It’s clearly a looker. | Image: Telepathic Instruments The Telepathic Instruments Orchid has been unavailable for a few months now. But a new batch is ready to drop on May 5th for $649, and the company is celebrating with a limited edition clear Orchid: Arctic, which will cost slightly more: $699. The Orchid was designed in part with Kevin Parker of Tame Impala, and it draws inspiration from chord organs that were popular in homes during the '50s and '60s. Like those instruments, the Orchid allows musicians to quickly play rich chord progressions without having to master a ton of theory or complex fingerings. It quickly generated a lot of buzz and could be difficult to get your hands on. But … Read the full story at The Verge.
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Orchid, the buzzy Tame Impala synth, is back in a gorgeous clear colorway
A limited-edition Arctic clear variant of the $699 Telepathic Instruments Orchid—co-designed with Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker—reintroduces the cult-favorite chord organ synth to the market on May 5, blending vintage harmonic simplicity with modern polyphonic patch recall to sidestep music-theory barriers. AI-assisted, human-reviewed.
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