Five track CD with four remixes of the title track from German synthpop band Minerve. Why is it that SO many synthpop bands seem to want to play the Depeche Mode clone card? I don’t know about the rest of the world, but personally, I’m tired of hearing yet another electronic-based dance ensemble with a David Gahan wannabe crooning more insipid lyrics. Minerve is no exception. "My Universe" has all the earmarks of pop mediocrity – the words- "Tonight is all I dream of you, and everything we plan to do, but now you are so far from me, your smiling face, you gentle fingers, and every though of you will bring us together and each other closer... all I gave, all I found were your pictures in my songs, I just want to give my universe... all I am, all I feel, is an emptiness in me, I just want to give my universe... " hoo-boy. This is lame. Maybe this song got some play on the flavor of the week club circuit, but this is the last thing I’d want to hear on the radio, or even buy for that matter. (Dephyte Records couldn’t even bother to send me a REAL copy of the disc, they sent me a CD-R copy in the printed sleeve. What’s up with that??) Even as slickly produced as it is, four mixes of it is akin to sonic torture. And the last track, "Drifting In A Maze" certainly doesn’t save this maxi. Speaking of saving, do yourself a favor, save your money and skip this little piece of pop trash. It has about as much musical nourishment value as a big Mac with fries.