Together Apart by Vince Pope

Together Apart is literally a coming together of artists from all over the world - I wanted to create something that had a kind of global feel in terms of the artist that I would collaborate with. It was important to me that I tried to work with people from as far afield as possible - because I think the idea that we can be connected by music - even though we are separated by great distance and culture is what is important. Divided by language, ideas, history, but united by the desire to create music.

From Australia, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Canada all the collaborations took place with only zoom calls, emails or telephone calls. The odd question as to whether this or that worked - what did I think of that? It is a strange and beautiful thing that music - possibly the most interactive and performative of the arts could be created like this. Together Apart. Music, the language that all of us understand and that needs no translation.

To accompany this album there will be a book with comments from each of the collaborators - also included are the notes that were the inspiration for each piece of music on the album . So yes you can play them too and see where they take you.

I also made the decision to donate the profit from the sale of this book to Eden Reforestation because its important to me that uniting globally can be a positive force for the planet.

"beautiful ...explores the elastic nature of time " - Mary Anne Hobbs - BBC Radio 6 - Vince Pope is known for his award winning music for TV and Film. Including Black Mirror and Misfits. His solo releases are sublime. And his use of melody and beauty a real find.