The man who makes music with the more-than-human world
Robin Eveleigh
created: May 19, 2025, 7 a.m. | updated: June 3, 2025, 11:09 a.m.
What would change if forests, waterways and wildlife were recognised as more than just resources?
The concept is now gathering pace, with advocates calling for the more-than-human world to be granted legal protection, a voice in decision-making and even recognition for its creativity.
First up, we tune in to the nature-inspired music of Cosmo SheldrakeA skylark and a cow.
Hardly your typical rave innovators, but to musician Cosmo Sheldrake’s ears, their sounds conjured up images of dancefloor mayhem.
Chopping and tweaking samples captured on a field recorder, he gives centre stage to the creative power of wild spaces and the more-than-human world.
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