Tame Impala
| Tame Impala | |
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 Tame Impala performing at Lollapalooza (2015) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Psychedelic rock |
| founding | 2007 |
| Website | www.tameimpala.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Kevin Parker | |
guitar |
Dominic Simper |
| Jay Watson | |
| Julien Barbagallo | |
| Cameron Avery | |
Tame Impala is an Australian psychedelic rock project directed by Kevin Parker. Parker writes and sings the songs and also plays all the instruments himself in the studio; Members of the band Pond accompany him at concerts .
history
The beginnings of Tame Impala go back to the school days of Kevin Parker and Dom Simper, who made music together for the first time at the age of 13. Kevin Parker was part of a circle of friends whose members, with changing line- ups , produced bands such as The Dee Dee Dums , GUM , Mink Mussel Creek , Pond , Space Lime Peacock , Rabbit Island and Tame Impala . Everyone played more or less in every band. After the success of the Dee Dee Dums as a student band, the name changed to Tame Impala in 2007 , named after the African species of antelope. The third member of the band was the drummer Jay Watson. Like many bands at the time, they stopped self-made recordings on MySpace and were discovered there by the indie label Modular , which they signed. In 2008 a first EP was released under the band name, which brought them first attention. They were also discovered by international music managers and hired as opening act for the Australia tour by artists such as MGMT and the Black Keys .
In May 2010 Tame Impala released the debut album Innerspeaker . So they made it straight to number 4 on the Australian album charts. They were also able to expand their success to Europe and the USA: They also made it into the album charts in Belgium and the Netherlands and the Heatseekers charts in the USA. They were nominated four times at the ARIA Awards 2010.
In 2012 Tame Impala completed the second album Lonerism . Like the EP and the debut album, it was essentially single-handedly produced by Parker. This was followed by an extensive tour through Europe and the USA. In the meantime Nick Allbrook and later Julien Barbagallo had been recorded for the performances, so that the band performed live with five people. In October of that year the LP was released and again reached number 4 in the charts in her home country and number 14 in Great Britain. At the ARIA Awards 2013 they were nominated again several times and could win three awards: for best band and for Lonerism as album of the year and as best rock album.
In 2015, the psych-pop project Tame Impala released the third album Currents . The total work of art of disco tracks and synth ballads was hailed as a masterpiece by critics and was also a great commercial success.
Kevin Parker also works as a producer. He produced the debut album of his girlfriend at the time, Melody Prochet, to which he also contributed guitar sounds. Parker now works as a collaborator with megastars such as Kanye West , Lady Gaga , Travis Scott and Mick Jagger ; it has already been covered by Rihanna .
Parker's fourth album The Slow Rush was released on February 14, 2020 . In terms of sound aesthetics, it follows on from the previous album, shimmering keyboards and the typical falsetto singing over the drums as well as psychedelic alienation effects can be heard. In the lyrics, Parker reflects on his new star status, he sings about regret and remorse, introducing melancholy turns. The rock musician Parker also plays everything himself on the current album on analog instruments, especially with real drum kits, and thus gives the sound physicality, reverberation in space and vehemence.
Discography
Studio albums
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Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2010 | Innerspeaker modular |
AU4th  (9 weeks)AU |
- | - | - |
UK-  |
- |
First published: May 21, 2010
Sales: + 130,000 |
| 2012 | Lonerism Modular |
AU4th (25 weeks)AU |
- | - |
CH60 (1 week) CH |
UK14th (6 weeks)UK |
US34 (15 weeks) US |
First published: October 5th, 2012
Sales: + 130,000 |
| 2015 | Currents Modular, Interscope |
AU1 (38 weeks)AU |
DE25 (2 weeks) DE |
AT30 (1 week) AT |
CH11 (7 weeks) CH |
UK3  (29 weeks)UK |
US4th (… Where.)US |
First published: July 17, 2015
Sales: + 1,340,000 |
| 2020 | The Slow Rush Modular |
AU1 (... week) AU |
DE7 (4 weeks) DE |
AT9 (3 weeks) AT |
CH3 (4 weeks) CH |
UK3 (5 weeks) UK |
US3 (... weeks) US |
First published: February 14, 2020
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Awards
- WAMI Awards
- 2009: "Favorite Newcomer", "Most Promising New Act", "Most Popular Single / EP" ( Tame Impala )
- 2011: "Most Popular Act", "Most Popular Live Act", "Best Rock Act"
- 2013: "Group of the Year", "Single of the Year" ( Feels Like We Only Go Backwards ), "Album of the Year" ( Lonerism ), "Music Video of the Year" ( Elephant )
- 2015: "Most Popular Act", "Most Popular Live Act", "Best Album" ( Currents ), "Most Popular Music Video" ( Let It Happen )
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ARIA Awards
- 2013: "Best Group", "Album of the Year" ( Lonerism ), "Best Rock Album" ( Lonerism )
- 2015: "Best Group", "Album of the Year" ( Currents ), "Best Rock Album" ( Currents ), "Engineer of the Year" ( Currents ), "Producer of the Year" ( Currents )
- J Awards
- 2010: "Australian Album of the Year" ( Innerspeaker )
- 2012: "Australian Album of the Year" ( Lonerism )
- Rolling Stone Awards
- 2011: "Album of the Year" ( Innerspeaker )
- 2012: "Album of the Year" ( Lonerism )
- APRA Awards
- 2013: "APRA Song of the Year" ( Feels Like We Only Go Backwards )
- EG Music Awards
- 2012: "Best Song" ( Elephant )
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BRIT Awards
- 2016: "International Group"
swell
- ↑ Gracie Taylor Gracie Taylor is an entertainment reporter for The New Zealand Herald gracie.taylor@nzherald.co.nz @graciewtaylor: Kevin Parker: 'Tame Impala is not a band' . In: NZ Herald . November 30, 2016, ISSN 1170-0777 ( nzherald.co.nz [accessed February 6, 2020]).
- ↑ Andrew Drever: Pure and simple , in: The Age of September 28, 2012
- ↑ Chart sources: Australia Germany Switzerland UK USA
- ↑ 2010 ARIA Nominations Announced - Full List Here! ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Take 40, September 28, 2010
- ↑ Winner of the ARIA Awards 2013
- ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: On the phone with Mick Jagger. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
- ↑ Cian Traynor: Interview: Melody's Echo Chamber ( Memento from February 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), in: The Stool Pigeon , July 11, 2012
- ↑ Tame Impala announce new album "The slow Rush". In: kulturnews.de. October 28, 2019, accessed on February 6, 2020 (German).
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Tame Impala at SoundCloud
- Tame Impala at Allmusic (English)
- Tame Impala at laut.de