Cosmo Christopher Sheldrake is an English musician, composer, and producer. 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 wor ...

and voice teacher

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, and the brother of biologist

Merlin Sheldrake ''Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures'' is a 2020 non-fiction book on mycology by British biologist Merlin Sheldrake. His first book, it was published by Random House on 12 May 2020. Summary The book ...

. 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 ''

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'', 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

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plays at the

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in London. Sheldrake also performs solo and with several bands including

Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit John Patrick Vivian Flynn (born 14 March 1983) is a British actor and singer-songwriter. He has starred as Dylan Witter in the Channel 4 and Netflix television sitcom '' Lovesick'', and portrayed David Bowie in the film '' Stardust''. Flynn i ...

and the Gentle Mystics. His song "Come Along" was featured in an advertisement for Apple's

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in the US and UK. The song subsequently charted at number 39 on the US

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chart dated 26 January 2019. Sheldrake's single "No. 3", released in 2022, features in an advertisement for

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, of the

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and

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Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheldrake, Cosmo Living people British multi-instrumentalists 1989 births