A gorgeous fusion of warm acoustics and spacey electronics, “Cloud To Cloud” opens Perth-based composer Paul Frazer Clarke‘s Five Coordinates EP series in riveting form. Featuring the lush, enchanting vocals of Dutch artist Tara Pasveer, the track evokes the downtempo bliss of Zero 7 and Air, crafting a deeply atmospheric journey about floating unburdened through life.
Serene acoustic strums and mellow keys open the track, seamlessly met by Pasveer’s hypnotic vocal introspection. Lyrical perspectives of “I drift further away” aptly meld with a spacious atmospheric blissfulness, weaving in spacey electronic textures amidst slow-moving, gorgeous strings. Multiple vocal layers intermingle into a magnetic “as I float from cloud to cloud” chorus, bolstered by a re-emergence of the strumming acoustics, and overall building a memorable soundscape with shades of Air’s vocal-guested works, like the Beth Hirsch-starring “All I Need.”
The approach to the three-minute turn is particularly emotive, with Pasveer’s vocals soaring across layers and into a reprise of the “as I float” hook. It’s hard not to envision a bright, spectral spirit bouncing from cloud to cloud with ethereal ability, as the combination of acoustics, keys, rhythms, and vocals conjure a thoroughly enveloping dreaminess. “Cloud To Cloud” is a fantastic track from Paul Frazer Clarke.
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