Topology: ‘Airwaves’ Album and Performances
Brisbane quintet Topology are proud to present their album “Airwaves”. Created in collaboration with Melbourne based trio Loops, the album pays homage to some of the most influential broadcast speeches of the first century in radio and sets them to music
To make the album the group collected over a hundred of the most iconic broadcast speeches of the last 100 years, and after meticulously determining each speaker’s distinctive musical qualities, emotional context, key etc. then set about composing and orchestrating music to accompany each.
Importantly, the speeches have not been altered in any way; they remain at the same pitch and timing as they were delivered. The end result is that “Airwaves” is all the more impressive, the music flowing with the original emotion and timing of the speech. For example Gough Whitlam speaks in B-flat major and in a waltz rhythm; Charles Kingsford-Smith on the other hand speaks in E major.
You can check out some of the speeches at the following links:
Bill Clinton – ‘I did not have sexual relations…’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBzd_RqHSdw
Gough Whitlam – ‘Well may we say’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ZccNJjrVk
Martin Luther King – ‘I have a dream’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUu1BPMdzu8
Gandhi – ‘Spiritual message as music’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb5tDpLo9Yw
You can also catch Topology perform the album in its entirety at two select shows: Saturday August 20 – Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank and Sunday 2 October – Brisbane Powerhouse.
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