“How to Orchid” With IT Crowd’s Matt Berry
Telepathic Instruments has announced the global availability of Orchid, Tame Impala’s ‘Idea Machine’.
Telepathic shared a wonderfully weird intro video, featuring Matt Berry (IT Crowd) and Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords).
Last year, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker set up a synth company called Telepathic Instruments and announced a debut product: Orchid.
A compact digital polysynth with a focus on chord generation, Orchid has only been released in limited quantities across a handful of territories thus far, and the second drop sold out in just two minutes. The good news is that the company has now set a date for its official worldwide release.
According to Telepathic Instruments, Orchid was first envisioned by Parker over 10 years ago. The design of the instrument itself has been developed by company co-founder Ignacio Germade.
“Orchid isn’t just about how much you know or don’t know – it’s about shaking up your creative process,” says Charl Laubscher, another of Telepathic Instruments’ co-founders. “It’s a tool for anyone who wants to step outside their musical comfort zone, to experiment and to find what’s on their mind.”
Orchid will be released on Friday 10 October at 10am local time in two time zones: CET for UK, Europe and the rest of the world, and PST for the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The synth is priced at $649 including shipping.
Orchid will be available from the Telepathic Instruments website on 10 October.
