Erland Cooper: Carve the Runes
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“exploring the place where electronic and classical music can co-habit”
“Nature’s songwriter”
“Cooper’s project serves as a commentary on the disposable nature of music and the immediacy with which it is delivered”
Erland Cooper is a Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist originally from Stromness, Orkney. As a solo artist, he has released four acclaimed studio albums, with four additional companion albums and multiple EP's, including a trilogy of work inspired by his childhood home, as well as themes of nature, people, place and time. His first album on the Decca/Mercury KX label, Folded Landscapes, was released in May 2023.
Erland's work combines field recordings with traditional orchestration and contemporary electronic elements. Through music, words and cinematography he explores landscape, memory and identity. He develops these themes further by partnering with other artists, writers and poets. He also works across mixed media projects including installation art, theatre and film. Erland Cooper was commissioned to create the original music to soundtrack the Superbloom installation at the Tower of London celebrating The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
In May 2021, Erland planted the only existing copy of the master tape of his first classical album, Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence, in Orkney, Scotland, deleting all digital files and leaving only a treasure hunt of clues for fans and his record label alike to search for it. The tape, which honors the Scottish poet George Mackay Brown, was found in late 2022.
Erland will share his buried album, unearthed, in the world premiere live performance with a chamber string ensemble at the Barbican Hall in June 2024. Decca/Mercury KX will also release Carve the Runes exactly as it sounds from the earth. Following the London premiere and another in Scotland, Erland will tour internationally and is available for performances that feature music from the album, as well as works from his highly acclaimed trilogy of albums inspired by the landscapes of Orkney, Scotland.
Listen to Erland Cooper's Folded Landscapes.
Read about Carve the Runes in The Independent.
More about Erland Cooper.