks are each as beautiful and intricately deep musically as they are colourful and buoyed by energy. Ready to delight you. Universo has some new purpose and drive up front, designed and deployed as his most propulsive dance music as Mr. YT. The tempo is taken up, and tracks frequently break out into virtuosic melody that dances across the pieces. Yujis talent for composition that hits as hard as it effortlessly glides hasnt lost its edge in the quarter century plus break. The kick of Acuario and Escorpio are finely balanced with the influences of jazz and something a little more padded and cosmic. You could mix these into something by Los Hermanos or Ian OBrien. The EP bubbles down to a more yearning, sunsetting ambient house on the B side. The instantly recognisable language of classic Mr. YT, a warm and tender place. Mr. YT has been absent a while, but Yujis busy. Hes established a long career as a musician and sound designer within the Japanese videogame industry, having his hand in games including FromSoftwares Dark Souls series surely adds something widescreen and sharply emotionally focused to the direction of his dance music. His Missing Project alias also got some shine from the stellar Music From Memory Virtual Dreams II compilation in 2024, which once again pinned down his enduring importance within the ambient techno movement of Japan. Hes also regularly working with Tokyos FORM@ Records and regularly self-publishing interesting work and studio versions. And his Missingsoul alias is still some of the most beautiful deep jazz-house committed to wax on Ron Trents Future Vision label. Check it all out!