Cosmo Sheldrake

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]

Cosmo Sheldrake
Sheldrake performing in 2015
Background information
Birth name	Cosmo Christopher Sheldrake^[1]
Born	(1989-12-16) 16 December 1989 (age 33) London, England
Genres	Baroque pop electronic folktronica indie
Occupation(s)	Musician composer record producer
Instrument(s)	Keyboard double bass drums guitar banjo clarinet percussion sousaphone vocals
Years active	2014—present
Website	cosmosheldrake.com

Career

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]

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.^[9] 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.^[10] The song subsequently charted at number 39 on the US Digital Songs chart dated 26 January 2019.^[11]

Sheldrake's single "No. 3", released in 2022, features in an advertisement for Apple, of the Mac Studio and Apple Studio Display.^[12]

Discography

Albums

Title	Details	Notes
The Much Much How How and I	Released: 6 April 2018 Label: Transgressive, Tardigrade Format: CD, digital download, vinyl	No. Title Length 1. "Linger Longer" 5:36 2. "Wriggle" 4:29 3. "Birth a Basket" 2:40 4. "Birthday Suit" 1:20 5. "Come Along" 4:19 6. "Solar Waltz" 5:38 7. "Mind of Rocks" 3:10 8. "Spring Bottom" 1:08 9. "Egg and Soldiers" 3:23 10. "Axolotl" 2:26 11. "Pliocene" 3:48 12. "Linger a While" 1:52 13. "Beetroot Kvass" 2:44 14. "Hocking" 5:10
Wake Up Calls	Released: 18 September 2020 Label: Tardigrade Format: Digital download, vinyl	No. Title Length 1. "Nightjar" 2:29 2. "Nightingale, Pt. 1" 2:37 3. "Dawn Chorus" 3:06 4. "Skylark" 2:15 5. "Cuckoo" 2:25 6. "Marsh Warbler" 2:32 7. "Cuckoo Song" 3:05 8. "Dunnock" 1:59 9. "Bittern" 1:21 10. "Evening Chorus" 1:25 11. "Mistle Thrush" 1:08 12. "Nightingale, Pt. 2" 1:36 13. "Owl Song" 3:29

EPs

Title	Details	Notes
Pelicans We EP	Released: 6 April 2015 Label: Transgressive / PIAS Group Format: CD, digital download, vinyl	No. Title Length 1. "Tardigrade Song" 4:01 2. "The Fly" (words from William Blake's The Fly) 3:33 3. "Pelicans We" (words from Edward Lear's The Pelican Chorus) 3:27 4. "Rich (ft. Andrea Vargas)" 4:29
Do	Released: 2021 Label: Tardigrade Records	No. Title Length 1. "Dlora Yelps" 3:27 2. "Did" 2:26 3. "Did Don't Do" 4:04 4. "Echolocation" 4:23

Singles

Title	Details	Notes
"The Moss/Solar"	Released: 5 March 2014 Label: Transgressive / paradYse Format: Digital download, vinyl	No. Title Length 1. "The Moss" 4:02 2. "Solar" (words from William Blake's "I rose up at the dawn of day" poem) 4:03
"Orby/Prefusify"	Released: 13 September 2019 Label: N/A Format: Digital download	No. Title Length 1. "Orby (ft. Andrea Vargas & Anndreyah Vargas)" 3:53 2. "Prefusify" 3:19
"Nightingale Wake Up Calls"	Released: 21 April 2020 Label: Cephalopod / Tardigrade Records Format: Digital download	No. Title Length 1. "Nightingale Wake Up Call Part 1" 2:41 2. "Nightingale Wake Up Call Part 2" 1:46 3. "Green Grass - Live in Fingringhoe Wick" 3:06
"No. 3"	Released: 8 March 2022 Label: Tardigrade Format: Digital download	No. Title Length 1. "No. 3" 3:10

References

1. "Cosmo Christopher Sheldrake". Ancestry Institute. Ancestry. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
2. . 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. from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
4. Arnoldi, Oliver. "Cosmo Sheldrake - New Music". The Telegraph. 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. 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. from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
8. "Wake up calls". theecologist.org. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
9. Lester, Paul. "Cosmo Sheldrake (No 1,724)". The Guardian. from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
10. Slivka, Eric. "Apple Releases New 'Color Flood' iPhone XR Ad". www.macrumors.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
11. "Digital Music Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
12. "Cosmo Sheldrake features on Apple advert". Bucks Music Group. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

External links

• Official website