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Make Noise
Erbe-Verb“The drone, if I remember, I used the Erbe-Verb, which is a collaboration with Soundhack and the XPO and the QPAS.”
Said in A Conversation with Kangding Ray (SIRĀT) (Hammer to Nail), December 2025
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Kangding Ray has said he made the Sirat drones with a few Make Noise modules: the Erbe-Verb reverb, XPO oscillator and QPAS filter, sometimes adding a SOMA Lyra-8 effects delay. He has named Vangelis's Blade Runner score, My Bloody Valentine's Loveless and Guy Debord's book as influences.
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Make Noise
XPO“A lot of them are made with only a few modules from Make Noise.”
Said in A Conversation with Kangding Ray (SIRĀT) (Hammer to Nail), December 2025
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Make Noise
QPASSaid in A Conversation with Kangding Ray (SIRĀT) (Hammer to Nail), December 2025
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SOMA Laboratory
Lyra-8“Sometimes I add some Serge waveshaping and Soma Lyra 8 effects delay.”
Said in A Conversation with Kangding Ray (SIRĀT) (Hammer to Nail), December 2025
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Vangelis
Blade Runner (score)“one of the first really strong impressions I can remember is the Blade Runner score by Vangelis. That had a big influence on me.”
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Has said they use
Make Noise
Erbe-Verb“The drone, if I remember, I used the Erbe-Verb, which is a collaboration with Soundhack and the XPO and the QPAS.”
Said in A Conversation with Kangding Ray (SIRĀT) (Hammer to Nail), December 2025
Has said they use
Make Noise
XPO“A lot of them are made with only a few modules from Make Noise.”
Said in A Conversation with Kangding Ray (SIRĀT) (Hammer to Nail), December 2025
Has said they use
Make Noise
QPASSaid in A Conversation with Kangding Ray (SIRĀT) (Hammer to Nail), December 2025
Has said they use
SOMA Laboratory
Lyra-8“Sometimes I add some Serge waveshaping and Soma Lyra 8 effects delay.”
Said in A Conversation with Kangding Ray (SIRĀT) (Hammer to Nail), December 2025
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Records that shaped me
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Vangelis
Blade Runner (score)“one of the first really strong impressions I can remember is the Blade Runner score by Vangelis. That had a big influence on me.”
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Has said they love
My Bloody Valentine
LovelessSaid in Hyper Opal Mantis + An Interview with Kangding Ray (The Brvtalist), April 2017
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Nine Inch Nails
The FragileSaid in Hyper Opal Mantis + An Interview with Kangding Ray (The Brvtalist), April 2017
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Has said they love
Mogwai
Come On Die YoungSaid in Hyper Opal Mantis + An Interview with Kangding Ray (The Brvtalist), April 2017
Has said they love
Frank Ocean
Blonde“the last album I've been listening to a lot lately was Frank Ocean's "Blonde".”
Said in Hyper Opal Mantis + An Interview with Kangding Ray (The Brvtalist), April 2017
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Guy Debord
La société du spectacle“this particular book, La société du spectacle, has had a profound influence on my intellectual and artistic development.”
Said in Hyper Opal Mantis + An Interview with Kangding Ray (The Brvtalist), April 2017
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What synths did Kangding Ray use for the Sirat score?
He told Hammer to Nail that most Sirat sound sources were modular, and that the drones came from a few Make Noise modules: the Erbe-Verb, XPO and QPAS, sometimes with Serge waveshaping and a SOMA Lyra-8 effects delay.
Does Kangding Ray use Make Noise modules?
Yes. He has said a lot of the Sirat drones were made with only a few modules from Make Noise, naming the Erbe-Verb, XPO and QPAS.
What music influenced Kangding Ray?
He has named the Blade Runner score by Vangelis as a big influence, and listed Mogwai's Come On Die Young, Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile and My Bloody Valentine's Loveless as records from his rock years.
What book influenced Kangding Ray?
He has said Guy Debord's La société du spectacle had a profound influence on his intellectual and artistic development.
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Kangding Ray is Berlin-based French producer David Letellier, known for techno on Raster-Noton and Stroboscopic Artefacts and for the Sirat film score. This guide covers the modules he has named for his Sirat drones plus the records and book he has said shaped him.
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