“Limerence”

“Limerence”

Yves Tumor isn’t so much an experimental musician as he is a snake charmer or a hypnotist. He replaces the flute or the pocket watch with synths, samples, field recordings, and hot digital noise, creating a musical world that is teeming with spooky sensations. This is especially true of his song “Limerence,” which is part of PAN’s wide-ranging ambient compilation mono no aware. It first appeared on the artist’s self-released and underrated debut When Man Fails You, and it is given new life here as the focal point of a compilation that explores the fleeting nature of beauty.

On “Limerence,” Yves Tumor follows in the line of ambient artists like Laraaji, Suzanne Ciani, and Jefre-Cantu Ledesma, musicians who…