13 Facts About Erland Cooper

Gawain Erland Cooper is a Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.

Erland Cooper's work combines field recordings with classical orchestration and contemporary electronic elements.

Erland Cooper is a recipient of a Royal Television Society award and his music is played frequently on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 6 Music as well as featured on various TV network productions.

Erland Cooper is widely known for burying the only existing copy of the master magnetic tape of his first classical album, a violin concerto in Orkney, deleting all digital files and leaving only a treasure hunt of clues for fans and his record label alike to search for it.

Erland Cooper buried the tape in early spring 2021 and intended to retrieve and release it in 2024.

Erland Cooper is credited by Mojo Magazine with exploring the concept of psychogeography, connecting identity, memory, and place through music, words and cinematography.

Erland Cooper explores these themes further by partnering with well-known artists and writers in his work and live shows.

In 2011 Erland Cooper co-founded the British shoegaze band The Magnetic North with Simon Tong and singer, composer and orchestral arranger Hannah Peel.

Erland Cooper said that the inspiration for the album came from an appearance of long dead Betty Corrigall in one of his dreams, insisting that he wrote an album about his home.

Erland Cooper released his debut solo album Solan Goose, heavily influenced by native Orcadian birds, on 23 March 2018.

In 2022, Erland Cooper provided a soundtrack, Music For Growing Flowers, to the Superbloom wildflower meadow installation within the moat of the Tower of London.

Erland Cooper is known for his contemporary arrangements of traditional Scottish and English folk songs, including most notably "Love Is a Killing Thing" and "The Derby Ram" collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Erland Cooper has written for established artists, such as Paul Weller.