We Apologise (Rob Davidson)

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In this electro-acoustic piece, Davidson applies a microscope to sound. Using the words "we apologise" from then-Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's historic 2008 apology to aboriginal Australians for past mistreatment, Davidson creates a beautiful soundscape by slowing the audio down by 250 times. We use our voices to imitate this slow version then speed up the recording 250 times to see if we can hear Kevin Rudd's voice re-emerge. The result surprised us all! Davidson used 250 times which is a similar ratio as the amount of time white people have been in Australia compared to indigenous peoples.

The full audio is available on our new CD released by Warner Classics here:
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STARRING: The Australian Voices - http://www.theaustralianvoices.com
COMPOSER: Rob Davidson (from Topology: http://www.topologymusic.com)
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Gordon Hamilton - http://www.gordonhamilton.com.au
PRODUCER: Scott Griffin
DOP: Miki Clarke
AUDIO ENGINEER: Steve Thornely

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  Music

[TwoSkirts]

Jaw. On.  The. Floor.

[Tony Robertson]

What a wonderful piece of work to introduce NAIDIC Week 2012.Thanks so much team, you are inspiring and bring the very best of Aussie creativity to your work!!

[Peter Morgan]

Can you hear the 5 minute version without commentary anywhere. This rocks but it would be cool to hear the whole thing

[madplaysHD]

This is on of the most annoying videos I have ever seen. All the interruptions make it feel like you are crashing against a brick wall every couple seconds. this video style can work if the editor knows what he is doing. In this case, he isnt.

[TheSacredChill]

Yeah I have mate :) Frikken AWESOME!!



[Justin Hockey]

Straya all the way! Have you seen their version of Waltzing Matilda? It's like you've never heard before.

[TheSacredChill]

STRAYA! see... we can do other things other than drink and cook a good steak.

[ready2jamify]

WOAH!!! That is just weird, but cool!

[danthorpeisageek]

fuckyeah, spectralism. What a champion.

[IAmAnnaish]

Wow! Amazing

[Dean Frenkel]

Brilliant stuff Gordon! You are an innovative Australian voice.

[unusmundusunusmyarse]

How wonderfully evocative. The sound structures embedded in the apology feel like they come from the land itself. What strange shamanism is this?