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'''Cosmo Christopher Sheldrake''' is an English musician, composer, and [[Record producer|producer]]. He is the son of [[parapsychology|parapsychologist]] [[Rupert Sheldrake]] and voice teacher [[Jill Purce]], and the brother of biologist [[Merlin Sheldrake]]. He released his first single, "The Moss"/"Solar", in 2014 and followed it up with the ''Pelicans We'' EP in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.m-magazine.co.uk/features/interviews/interview-cosmo-sheldrake/|title=Interview: Cosmo Sheldrake - M Magazine|date=6 February 2018|work=M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine|access-date=1 September 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902054937/https://www.m-magazine.co.uk/features/interviews/interview-cosmo-sheldrake/|archive-date=2 September 2018}}{{Dead link|date=November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cosmosheldrake.com/about/|title=Cosmo Sheldrake|website=Cosmo Sheldrake|access-date=1 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901182626/http://www.cosmosheldrake.com/about/|archive-date=1 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''Cosmo Christopher Sheldrake''' is an English musician, composer, and [[Record producer|producer]]. He is the son of [[Parapsychology|parapsychologist]] [[Rupert Sheldrake]] and voice teacher [[Jill Purce]], and the brother of biologist [[Merlin Sheldrake]]. He released his first single, "The Moss"/"Solar", in 2014 and followed it up with the ''Pelicans We'' EP in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.m-magazine.co.uk/features/interviews/interview-cosmo-sheldrake/|title=Interview: Cosmo Sheldrake - M Magazine|date=6 February 2018|work=M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine|access-date=1 September 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902054937/https://www.m-magazine.co.uk/features/interviews/interview-cosmo-sheldrake/|archive-date=2 September 2018}}{{Dead link|date=November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cosmosheldrake.com/about/|title=Cosmo Sheldrake|website=Cosmo Sheldrake|access-date=1 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901182626/http://www.cosmosheldrake.com/about/|archive-date=1 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Described as a "musical visionary"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Arnoldi|first1=Oliver|title=Cosmo Sheldrake - New Music|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/new-music/11192690/cosmo-sheldrake-transgressive-records-the-moss-edward-lear-lewis-carroll-bonobo-roland-bernie-krause-hampstead-bekonscot.html|website=The Telegraph|access-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716143718/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/new-music/11192690/cosmo-sheldrake-transgressive-records-the-moss-edward-lear-lewis-carroll-bonobo-roland-bernie-krause-hampstead-bekonscot.html|archive-date=16 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> by ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', Sheldrake has been releasing music since 2014.
Described as a "musical visionary"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Arnoldi|first1=Oliver|title=Cosmo Sheldrake - New Music|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/new-music/11192690/cosmo-sheldrake-transgressive-records-the-moss-edward-lear-lewis-carroll-bonobo-roland-bernie-krause-hampstead-bekonscot.html|website=The Telegraph|access-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716143718/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/new-music/11192690/cosmo-sheldrake-transgressive-records-the-moss-edward-lear-lewis-carroll-bonobo-roland-bernie-krause-hampstead-bekonscot.html|archive-date=16 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> by ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', Sheldrake has been releasing music since 2014.


His debut single, "The Moss", was released on 25 March 2014,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cunningham|first1=Jamie|title=Listen: Cosmo Sheldrake – "The Moss"|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/cosmo-sheldrake-the-moss-149108|website=Best Fit}}</ref> followed by a debut EP, ''Pelicans We'', on 6 April 2015,<ref>{{cite web|title=Pelicans We EP|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pelicans-we-ep/id966539135|website=iTunes|access-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220202526/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pelicans-we-ep/id966539135|archive-date=20 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and a debut album, ''The Much Much How How and I'', on 6 April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Day|first1=Laurence|title=Cosmo Sheldrake details debut album The Much Much How How And I|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/cosmo-sheldrake-details-debut-album-the-much-much-how-how-and-i|website=Best Fit|access-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130105328/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/cosmo-sheldrake-details-debut-album-the-much-much-how-how-and-i|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> His second album, ''Wake Up Calls'' was released on 18 September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wake up calls|url=https://theecologist.org/2020/sep/15/wake-calls|access-date=4 February 2022|website=theecologist.org|language=en}}</ref>
His debut single, "The Moss", was released on 25 March 2014,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cunningham|first1=Jamie|title=Listen: Cosmo Sheldrake – "The Moss"|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/cosmo-sheldrake-the-moss-149108|website=Best Fit}}</ref> followed by a debut EP, ''Pelicans We'', on 6 April 2015,<ref>{{cite web|title=Pelicans We EP|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pelicans-we-ep/id966539135|website=iTunes|access-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220202526/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pelicans-we-ep/id966539135|archive-date=20 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and a debut album, ''The Much Much How How and I'', on 6 April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Day|first1=Laurence|title=Cosmo Sheldrake details debut album The Much Much How How And I|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/cosmo-sheldrake-details-debut-album-the-much-much-how-how-and-i|website=Best Fit|access-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130105328/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/cosmo-sheldrake-details-debut-album-the-much-much-how-how-and-i|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> His second album, ''Wake Up Calls'' was released on 18 September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wake up calls|url=https://theecologist.org/2020/sep/15/wake-calls|access-date=4 February 2022|website=theecologist.org|language=en}}</ref> His third album, ''Eye to the Ear'', was released on 12 April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Damara Kelly |first=Tyler |date=17 January 2024 |title=Cosmo Sheldrake announces his second studio album, Eye to the Ear |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/cosmo-sheldrake-announces-his-second-studio-album-eye-to-the-ear |access-date=12 April 2024 |website=The Line of Best Fit}}</ref>


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.<ref name="guardian2014">{{cite news|last1=Lester|first1=Paul|title=Cosmo Sheldrake (No 1,724)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/20/cosmo-sheldrake|website=The Guardian|date=20 March 2014 |access-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524102046/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/20/cosmo-sheldrake|archive-date=24 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 Inc.|Apple's]] [[iPhone XR]] in the US and [[UK]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macrumors.com/2018/12/28/color-flood-iphone-xr-ad/|title=Apple Releases New 'Color Flood' iPhone XR Ad|last=Slivka|first=Eric|website=www.macrumors.com|date=28 December 2018 |language=en|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref> The song subsequently charted at number 39 on the US [[Digital Songs]] chart dated 26 January 2019.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-song-sales|title=Digital Music Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=27 January 2019}}</ref>
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.<ref name="guardian2014">{{cite news|last1=Lester|first1=Paul|title=Cosmo Sheldrake (No 1,724)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/20/cosmo-sheldrake|website=The Guardian|date=20 March 2014 |access-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524102046/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/20/cosmo-sheldrake|archive-date=24 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 Inc.|Apple's]] [[iPhone XR]] in the US and [[UK]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macrumors.com/2018/12/28/color-flood-iphone-xr-ad/|title=Apple Releases New 'Color Flood' iPhone XR Ad|last=Slivka|first=Eric|website=www.macrumors.com|date=28 December 2018 |language=en|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref> The song subsequently charted at number 39 on the US [[Digital Songs]] chart dated 26 January 2019.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-song-sales|title=Digital Music Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=27 January 2019}}</ref>
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* Label: Tardigrade
* Label: Tardigrade
* Format: Digital download, vinyl
* Format: Digital download, vinyl
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| ''Eye to the Ear''
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* Released: 12 April 2024
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* Label: Tardigrade Records
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* Released: 26 April 2023
* Released: 26 April 2023
* Label: Tardigrade Records
* Label: Tardigrade Records
* Format: Digital download
* Format: Digital download, vinyl
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===Singles===
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ {{Sronly|List of singles with selected details}}
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! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Album
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|-
! scope="col" style="width:8em;"| Title
!scope="row"|"The Moss"
| 2014
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! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Details
| rowspan="5" {{Non-album singles}}
|-
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| "The Moss/Solar"
!scope="row"|"The Woods"<br />{{small|(with Erin Robinsong)}}
| 2017
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|
* Released: 5 March 2014
* Label: Transgressive / paradYse
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* Format: Digital download, vinyl
|-
|-
!scope="row"|"In Berlin"<br />{{small|(with Deep Throat Choir)}}
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| "Orby/Prefusify"
|rowspan="3" | 2018
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|
* Released: 13 September 2019
* Label: N/A
* Format: Digital download
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| "Nightingale Wake Up Calls"
!scope="row"|"Run Rings Right Wrongs"
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* Released: 21 April 2020
* Label: Cephalopod / Tardigrade Records
* Format: Digital download
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| "No. 3"
!scope="row"|"I Threw a Rock Into the Sea"
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* Released: 8 March 2022
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* Label: Tardigrade
* Format: Digital download
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|"Bathed in Sound"
!scope="row"|"Owl Song"
|rowspan="2"|2019
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| ''Wake Up Calls''
* Released: 29 March 2023
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|-
* Label: Tardigrade
!scope="row"|"Orby/Prefusify"
* Format: Digital download
| rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}}
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|-
!scope="row"|"Nightingale Wake Up Calls"
|rowspan="3" | 2020
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|-
!scope="row"|"Cuckoo Song"
| ''Wake Up Calls''
|-
!scope="row"|"Beech"<br />{{small|(with Robert Macfarlene)}}
| rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}}
|-
!scope="row"|"No. 3"
|2022
|-
!scope="row"|"Bathed in Sound"
|2023
| ''Wild Wet World''
|-
!scope="row"|"Stop the Music"
| rowspan="4" |2024
| rowspan="3" |''Eye to the Ear''
|-
!scope="row"|"Old Ocean"
|-
!scope="row"|"Interdimensional"
|-
!scope="row"|"Soil (feat. NATURE)"
| rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}}
|}
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{official|cosmosheldrake.com}}
* {{official website|cosmosheldrake.com}}


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Latest revision as of 23:05, 4 May 2024

Cosmo Sheldrake
black-and-white image of Cosmo Sheldrake standing onstage, singing into a microphone
Sheldrake performing in 2015
Background information
Birth nameCosmo Christopher Sheldrake[1]
Born (1989-12-16) 16 December 1989 (age 34)
London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • composer
  • record producer
Instrument(s)
  • Keyboard
  • double bass
  • drums
  • guitar
  • banjo
  • clarinet
  • percussion
  • sousaphone
  • vocals
Years active2014—present
Websitecosmosheldrake.com

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 biologist 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]

Career[edit]

Described as a "musical visionary"[4] by The Telegraph, Sheldrake has been releasing music since 2014.

His debut single, "The Moss", was released on 25 March 2014,[5] followed by a debut EP, Pelicans We, on 6 April 2015,[6] and a debut album, The Much Much How How and I, on 6 April 2018.[7] His second album, Wake Up Calls was released on 18 September 2020.[8] His third album, Eye to the Ear, was released on 12 April 2024.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11] The song subsequently charted at number 39 on the US Digital Songs chart dated 26 January 2019.[12]

Sheldrake's single "No. 3", released in 2022, features in an advertisement for Apple, of the Mac Studio and Apple Studio Display.[13]

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Title Details
The Much Much How How and I
Wake Up Calls
  • Released: 18 September 2020
  • Label: Tardigrade
  • Format: Digital download, vinyl
Eye to the Ear
  • Released: 12 April 2024
  • Label: Tardigrade Records
  • Format: CD, digital download, vinyl

Soundtracks[edit]

Title Details
Galápagos
  • Released: 13 December 2019
  • Label: Tardigrade
  • Format: Digital download

EPs[edit]

Title Details
Pelicans We EP
  • Released: 6 April 2015
  • Label: Transgressive / PIAS Group
  • Format: CD, digital download, vinyl
Do
  • Released: 2021
  • Label: Tardigrade Records
Wild Wet World
  • Released: 26 April 2023
  • Label: Tardigrade Records
  • Format: Digital download, vinyl

Singles[edit]

List of singles with selected details
Title Year Album
"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"
"Soil (feat. NATURE)" Non-album singles

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cosmo Christopher Sheldrake". Ancestry Institute. Ancestry. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  2. ^ "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.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Cosmo Sheldrake". Cosmo Sheldrake. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ^ Arnoldi, Oliver. "Cosmo Sheldrake - New Music". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. ^ Cunningham, Jamie. "Listen: Cosmo Sheldrake – "The Moss"". Best Fit.
  6. ^ "Pelicans We EP". iTunes. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Wake up calls". theecologist.org. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Lester, Paul (20 March 2014). "Cosmo Sheldrake (No 1,724)". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  11. ^ Slivka, Eric (28 December 2018). "Apple Releases New 'Color Flood' iPhone XR Ad". www.macrumors.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Digital Music Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Cosmo Sheldrake features on Apple advert". Bucks Music Group. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

External links[edit]

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