After months of toil, the Peace Partners collective has finally released their first album. Over the past several months, dedicated artists from all over the globe have been collaborating, crafting, and pouring their souls into a compendium of songs on Indaba Music with one purpose: to spread the word of peace. Yet, it’s not enough to simply talk of peace. Often it takes selfless action to retain the public’s attention. Therefore, the Peace Partners have decided to donate the proceeds from sales of the album Many Countries, One Sky to two charities, Amnesty International and War Child Canada. Amnesty International is a privately funded organization committed to researching and ending human rights violations. War Child Canada is a charity that provides assistance and life shaping programs to children in war torn countries.

The mastermind behind this collective is Patrick Lajeunesse, seen in the video below. Patrick had his first Indaba experience in the session “Ocean”. By posting a piano track, he initiated a session with a few other Indaba users, and soon had a fully realized song. Grasping the potential of the platform, Patrick soon embarked on his mission of peace by establishing the Peace Partners group, which currently has a membership of over 200 people, and by calling on the Indaba community to contribute songs to the collective. After several months, and a bit of elbow grease, the songs were in- over 100 musicians had participated completing 40 tracks. From these 40 Patrick, along with his fellow producers Jack Nimersheim and Selena, picked 13 for the final album.

Each of the 13 tracks on Many Countries, One Sky are beautifully selected. Mastered and organized by Mr. Nimersheim, the polish present on this album is uncanny for a compilation of such diverse crowdsourced material. One of the most impressive traits of the album is its remarkable consistency. No track seems out of place- each fits into its own corner of the album, helping to perpetuate the message of peace. It’s this feeling of totality, along with some very solid songwriting, that transforms this album from a composite work into a fully realized idea.

Help the Peace Partners and donate your money to two great causes by purchasing Many Countries, One Sky. The album is for sale at CD Baby for $9.99. Single tracks are available for $0.99.