The announcement by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, that Australia will no longer accept asylum seekers for settlement in Australia has prompted an immediate response from one Melbourne musician. After hearing Rudd’s announcement, local multi-instrumentalist Pataphysics walked straight into his studio and wrote a new track Asylum Is A Crime.
“Rudd’s decision to settle all asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea, in exchange for increased aid money, to the former Australian territory is a disgusting illustration of how refugees and asylum seekers have been used to buy votes in a political race to the bottom”, he said.
The new track is an epic hard hitting arrangement which captures the mood many are feeling at this moment.The film clip for this song has been a collaborative art project which features people who have submitted footage of themselves using their smartphones as a statement that they don’t support this move.
Pataphysics says “The amount of fear and hate towards refugees is being kindled by politicians and the media. It is being used to manipulate election issues and divert voters’ attention from real issues facing this country.” He adds “maybe the government is just scared of people arriving by boat and stealing this country – because that’s just what they did.”
Pataphysics, who is keen to do interviews to promote his new song, is an outspoken MC / Producer Musician from Melbourne who has produced for artists including ARIA award Winner 360 and Mercury Prize winner Speech Debelle. He has worked for RISE, the only Refugee organisation governed by refugees in the country, since its formation in 2009. All proceeds from the sale of this song will go to RISE.
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