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Apr 2023
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#185 CultureLab: Cosmo Sheldrake on capt...

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Have you ever stopped to think about what life underwater sounds like?  Well, now is your chance to hear it first-hand as multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, Cosmo Sheldrake, has released a collection of music composed entirely out of recordings from our oceans and the animals that inhabit them. 'Wild Wet World' has been a decade in the making and ... Show More
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