Cosmo Sheldrake | |
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 Sheldrake performing in 2015 | |
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| Born | Cosmo Christopher Sheldrake[1] 16 December 1989 London, England |
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| Years active | 2014—present |
| Website | cosmosheldrake |
Cosmo Christopher Sheldrake is an English musician, composer, and producer. He is the son of parapsychologist Rupert Sheldrake and voice teacher Jill Purce, and the brother of mycologist Merlin Sheldrake. He released his first single, "The Moss"/"Solar", in 2014 and followed it up with the Pelicans We EP in 2015.[2][3]
Biography
Education
Sheldrake was privately educated at University College School in Hampstead, London, part of the Eton Group. He attended school alongside Jack Steadman of Bombay Bicycle Club.[4] He later studied anthropology at the University of Sussex.[5]
Career
Described as a "musical visionary"[6] by The Telegraph, Sheldrake has been releasing music since 2014.
His debut single, "The Moss", was released on 25 March 2014,[7] followed by a debut EP, Pelicans We, on 6 April 2015,[8] and a debut album, The Much Much How How and I, on 6 April 2018.[9] His second album, Wake Up Calls was released on 18 September 2020.[10] His third album, Eye to the Ear, was released on 12 April 2024.[11]
Sheldrake founded and runs the record label Tardigrade Records, with Moth Records as an imprint.[12] In 2015, he included "Tardigrade Song" on his EP Pelicans We, imagining himself as a tardigrade.[13][14]
Much of Sheldrake's work is concerned with improvisation, nonsense, and the sonorous environment. He has provided music for film and theatre, including the score for a series of Samuel Beckett plays at the Young Vic in London.[15] Sheldrake also performs solo and with several bands including Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit and the Gentle Mystics. His song "Come Along" was featured in an advertisement for Apple's iPhone XR in the US and UK.[16] The song subsequently charted at number 39 on the US Digital Songs chart dated 26 January 2019.[17]
Sheldrake's single "No. 3", released in 2022, features in an advertisement for Apple, of the Mac Studio and Apple Studio Display.[18]
Discography
Albums
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| The Much Much How How and I |
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| Wake Up Calls |
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| Eye to the Ear |
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Soundtracks
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| Galápagos |
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EPs
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| Pelicans We |
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| Wild Wet World |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "The Moss" | 2014 | Non-album singles |
| "The Woods" (with Erin Robinsong) |
2017 | |
| "In Berlin" (with Deep Throat Choir) |
2018 | |
| "Run Rings Right Wrongs" | ||
| "I Threw a Rock Into the Sea" | ||
| "Owl Song" | 2019 | Wake Up Calls |
| "Orby/Prefusify" | Non-album singles | |
| "Nightingale Wake Up Calls" | 2020 | |
| "Cuckoo Song" | Wake Up Calls | |
| "Beech" (with Robert Macfarlene) |
Non-album singles | |
| "No. 3" | 2022 | |
| "Bathed in Sound" | 2023 | Wild Wet World |
| "Stop the Music" | 2024 | Eye to the Ear |
| "Old Ocean" | ||
| "Interdimensional" | ||
| "Song of the Cedars" | Non-album singles | |
| "Soil (feat. NATURE)" |
References
- ↑ "Cosmo Christopher Sheldrake". Ancestry Institute. Ancestry. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ↑ "Interview: Cosmo Sheldrake – M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 6 February 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ↑ "Cosmo Sheldrake". Cosmo Sheldrake. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ↑ "Interview: Cosmo Sheldrake". stereofox.com. May 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "Cosmo Sheldrake: Birdhouse in Your Soul". songlines.co.uk. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ Arnoldi, Oliver. "Cosmo Sheldrake – New Music". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ Cunningham, Jamie. "Listen: Cosmo Sheldrake – "The Moss"". Best Fit.
- ↑ "Pelicans We EP". iTunes. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ Day, Laurence. "Cosmo Sheldrake details debut album The Much Much How How And I". Best Fit. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "Wake up calls". theecologist.org. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ↑ Damara Kelly, Tyler (17 January 2024). "Cosmo Sheldrake announces his second studio album, Eye to the Ear". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ↑ Sheldrake, Cosmo. "Moth Records". Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ↑ Gilbert, Bob (11 May 2023). The Missing Musk: A Casebook of Mysteries from the Natural World. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-5293-5598-7.
- ↑ "Cosmo Sheldrake – Tardigrade Song". Folk Radio UK – Folk Music Magazine. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ↑ Lester, Paul (20 March 2014). "Cosmo Sheldrake (No 1,724)". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ Slivka, Eric (28 December 2018). "Apple Releases New 'Color Flood' iPhone XR Ad". www.macrumors.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ↑ "Digital Music Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ↑ "Cosmo Sheldrake features on Apple advert". Bucks Music Group. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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