Spitfire Audio Alex Epton - Entropy

Synth and Percussion Virtual Instruments

Contemporary Synthetic Soundscapes

Made in collaboration with XL Recordings' in-house producer-turned-composer Alex Epton (FKA Twigs, Björk, Arca), these post-industrial soundscapes offer a deep dive into the raw, chaotic nature of feedback.

Discover an inspiring spectrum of disorienting sounds that create both dramatic impact and eerie beauty - sweeping synths, pulsing bass drones, multilayered sound design textures and distorted percussive elements which evolve, unravel or detune as you play, instantly sparking new ideas.

The New York-based engineer, producer & remixer is a highly skilled beat-maker and sound sculptor, whose hybrid sound is exemplified in his acclaimed soundtrack, created with Lucinda Chua, for documentary film 3OHA.

Inspired by the experimental techniques of musique concrète, Entropy was made from a unique combination of modular synthesis, granular synthesis, found sounds fed through self-built gear and pedals, and IR reverbs.

Innovation In Chaos

In Entropy, Epton captures the intrinsically chaotic nature of modular synthesis and feedback, without taming it, allowing disparate elements to co-exist - from the apocalyptic to the playful.

These unpredictable sounds largely sit outside the parameters of conventional harmony and rhythm - instantly sparking creativity and adding extra dimensions to any genre or setting.

Epton's approach to sound design is heavily influenced by the pioneers of electronic music and their processes, including Suzanne Ciani, Morton Subotnick and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Embracing the opportunity for sonic experimentation, he created these sounds from a unique collection of synths and 'homebrew' gear at his custom-built XL Recordings studio in New York.

This includes a Verbos modular system with varying levels of feedback, organic percussion and found sounds processed through his custom-built distortion unit, self-built pedals and outboard gear, a variety of granular mangling tools, and his own impulse-response reverbs - featuring a unique chamber reverb captured in a giant abandoned oil tank, found in the basement of his studio building.

Features

29 presets
Synthetic, sound design & percussion
Available in our award-winning, dedicated plug-in
Reverb, Release, Delay, Chorus, Variation, Flanger, Phaser & Portamento controls
Featuring Epton's custom-made spring, plate, hall and oil drum impulse-response reverbs
Designed for creating impact, tension, horror and beauty, for any setting
From contemporary electronic music to hybrid, modern film composition

Patches

Synthetic

Modular long
Modular Short
Looping Bass Drone
Long Underpass
Drippy Steel Drum
Sub Bass
Distorted Sub Bass
Short Sub Bass
Modular Clean Drones
Modular Feedback
Modular Brassy Feedback
Florida Man (Major)
Florida Man (Minor)
Synth Slabs
Modular Slow Attack

Sound Design

Layered Textures 1
Layered Textures 2
Layered Textures 3
Paper Warped

Percussion

Paper Snares
Ludwig Bass Drum
Effervesce
Distorted Drums
Distorted Paper Snares
Processed Bass Drums
Processed Bass Drums Tuned
Processed Percussion
Metallic Percussion 1
Metallic Percussion 2