This year we’re excited to bring The Joyous Thing to Outer Waves in Liverpool. Started last year, the second edition of the festival returns to the city for more alternative music, experimental sound and boundary crossing DJs at Invisible Wind Factory.
We will be holding another member-led event featuring opportunities for discussion and networking, including member spotlights, a group discussion, performances and openings for more casual conversation. In addition to this the festival is providing stage time for Outlands member DJ slots.
Tickets for Outer Waves are on sale now, and the lineup includes OXN, Dame Area, Lord Spikeheart, and Keeley Forsyth, who is the focus of our upcoming touring commission.
More information on Outer Waves can be found on their website.
Member Spotlights
Cobalt Studios
Established, built and run by artists, Cobalt has been slowly evolving since 1999, now offering 14 affordable artist studios and community co-working. They run a six day a week multi arts program 33 weeks of the year and are planning to open more studios dedicated to music, community radio, open access recording studio, workshop space and additional events room.
Float
Float organise concerts, exhibitions, workshops, meetups and more at various venues in Huddersfield. They are an open collective for anyone who identifies as queer or as belonging to a marginalised gender interested in creative technology. Meet ups usually include some kind of activity e.g a presentation, skill share, small performance or themed discussion.
Outer Waves
Outer Waves is a weekend of boundary-pushing sound, performance, and art — a gathering for the curious and the sonically adventurous. This year’s programme brings together an international roster of artists exploring ritual, rhythm, and raw emotion in all their forms.
Live Performance
Zac Clowes and Jonah Wardle
Zac Clowes is a composer, sound designer and session musician who studied music composition at University of Brighton. His work opens out from traditional song writing into more experimental ambient and film soundtracks. Jonah Wardle creates music for short films, whilst also working as a producer of music for other media. Under the name Machine Hire he produces experimental ambient music
Though the pair and perform together, in 2024 releasing the collaborative album Truth Falls, for The Joyous Thing they will be performing short solo sets to bookend the afternoon’s events.
