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Sequential
Prophet-6“The only staples of my music making are my piano, a Prophet 6 & a sampler.”
Said in The Playground: Kidnap on Romanticising Music-Making and More [Interview], April 2025
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11 items · Last checked What DAW does Kidnap use?
Kidnap uses a Sequential Prophet-6, his piano and a sampler as studio staples, and uses Rogue Amoeba Piezo to capture samples. He has said he uses Reason with u-he Diva, Soundtoys EchoBoy and Crystallizer, Slate Digital Fresh Air, ValhallaRoom and Spitfire's Olafur Arnalds Composer Toolkit.
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Reason“In this case I just the stock arpeggiator in Reason, but any will do!”
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u-he
Diva“All of the main synth parts in Fortified are made with Diva by U-he.”
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Sequential
Prophet-6“The only staples of my music making are my piano, a Prophet 6 & a sampler.”
Said in The Playground: Kidnap on Romanticising Music-Making and More [Interview], April 2025
Rogue Amoeba
Piezo“I love to sample & this helps me grab little snippets easily on the go.”
Said in The Playground: Kidnap on Romanticising Music-Making and More [Interview], April 2025
Has said they use
Reason Studios
Reason“In this case I just the stock arpeggiator in Reason, but any will do!”
Has said they use
u-he
Diva“All of the main synth parts in Fortified are made with Diva by U-he.”
Has said they use
Soundtoys
EchoBoyHas said they use
Has said they use
Dada Life
Endless SmileSaid in Magnetic Magazine: How It Was Made: Kidnap - Fortified ft. Dwara ([PIAS] Electronique), June 2024
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Has said they use
Slate Digital
Fresh Air“One plugin I used a few times on this track is Fresh Air by Slate Digital.”
Spitfire Audio
Olafur Arnalds Composer Toolkit
Has said they use
Has said they use
Valhalla DSP
ValhallaRoom“In this case I left the piano fairly unaffected except for some gentle Valhalla Room reverb.”
Records that shaped me
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending“Lark Ascending is the greatest piece of music ever recorded in my opinion. It is inexhaustible.”
Said in The Playground: Kidnap on Romanticising Music-Making and More [Interview], April 2025
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What synth does Kidnap use?
Kidnap uses a Sequential Prophet-6, which he named in 2025 as one of the three staples of his music making alongside his piano and a sampler. He has also said the main synth parts on Fortified were made with u-he Diva.
What DAW does Kidnap use?
Kidnap has said he uses Reason. In his 2024 breakdown of Fortified he used the stock Reason arpeggiator and Reason's built-in NN-19 sampler.
What plugins does Kidnap use?
Kidnap has said he uses u-he Diva, Soundtoys EchoBoy and Crystallizer, Dada Life Endless Smile, Slate Digital Fresh Air, ValhallaRoom reverb and the Felt Grand Piano in Spitfire's Olafur Arnalds Composer Toolkit.
What music does Kidnap love?
Kidnap has said The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams is the greatest piece of music ever recorded in his opinion, and that he listens to a lot of Slipknot.
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Kidnap is the alias of Matt Relton, a London-based melodic house producer, DJ and founder of the Birds That Fly label. This guide covers the synth, DAW and plugins he has named in interviews and track breakdowns, plus a record he keeps coming back to.
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