Walking on Clouds is a track made by an artist that we deeply admire !Noj , a prolific Dutch producer who, in addition to producing this beautiful music with a delicacy that gradually manifest his massive creativity, was also the artist responsible for the cover art that mixes minimalism in the composition.
Using the repetitions of the melodic theme from the beginning as a tool that makes the listener gain intimacy with the song from the first 4 bars. Even so, after a period !Noj changes the structure of the song with chord progression changes and the main insight of the song in my opinion is how the artist uses silence well to bring freshness and clarity to the composition, this is a characteristic that I don’t always find in artists, but that I value when I do: artists who recognize the silence as an important part of the music.
Walking on clouds is a lofi jazz, surprising for the subtlety of details such as textures, silences, and motivic repetitions that aim to wrap the listener in a mantra while raising them above the clouds.
With a pleasant atmosphere built on a melodious piano, the drums come as a bonus, very smooth, with a perfect choice of snares timbre.
Another detail is the change in the pattern of his hi-hats, which transition from a drunk hi-hat structured in quintuplets, to a drunk hi-hat added to a structure in triplets, making a beautiful polyrhythm in the music, which makes the pleasure of listening to it even deeper.
I strongly recommend that you follow the artist’s discography on your favorite streaming platform, and don’t forget to follow him on social media to stay up to date with his future releases!