The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds - hardware only cover/recreation
Yes, another version of 'Little Fluffy Clouds', but this time #DAWless with a vintage #Akai sampler and a box of floppy disks because that's what they had back then
Lots has been said about the samples and structure of this one, most of it covered over on @GyuBeats beats excellent Ableton breakdown.
Some interesting reading for the curious:
Sound on Sound interview from 1993
➡ http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-orb/10572
Kris 'Thrash' Weston's retrospective take on the whole process
➡ https://web.archive.org/web/20160706123257/http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/music/filling-void/filling-the-void-3-weston-vs-teh-ultraworld/
Electronic Sound interview with Alex
➡ https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/landmarks/the-orb-little-fluffy-clouds/
More from Kris -
➡ https://web.archive.org/web/20140723181240/https://krisweston.com/index.php/rant/
Whosampled:
➡ https://www.whosampled.com/The-Orb/Little-Fluffy-Clouds/
Kris doesn't seem to be active at the moment; there was a Kickstarter a few years ago but nothing since. Buy him a pint if you ever meet him.
Sequenced on a #Roland MC50, synths from a #Nord Lead 2X, Samples on the Akai S3000XL, mixed on a Neve 8816 and recorded directly to a Zoom H4N. Filmed on a Pansonic Lumix GX80 and editing on the most crash-happy software on earth Premiere Pro.
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