House goes ambient on yuma.’s ‘Renegade’

With the release of “Renegade,” 18-year-old yuma. cinches his fifth original production of 2021. Trailing April’s “Mean to Me” with LissA, February’s two one-offs, “Falling with You” with Jewels, SOMMA, and Faith and “OH MY GOD,” and January’s “Can U Feel It” with imallryt, “Renegade heightens the rising German talent’s stock of ambient house singles. A slow burn with a mid-tempo ebb and flow that would recommend it for placement on This Never Happened or Rose Avenue Records, “Renegade” arrives via Lilly Era as a component in yuma.’s compelling case for why his cerebral approach to house should be turning heads right at this very moment.