Music can change the world



Now, as never before, the time has come for a new album





How you can help

State of the art recording, producing, mastering and manufacturing of the CD

Two music video film clips

Extensive promotion that will bring the stories of asylum seekers into radio and television stations across the country.

This will be the best Scattered People album yet!



The album is being produced by Robbie James , guitarist and songwriter with iconic Australian band GANGgajang (you may be familiar with their hit Sounds of Then (This Is Australia)), who is also a member of Scattered People.

, guitarist and songwriter with iconic Australian band GANGgajang (you may be familiar with their hit Sounds of Then (This Is Australia)), who is also a member of Scattered People. Pink Floyd has given Scattered People permission to record their powerful track On The Turning Away. Our unique version features the voices of asylum seekers with a haunting arrangement you'll never forget.

has given Scattered People permission to record their powerful track On The Turning Away. Our unique version features the voices of asylum seekers with a haunting arrangement you'll never forget. The album will feature the mesmerising voices of Mehdi, Saharnaz, Mostafa, Masoud and Hadi from Iran, Murali and Dinesh from Sri Lanka, Dereje from Ethiopia, and a diverse choir of asylum seekers .

. The asylum seekers who helped create the CD will be registered with APRA and become the beneficiaries of royalty entitlements.

The new Scattered People Album is a great Christmas gift. Pre-order the CD for your friends!

Who are the Scattered People?

Thank you to the artists and individuals who have donated their services

All the Scattered People musicians: Yani, Aleathea, Brian, Robbie, Lou, Paola, Chris, Naomi

Robbie James for his work recording, arranging and producing

Brian and the team at the Sweet Freedom label.

Danielle Bentley and her string quintet

Danielle Bentley and her string quintet Phil Graham, QUT's Head of Music and Sound

Iraqi artist Towfiq Alqudy for album artwork.

In 2000, we created our first 'Scattered People' album, an award-winning CD that shared the stories and songs ofThe Scattered People album gave. It revitalised hope and deepened understanding in the wider Australian community. The album received extensive radio airplay and was eagerly taken up by Amnesty International and the United Nations in Timor-Leste.The album won thecategory at the Queensland Recording Industry's Sunnie Awards in 2001 while being nominated for both Best Album and Song of the Year.This was followed by a second Scattered People album, equally well-received.The Scattered People team and record label Sweet Freedom , are now ready to create and promote an album that will again turn the light of compassion onto the plight of asylum seekers.By pre-ordering your copy of the next Scattered People album today, you'll help facilitate production. In particular, your support will help achieve the following:We're also offering some other fun perks - from guitar lessons with Robbie James, to having the opportunity to be a part of and sing on the album, to booking the Scattered People choir for your next function!We've got a lot to be excited about with the new Scattered People album!

Scattered People is comprised of asylum seekers, refugees and kindred-spirited locals who use music and art to engage on a level of significance with one another, to say what needs to be said, to navigate trauma in solidarity and to fortify wavering hopes.Weekly visits to the The Brisbane Detention Centre at Pinkenba (BITA) with our guitars and mandolins have resulted in musical collaborations of great significance.Finally, our gratitude goes to Christian Brothers QLD Regional Coordinator, Br Jim D'Arcy, for generously donating the initial money to get the album started. He was also behind organising a recording day at Nudgee College, featuring a combined Christian Brothers Colleges choir with students from Nudgee and St Laurence's singing on two songs of the new album (Light a Candle and Somewhere in Australia) as part of the ERA for Change project