Ian Scott tracked down the full “What were the skies like when you were young?” sample from The Orb’s Little Fluffy Clouds. You can listen to it on the Internet Archive or on Soundcloud.
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Always assumed it was Vin Scelsa of NY/WMFU Idiot's Delight radio show fame, today I learned
What a great find! Her voice is burned into my mind and I could recognize her from the first utterance, long before any of the samples.
Ha - was literally wondering about the origin of the sample two days ago while hiking in Arizona, but couldn’t look it up at the time as we were outside of coverage.
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