The bold new eight part docuseries from the award winning team at The Cosmic Shambles Network presented by Charlotte Ritchie.

There are few cultural universals quite like music. It has the power to invoke the entire gamut of human emotions in a way almost nothing else can. In this groundbreaking docuseries The Cosmic Shambles Network covers the history of music like no series ever has before.

Over four years in the making, presenter Charlotte Ritchie (Ghosts, You) will take you on an fun filled journey from the very first sound waves after the Big Bang to the future of AI music with almost everything in between. Bone flutes and Blues. Neanderthals and Nightingales. Techo and Tabla. Featuring over 100 exclusive interviews with world leading musicians, scientists and historians, For The Record is the ultimate story of the how, when and why of music.

Directed and produced by Trent Burton (Rapid Motion Through Space, Curious People) and featuring exclusive new music from , David McAlmont, Charlotte Carpenter, Rurrai Joseph, Sonny Tennet and more.

coming
JUNE 25 2026
(All 8 episodes dropping over the Glastonbury Fallow Weekend)

Read about how the series came to be in ‘The Incomplete History of the Incomplete History of Music’ by director & producer Trent Burton here.

TRUNKMAN PRODUCTIONS and THE COSMIC SHAMBLES NETWORK in association with THE ROYAL INSTITUTION and KINGS PLACE MUSIC FOUNDATION proudly present
FOR THE RECORD: AN INCOMPLETE HISTORY OF MUSIC
presented by CHARLOTTE RITCHIE
director of photography ANDREW MICKELBURGH lead camera ALICE DEGRASSI sound TOM REDHEAD editor TRENT BURTON publicity STRIKE MEDIA associate producer MELINDA BURTON based on an idea by TRENT BURTON and STEVE PRETTY executive producers THE COSMIC SHAMBLES NETWORK PATREONS  THE LAURA KINSELLA FOUNDATION  TRENT BURTON
produced and directed by TRENT BUTON