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 mycologist Merlin Sheldrake. He released his first single, "The Moss"/"Solar", in 2014 and followed it up with the Pelicans We EP in 2015.

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. He later studied anthropology at the University of Sussex.

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. His third album, Eye to the Ear, was released on 12 April 2024.

Sheldrake founded and runs the record label Tardigrade Records, with Moth Records as an imprint. In 2015, he included "Tardigrade Song" on his EP Pelicans We, imagining himself as a tardigrade.

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. 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. 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, of the Mac Studio and Apple Studio Display.

Discography Albums Title Details The Much Much How How and I Released: 6 April 2018 Label: Transgressive, Tardigrade Format: CD, digital download, vinyl 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 Title Details Galápagos Released: 13 December 2019 Label: Tardigrade Format: Digital download

EPs Title Details Pelicans We 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 + Title Year Album"The Moss" 2014 "The Woods" 2017"In Berlin" 2018"Run Rings Right Wrongs""I Threw a Rock Into the Sea""Owl Song"2019 Wake Up Calls"Orby/Prefusify" "Nightingale Wake Up Calls" 2020"Cuckoo Song" Wake Up Calls"Beech" "No. 3"2022"Bathed in Sound"2023 Wild Wet World"Stop the Music"2024Eye to the Ear"Old Ocean""Interdimensional""Song of the Cedars" "Soil (feat. NATURE)"