Tame Impala’s mysterious synth company teases its first instrumentIn case you haven’t heard, Kevin Parker, the brain behind Tame Impala, recently founded an electronic instruments company called Telepathic Instruments. Other than a handful of highly cryptic teaser posts and an even more befuddling brand website though, much of the company’s offerings remains shrouded in mystery.
But all of that has changed with a new Instagram video that finally gave us a glimpse of what Telepathic Instruments has been working on.

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In the clip, Parker is seen playing on what looks to be a compact synthesizer with a vintage-inspired design. The instrument features a one-octave keyboard on its right side, complemented by two jog wheels, along with a bunch of knobs and buttons. There’s also a small screen on it that resembles an oscilloscope display.
“This is what heaven must sound like,” wrote one user in the comments section. And the tones do sound surprisingly clean compared to those jangly bitcrushed sounds we heard in the teasers.
Watch the full video below.

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Parker’s latest venture into hardware aligns with his well-documented fascination with synthesizers and experimental sounds. In past interviews, the musician has spoken about his love for classic synths like the Sequential Pro One, describing its sound as “crying in outer space.”
While he doesn’t have a go-to synth in the studio right now, Parker reveals he’s “got a rack of keyboards close to where I sit and whatever is on that rack gets used.”
In other news, Parker announced this May that he has sold his complete song catalogue to Sony Music Publishing. “The idea of passing on ownership of my songs is one that I don’t think about very lightly, at all,” he said.
“I don’t think my songs could be in any safer hands than Sony’s, and I’m excited for the future and happy I can keep working with them on whatever the future brings.”
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