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Ensemble Nist Nah with Will Guthrie

Ensemble Nist-Nah is a contemporary Gamelan / percussion ensemble led by France-based Australian drummer and percussionist Will Guthrie. Nist-Nah explores Gamelan instrumentation, using the metallaphones, hand drums and gongs of Indonesia alongside drum kit, other percussion and objects, found and junk.ENSEMBLE NIST-NAH (aus, gb, fr)with Will Guthrie, Charles Dubois, Thibault Florent, Colline Grosjean, Amelie Grould, […]
3 years ago

The Plank 2023 guest artist series

Join us to celebrate Eastern Ear’s fifth anniversary at this very intimate Plink Plonk.The evening will feature two table top improvised performances from Sharon Gal and Charlotte Arculus. We will also be showing a selection of printed photographs from events over the past five years.The event will take place in the courtyard at The Merchant’s […]
3 years ago

Trio Sowari & Miles Otto

Our 2020 Plink Plonk season kicks off with this wonderful show from the amazing electroacoustic group Trio Sowari, with support from Norwich-based electronic artist, Miles Otto. Trio Sowari: Phil Durrant – modular and software synthesizers Burkhard Beins – percussion and objects Bertrand Denzler – tenor saxophone ”Moving within evolving electro-acoustic fields Trio Sowari investigates their […]
5 years ago

Graham Dunning & Plankestra / Pas De Deux opening event

To open Pas De Deux – Laure Van Minden & Paul Levy we have two very special improvised performances from PLANKESTRA and Graham Dunning. Both performances will respond to a series of visual works made by Laure Van Minden and Paul Levy. PLANKESTRA is an ever-changing ensemble made up of participants from our fortnihgly improv […]
5 years ago

Eugene Chadbourne solo & Kenny Process Team

A super-rare visit to Norwich from Doc Chad with support from the recently reformed Kenny Process Team Chadbourne’s music has been described as ‘part protest music, part free improvisation, and part avant-garde jazz, topped off with his absurd, squeaky vocals’. A prolific recording artists who has performed across the globe for over forty years, collaborating […]
9 years ago

Loula Yorke / Taz Cobalt / ATARI PUNK GIRLS

A short performance from participants of the ‘ATARI PUNK GIRLS’ synth building and composition workshops with Loula Yorke, held earlier in the day. Each participant will build a version of the classic Atari Punk Console, collaborating with Yorke the group will perform an improvised electronic soundscape. Solo set from the alter-ego of Colleen O’Brien, Taz […]
9 years ago

Steve Noble / Plankestra / Haydn Lukies

Plink Plonk presents Steve Noble / Haydn Lukies / Plankestra Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive and hyper-detailed playing has galvanized encounters with Derek Bailey, Matthew Shipp, Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Stephen O’Malley, Joe McPhee, Alex Ward, Rhodri Davies and many, many more. Haydn Lukies is […]
9 years ago