London-Based Naturalist Cosmo Sheldrake's Marvelous Sound World

Soundcheck | Apr 15, 2024

London vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Cosmo Sheldrake creates songs and sound worlds out of people, places, creatures, plants, fungi, and collected sounds. With his combination of traditional instrumentation and electronic production, field recordings, and both human and more-than-human voices (birdsong and insect choruses), Sheldrake pursues adventures in song, capturing the childlike wonder of a curious tea party, and staying connected to the natural world throughout. Cosmo Sheldrake juxtaposes these orchestrated natural sounds with his racks of gear to share his marvelous sound world in some songs from his latest, Eye to the Ear, in-studio.

Set list: 1. Stop the Music 2. I Did and I Don't and I Do 3. Does the Swallow Dream of Flying?

<a href="https://cosmosheldrake.bandcamp.com/album/eye-to-the-ear" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Eye To The Ear by Cosmo Sheldrake</a>

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