Tame Impala Synth Sounds
Tame Impala are due to release their new album The Slow Rush this week, a much-anticipated follow-up to 2016’s Currents. For this article, I’ll revisit a few of my favourite tracks from Currents and deconstruct their synth sounds, as well as the production techniques responsible for the wide sound that defines Currents. The main synths that Kevin Parker used on Currents are the Roland Juno-106 and the Roland JV-1080, two very different synths from different eras. The Juno-106 is a typical 80s synths, with a lush, chorused sound. The JV-1080 is more a of a 90s digital synth, capable of producing a variety of realistic patches.