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Who is "Yug"? Is 'e libom?

The Boss handed me a press release. "Ministry of Sound ... audio products ... " - and a track on a CD with it. And it's performed by ... Yug?

Far be it from the humble Hunky Mouse to become suspicious, but why is the Boss interested in club music, suddenly? He's never been known to listen to anything more recent than Lennon-McCartney, and suddenly, he's handing over a catalogue of new audio products, with a CD - and on it, songs by "Yug and Ava K"?

What's the wireless angle? None, as far as we can find out. The catalogue is packed with perfectly conventional - sorry, "slimline and unconventional" it says here - but nonetheless wire-driven hi-fi kit.

You could just about claim that the MOSCD002 personal stereo CD is "mobile" but it, too, uses cable to connect its headphones to the box. So Sniffer put the CD onto the player, and waited for the revelation. And it came! - track 4 is a group of songs by "Yug and Ava K".

Well, call me a sceptical Sniffer, but a Google search of the Web finds no such people. And I can spell Guy backwards ... so what's going on, eh? Is someone plugging a moonlighting enterprise? "Don't be daft," says the Boss. "I couldn't listen to that for more than five seconds. As for the idea that I could write it or perform it ... "

I suppose ... but that would mean there really must be someone called Yug. Yug K at that. Hm ... can you believe that?