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 released his first single, "The Moss"/"Solar", in 2014 and followed it up with the Pelicans We EP in 2015.[2][3]
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Sheldrake is the son of the parapsychologist Rupert Sheldrake and the voice teacher Jill Purce, and the brother of the mycologist Merlin Sheldrake.[4] 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.[5][AI-retrieved source] He later studied anthropology at the University of Sussex.[6][AI-retrieved source]
Career
[edit]Described as a "musical visionary"[7] by The Telegraph, Sheldrake has been releasing music since 2014.
His debut single, "The Moss", was released on 25 March 2014,[8] followed by a debut EP, Pelicans We, on 6 April 2015,[9] and a debut album, The Much Much How How and I, on 6 April 2018.[10] His second album, Wake Up Calls was released on 18 September 2020.[11] His third album, Eye to the Ear, was released on 12 April 2024.[12]
Sheldrake founded and runs the record label Tardigrade Records, with Moth Records as an imprint.[13] In 2015, he included "Tardigrade Song" on his EP Pelicans We, imagining himself as a tardigrade.[14][15]
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.[16] 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.[17] The song subsequently charted at number 39 on the US Digital Songs chart dated 26 January 2019.[18]
Sheldrake's single "No. 3", released in 2022, features in an advertisement for Apple, of the Mac Studio and Apple Studio Display.[19]
In 2026, Sheldrake composed the score for the comedy film Digger, marking his debut at composing for a feature film.[20]
Discography
[edit]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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| Do |
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| Wild Wet World |
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Singles
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Sheldrake, Rupert. "Biography of Rupert Sheldrake, PhD". sheldrake.org. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Cosmo Sheldrake Scoring Alejandro G. Iñárritu's 'Digger' | Film Music Reporter". Retrieved 30 September 2026.
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