It looks like Kevin Parker, the brain behind , has started up an electronic instruments company with some pals. It’s called Telepathic Instruments and, in true Tame Impala fashion, it isn’t revealing an awful lot of info right now. The brand’s website and Instagram page appeared yesterday (27 June) with the bio “An electronic instruments company founded by @tameimpala and friends.
” The Instagram handle is also featured in the Tame Impala bio, assuring us that it’s legit. At the time of writing, the page has two cryptic and pixelated videos. The first one is a warping, pixelated clip of a logo, perhaps, comprising the piano keys of A, A#, B and C.
In the background, you can hear a synth pad and vocal clip being bitcrushed into oblivion. The second post is a monochrome, low-bit moving image of a person seemingly looking out to sea, with no sound. Oh, the website? Yeah.
Equally as obscure. But you can at least sign up to the company’s updates. When you open the , you’re greeted by the question: “Are you listening?” There’s a similar audio loop to the one heard on Instagram, and another iteration of the pixelated logo.
You can enter your email for updates and read the message: “We’ll be in touch soon. You’ll know it when you hear it.” Our guess is that it’s a synth company and that Parker is getting ready to launch some bespoke, esoteric instruments that make some pretty gnarly sounds.
It would be pretty on-brand, to be fair. The neo-psychedelic ar.