Brighton Erland Cooper

Erland Cooper's debut solo album Solan Goose, released in 2018, marked the beginning of a triptych of albums inspired by the natural world around Orkney, with track titles taken from Orcadian dialect words for birds.

What is Erland Cooper's background? Erland Cooper was born and raised in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, and later co-founded bands such as Erland and the Carnival and The Magnetic North in London, before starting his solo career in 2018.

What kind of music can we expect from Erland Cooper? His music combines field recordings with classical orchestration, piano, and contemporary electronic elements, and he is known for contemporary arrangements of traditional Scottish and English folk songs, often described as ambient, contemporary classical, modern classical, and folk.

What's next for Erland Cooper? On Monday, 30 November 2026, Erland Cooper will perform at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts in Brighton, with his show titled Carve the Runes Then Be Content With Silence, and tickets are with the button beside the article.