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6 mentions in 3 episodes.

Barry Cant Swim

1:33:53 · Auras · named · high confidence
“There's Slate and Ash... this is called Auras, and it just gives this insane kind of pad sound”
The dissonant pad that carries Kympton's outro is Slate + Ash's Auras Kontakt instrument.
1:34:03 · Cycles · named · high confidence
“They do like an amazing granular thing called Cycles, but this is called Auras”
O'Flynn also recommends Slate + Ash's granular library Cycles alongside Auras.

Bonobo

1:55:40 · Landforms · named · high confidence
“There's some stuff from Slate and Ash from Bristol that I love... there's one called Landforms, an orchestral library but really abstract.”
Slate + Ash Landforms is a current favourite for abstract, processed orchestral textures.
1:56:10 · Cycles · named · high confidence
“Another one they have, Cycles, which you can put your own audio in, and it's like a granular looping delay thing.”
Slate + Ash Cycles and Choreographs are named as current go-to idea generators for granular loops and deep arpeggiated sequences.

RDS

1:28:50 · Choreographs · named · medium confidence
“it's basically a Slate and Ash plugin called Choreographs, which is a really sick Kontakt plugin that we love”
Slate + Ash's Choreographs generated the crystal-bell arpeggios that fill the negative space in Exhale.
1:49:50 · Slate + Ash instruments · named · high confidence
“I really love all of the soft synths, the instruments from Slate and Ash. These plugins emulate the controlled chaos of modular systems”
James picks Slate + Ash's instrument libraries as his indispensable software for their modular-like controlled chaos.