I first heard Emma sing at Gloucester Guildhall's Musiclab open stage. I've heard many talented folk at Musiclab over the years that I pondered getting involved in making music with, but I've never acted on that impulse - I normally reason it's because I don't have the capacity time wise and I don't want to over commit. Emma is the first performer that overruled that excuse. I got her email and we made arrangements to meet up and discuss making music. I'm so glad I did. I discovered that Emma is brilliant. Her mind is sharp, she is very clever and creative and she has that voice. I set her the challenge of re-interpreting Pangur Ban and provided a simple musical sketch to write to. This task came at a point where she was wrestling with her music making and musical identity and was a big ask. It's testament to her ability that she contributed half of the lyrical content and melody and sung it so beautifully. I really hope she comes good with her own music and she knows I'm there to support her if she needs help. Selfishly I don't want to miss out hearing more from a young Gloucester based artist this good!

Alice has what I consider to be a solid range of musical skills and I am so pleased that she enjoys making music on my projects. We have been friends for a long time. She is married to one of my childhood best friends from school days. I know I can depend on Alice to improvise using her cello which is more or less what she did on this track. More often than not having Alice play cello on one of my productions is like the cherry on top of the cake.

Lee used to be a drummer and our paths first crossed when he participated in the WIRED project over a decade ago. I used to run this project to provide recording and performance opportunities for young local bands. I vaguely remember him to favour complex drumming patterns and that he was the creative leader of the band. These days he has a penchant for creating lush textural music using analogue synthesisers under the name The Mountain Howl. It was good to invite Lee to join the team for this session. I'm sure Lee and I will make music again together in the near future. Until then check some of his music here.

Tomáš, like Lee, is another "WIRED kid". He was a one of the most diligent and respectful teenagers I had the pleasure of working with on music when he was just 13 or 14 and his band (which also featured Jo, his younger brother who played double bass on Aethelflaed) back then blew all the other young bands out of the water. He's now in his 20s and is a popular music graduate from Goldsmiths College, London. In addition to being a jobbing musician and having toured with artists such as Laucan, is also one of the recording engineers at Goldsmiths' Studio facilities. I love spending time with Tomáš. It's rare we get to these days, but I know that when I do it'll be quality time. He brought such positive energy and complementary music experience to the session and enjoyed talking artistry and technical stuff with others in the team. His guitar playing is full of character, just like the very best players, and he made great choices from his unique tonal palette for this track.

Tim had a supporting role on this track. He features in others, but it was good just to have him alongside several other of my favourite artists to work with.

The film opens with a shot of the insides of my Petrof upright piano at my home. It was too much to ask to bring it to the venue - it's way too cumbersome and heavy.