Cosmo Christopher Sheldrake is an English musician, composer, and
producer
Producer or producers may refer to:
Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
. He is the son of
parapsychologist Rupert Sheldrake
Alfred Rupert Sheldrake (born 28 June 1942) is an English author and parapsychology researcher who proposed the concept of morphic resonance, a conjecture which lacks mainstream acceptance and has been criticized as pseudoscience. He has worke ...
and voice teacher
Jill Purce
Jill Purce (born 1947) is a British voice teacher, Family Constellations therapist, and author. In the 1970s, Purce developed a new way of working with the voice, introducing the teaching of group overtone chanting, producing a single note whilst ...
, 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.
Career
Described as a "musical visionary" by ''
The Telegraph'', Sheldrake has been releasing music since 2014.
His debut single, "The Moss", was released on 25 March 2014, followed by a debut EP, ''Pelicans We'', on 6 April 2015, and a debut album, ''The Much Much How How and I'', on 6 April 2018. His second album, ''Wake Up Calls'' was released on 18 September 2020.
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
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plays at the
Young Vic
The Young Vic Theatre is a performing arts venue located on The Cut, near the South Bank, in the London Borough of Lambeth.
The Young Vic was established by Frank Dunlop in 1970. Kwame Kwei-Armah has been Artistic Director since February 20 ...
in London.
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
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in the US and
UK. The song subsequently charted at number 39 on the US
Digital Songs chart dated 26 January 2019.
Sheldrake's single "No. 3", released in 2022, features in an advertisement for
Apple
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, of the
Mac Studio
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and
Apple Studio Display.
Discography
Albums
EPs
Singles
References
External links
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Living people
British multi-instrumentalists
1989 births