Cosmo Sheldrake - HOCHVERLEGT

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Cosmo Sheldrake on tour in Germany in May 2024

The tour is presented by kulturnews, event, Bedroomdisco and egoFM

There are good reasons why Cosmo Sheldrake's music sounds the way it does. His father, Rupert Sheldrake, is a biologist and comes from a long line of church organists. His mother, Jill Purce, whose own mother was a concert pianist, inspired a revival of group singing, teaches Mongolian overtone singing and worked for four years with the German avant-garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Sheldrake grew up in a world full of unconventional music, between electronic and analog sounds, between whale songs and bird calls. All of this appears in his music.

It certainly helps that the Briton collects instruments ranging from guitar and banjo, keyboards, bass and double bass, drums, tin whistle, sousaphone to accordion and masters a large number of them. He combines field recordings, natural soundscapes, his vocals and variable instrumentation to create enormously original music. Sheldrake has already been described as "genuinely great British eccentric", which is true in a pleasant and excellent way. His music is truly unique, very organic and, despite the approach, never contrived. But the best thing about it is that these tracks also work magnificently live. You can see this for yourself when Cosmo Sheldrake finally comes back to us on tour in May to present his new album, which will be released before the shows.