Cosmo Sheldrake

Cosmo Sheldrake makes music that draws from field recordings and natural sounds, weaving them into songs that feel both electronic and organic. He grew up in London, where his father was a biologist with unconventional ideas about consciousness, and that background seems to have shaped his interest in the environment as a source of material. Songs like 'The Moss' and 'Come Along' have a playful, layered quality, built from samples of birdsong, water, and other found sounds.

His albums include 'The Much Much How How and I' from 2016 and 'Wake Up Calls' from 2020. He works mostly alone, piecing together these intricate tracks that don't fit neatly into folk or electronica. The music can feel experimental, but it's grounded in a straightforward curiosity about the natural world rather than pure abstraction.

Sheldrake has faced some criticism for being too unconventional or lacking traditional song structures, but he's kept at it, releasing music that feels like its own category. There's no grand narrative here, just a consistent practice of turning environmental recordings into something musical and slightly whimsical.