Wake Up Calls, by Cosmo Sheldrake

Wake Up Calls

by Cosmo Sheldrake

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Dave Aftandilian Lovely exploration of how birdsong connects us to specific places, times of day, and ourselves—and of course how birds have inspired lovely music, from Mozart to CS and beyond. I also appreciate that rather than dwelling on the sorrow of the many bird voices that are being silenced by human greed and ignorance, Cosmo instead focuses here on the joy listening to birds can bring us—which ought to inspire us to care more about and for them.

the_aceofpens if you put this album and Wild Wet World in a queue and then shuffle it, it's a guaranteed hour or so of the utter bliss of nature. Favorite track: Cuckoo Song.

HansPeter Muff A masterpiece, I love all the tracks, just mesmerizing, playful and full of humour, more of this please. Favorite track: Nightingale Part 1.

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1.	Nightjar 02:29	buy track
2.	Nightingale Part 1 02:37	buy track
3.	Dawn Chorus 03:06	buy track
4.	Skylark 02:15	buy track
5.	Cuckoo 02:25	buy track
6.	Marsh Warbler 02:32	buy track
7.	Cuckoo Song 03:05	buy track
8.	Dunnock 01:59	buy track
9.	Bittern 01:21	buy track
10.	Evening Chorus 01:25	buy track
11.	Mistle Thrush 01:08	buy track
12.	Nightingale Part 2 01:36	buy track
13.	Owl Song 03:29	buy track

about

Wake Up Calls’ was created over a nine year period, using recordings of bird song featured on the red and amber lists of endangered British birds (with the exception of a Robin and a Blackbird, which aren’t endangered – yet).

The album starts at night with a Nightjar and a Nightingale. The music progresses, track by track, through dawn and day time, round to the evening chorus and back to night with another Nightingale and an Owl. Cuckoo Song, is composed by Benjamin Britten and features the sound of a Cuckoo singing above Britten’s grave in Aldeburgh Cemetery, recorded by the soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause.

The project has slowly changed over the years. Some of the pieces started as Christmas presents for friends and family. The presents were intended as alarm clock music, in the hope that they might help people wake up in the morning without the anger often inspired by traditional alarm sounds. They worked well, but had a slightly unintended side effect. Everyone who used them reported that they had become increasingly sensitised to the sound of the dawn chorus and would often wake up at the slightest sound of bird song.

Composed and produced by Cosmo Sheldrake
Mastered by Guy Davie at Electric Mastering.
Artwork by Flora Wallace

Listen on Apple/Spotify/etc here: smarturl.it/cuckoosong

credits

released September 18, 2020

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about

Cosmo Sheldrake London, UK

Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and producer.

cosmosheldrake.com

shows

Apr 19

YES

Manchester, UK
Apr 20

Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen

Leeds, UK
May 2

SWX

Bristol, UK
May 3

EartH

London, UK
May 4

EartH

London, UK
May 15

TRIX

Antwerp, Belgium
May 16

Tolhuistuin

Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 17

Le Hasard Ludique

Paris, France
May 18

Bürgerhaus Stollwerck

Cologne, Germany
May 20

KNUST

Hamburg, Germany
May 21

Metropol

Berlin, Germany
May 22

Theaterfabrik

Munich, Germany
May 28

Konzerthaus

Vienna, Austria
Jul 19

Minack Theatre

Penzance, UK
Oct 2

The Caves

Edinburgh, UK
Oct 3

New Century

Manchester, UK
Oct 4

PROJECT HOUSE

Leeds, UK
Oct 16

KOKO

London, UK

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