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Wild Wet World and Torus review: Transmuting obscure worlds into music

Giving musical voice to the deep ocean and to the complex shapes of geometry is a serious ask. But composers Cosmo Sheldrake and Emily Howard manage this tough brief with aplomb

By Bethan Ackerley

3 May 2023

Cosmo Sheldrake

Composer Cosmo Sheldrake celebrates the ocean using recordings of the creatures in it

Flora Wallace

Wild Wet World
Cosmo Sheldrake

Torus
Emily Howard
NMC Recordings

THERE are worlds out there, both beyond and within our own, that aren’t easily reached or captured in the mind’s eye. Two new albums tackling disparate subjects – the soundscape of the deep ocean and the many wonders of geometry – have managed to bring two such realms to life, making the intangible tangible through their carefully crafted songs.

Wild Wet World, the latest album from musician and composer …

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