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Musician Cosmo Sheldrake takes Martha Kearney on a trip down memory lane as they explore his childhood haunts on Hampstead Heath. They first head to a tucked away bird sanctuary where Cosmo used to come with his dad, and talk about the profound influence that birdsong has had on his music making over the years. They pass through beech groves in search of his favourite tree, "The Beanstalk", which he used to climb every day after school. And they get creative with field recordings, using Cosmo's recording kit to tune into underground and underwater worlds. His geophone records the sound of the soil beneath their feet: the gurgle of water through clay and the shuffle of subterranean insects. And his hydrophone records the sound of the ponds: the fizz of photosynthesising plants and the bubble of fish. Cosmo is a UK-based multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, live improviser, and field recordist. His music ranges widely from celebratory anthems to sparse electronic production, to haunting polyphonic songs that have grown out of field recordings of birds, whales, fish, frogs, and fungi, and more. Running through all his work is a belief that the living world is a noisy and musical place with the power to change how we think, feel, and imagine. Producer: Becky Ripley