The Joyous Thing 3 # Eastern Ear: Margin Archive

Presented by Outlands, The Joyous Thing 3 is an annual gathering for the UK experimental music community and anyone with a curious ear. 2022's event featured an in person programme at MK Gallery, with newly commissioned works by Coby Sey, TACO!, ame, Lost Property, Eastern Ear, MK Gallery/Simon Wright, Tor Festival, Daniel W G Mackenzie, and Lukas Hornby; and live performances from emerging artists I Am Fya and Euso, plus DJ sets from Outlands members.

Eastern Ear is a community organisation led by a small group of Norfolk-based artists, musicians and improvisers.

Focused on celebrating, promoting and producing improvised and spontaneous music, Eastern Ear aim to bring new music to the region and to provide opportunities for artists and the wider community to participate in sonic art activity, from education to performance.

Alongside many one-off and bespoke projects, our core programme consists of the live programme series, Plink Plonk, the twice-monthly free improvisation community group, The Plank and producing Yarmonics festival of sound and new music with partners, originalprojects.

Margin Archive comprises music from the deepest corners of rural Norfolk, celebrating the work of artists and musicians working outside of towns and cities. Featuring field recordings, found sounds, recorded music, speech.