How Tame Impala Recorded an Album of the Year in a Living Room

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Kevin Parker may be the king of modern indie production, but he comes from humble beginnings. Inner Speaker (the first album) was recorded out of the living room in a remote house next to the beach. Let's see how the space, the gear, and the recording techniques effecting the making of Inner Speaker :)
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Those separated stems actually sounded so clean, will be checking that out tonight Great video btw!

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[@hughlawson5399]

the room they recorded in was large and full of wood, glass and stone and had a balcony looking onto the floor below making it a pretty big and very reverberant acoustic space. wave house was actually originally (poorly) designed to be a recording studio. the mix room was originally underneath the room they recorded in. there was an old fucked up piano downstairs that made it onto a few tame impala tracks. there's also a natural cave/amphitheatre right next to the house that was a legendary underground party and concert venue. I know this cause I used to live there. ps. yes the house would leak like crazy haha

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Yo this is great info thank you! Where did you find this stuff about the mixing room? Good to know for future vids

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@@AudioHaze I had a small recording studio in there for awhile myself (after he recorded in there) plus I live around the area and have heard the stories from the ex owner and other friends who lived and partied there. I was the caretaker there for awhile. I know some of the studio engineers who helped set it up originally. it's a very well known house in Western Australia mainly for the wild parties that went down there. After Kevin Parker bought it there's been no more parties that I'm aware of. it's his private escape and can't be rented by the public anymore. there is a really nice studio that's opened next door and I wouldn't be surprised if Kevin has a nice one in the renovated original wave house.

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Also that the 'house near the beach' is a legit studio people rent.

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[@Redrocket120]

@@benanderson5906 not at the time he rented it like he said in the vid it was in bad shape

[@BeakFoundry]

A bit of context - that "beachside house" he recorded in was in a place called Yallingup, and cost about $3m. The houses are all owned by ultra wealthy people, it's a stunningly beautiful place but hardly a humble little beachside town, haha. Great video!

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did kevin grow up super wealthy or something? crazy he had the money to buy a place like that before innerspeaker even came out

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​@@alexs5394I might be talking out of my ass, but they rented it at the beginning and he ended up buying it after the money bags came in.

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@@alexs5394 he bought it few years after the recording (just in time for the 10th anniversary), when he got really big and profitable, if i understood correctly

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⁠@@alexs5394Nahh, I’m sure he just asked the record label he was with (modular records) for somewhere remote to record the album and someone at the label had a link to the house somehow and let him use it. He only actually bought the house a few years after innerspeaker

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Thanks man!! Glad you enjoyed :)

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Wow thank so man that's definitely the goal!! Really appreciate the kind words, these videos take ages so that means a ton

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