Tame Impala are due to release their new album The Slow Rush this week, a much-anticipated follow-up to 2015’s Currents. In this article, I revisited a few of my favourite tracks from Currents and deconstructed both the synth sounds and the production techniques responsible for the the albums unique sound.

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.

The article focuses on the tracks Nangs, Reality in Motion and Yes I’m Changing. I’ve covered the first two in previous articles, but the new patches are much more accurate and I’ve now recreated the entire songs. I also made full playthrough videos for all three songs with the new-look TAL U-NO-LX, that now features an on-screen keyboard.

Lastly, if you’ve been following this blog since I put out the original Tame Impala Synth Sounds articles in early 2017, thank you for the support, encouragement and requests that have helped this site grow!