Tame Impala & Kevin Parker – InnerSpeaker

Here at :42s you can see Kevin playing the Little Martin in a live version of "Alter Ego."

Kevin mentions using SM57s for recording kicks, snares, and his guitar amps, in this interview. The Shure SM57 was usually used as the kick mic on the Tame Impala EP, InnerSpeaker, & Lonerism.

This bass was used to record Innerspeaker (2010). Kevin and Dominic Simper can be seen playing an early 1960's Fender Jazz Bass in the "Tame Impala - Innerspeaker Memories" at 13:30 (Dom) and 14:32 (Kevin). This bass has been used by Dominic Simper (2007 - 2009) and Cam Avery (2013 - present) live on stage.

Kevin is seen using a Wooly Mammoth in this promotional video for Innerspeaker

In this photo, a Boss Blues Driver can be seen on Kevin Parker's pedalboard.

Kevin used this compressor to get the drum sound on lonerism. “Compressors are what make awesome drum sounds. So I have a couple of vintage compressors. One of them is a dbx 165 that’s pretty much responsible for making the drums sound like John Bonham. I got it purely by chance. I bought it just before working on Innerspeaker because I felt like I should get some boxes with knobs on them with the album budget. I thought, ‘alright, I’ll just go on eBay and get a vintage compressor.’ I didn’t even know what I was doing the first time I used it, but I put the drums through it and it sounded pumping, like hip hop — it sounded awesome.”

In this photo of Kevin's makeshift studio from the InnerSpeaker recording sessions, a Roland RE-501 Chorus Echo can be seen on the desk.

you can see two br recorders on Kevin's desk, the large one in the middle is a Br-1600 used for recording Innerspeaker.

At 0:47-0:52 seconds you can see Roland SDD-320 Dimension D sitting in one of his racks with a Lexicon Prime Time Model 93 and what looks to be another Lexicon effects unit (maybe a reverb or multi-effects) above it.

At 0:47-0:52 seconds you can see a Lexicon Prime Time Digital Delay model 93 sitting in one of his racks with a Roland SDD-320 Dimension D and what looks to be another Lexicon effects unit (maybe a reverb or multi-effects) above it.

Photo was from the innerspeaker sessions. Kevin used this in both Innerspeaker and Lonerism.

This is a photo taken during the recording sessions for Innerspeaker. The entirety of Innerspeaker was recorded to a Boss BR-1600. Kevin considered it an upgrade as he was already fluent with recording with the BR-864.

This photo was from the Innerspeaker sessions. You can see the Quad Eight Preamps below a Distressor.

In this YouTube video Kevin Parker performing Innerspeaker live at the Wave House. The "Thingamagoop" can be seen at 57:33 in the video. (https://youtu.be/d33C8IE7WnQ?t=3453) He's using the original Thingamagoop from 2006. The Thingamagoop was the first product made by Bleep Labs. (https://bleeplabs.com/original_thingamagoop/) It's such a crazy thing and fun to use.

In this screenshot of Tame Impala's Innerspeaker livestream, you can see that the main ride used by Julien is the Istanbul Agop 20' signature ride cymbal.