Erland Cooper is an Emmy nominated, Scottish composer, producer & multi-instrumentalist, originally from the Orkney Islands. As a solo artist, he has released five critically acclaimed studio albums, with multiple companion LPs & EPs, including a trilogy of work inspired by his childhood home, as well as themes of nature, people, place & time. His work often combines field recordings with traditional orchestration & contemporary electronic elements.

He is credited with exploring the concept of psychogeography - connecting identity, memory, and place through music, words and cinematography. He explores these themes further by partnering with other artists, poets and writers in his work and reaching a wider audience with international live performances.

Cooper also works across mixed media projects including installation art & film. He’s widely known for burying the only existing copy of the master tape of his first classical album in Scotland, deleting all digital files & leaving only a treasure hunt of clues for fans and his record label alike to search for it. The tape was found, unearthed and released in 2024. The LP became the first planted number 1 album, in collaboration with nature, topping the UK official classical charts.

His music is played frequently across BBC3 & BBC6 radio, as well as synced on multiple television and film productions. Along with broadcast premières, his works have now been performed in the concert hall by the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Ensemble. He also tours with his own ensemble, playing piano, electronics and tape machines, performing on prestigious stages globally, and reaching a growing audience of fans who are coming to his music through a combination of his projects, most often inspired by the natural world.

“Nature’ s songwriter” Guardian
"one of the most unique, consistently engaging composers of his generation" CLASH
“..speaks to a universal emotional truth” MOJO
“at once calming and euphoric, with a beauty that’s its own justification” UNCUT
“..exploring the place where electronic and classical music can co-habit” The Quietus
“like a spiritually charged requiem for the pristine landscapes that inspired it” Electronic Sound
“Masterful. A work of audio art” Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music
"If geology could speak its dreams and geography could sing in its sleep, this is what it would sound like” Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate