The Joy of Nature is a project by LC from the Azores. He plays mostly instrumental acoustic/ambient music, inspired by nature, spirituality and folklore. He used to record under the older name The Joy of Nature and Discipline. At 2006's Summer the 7'' single "The Shepherd's Tea at 7" was released by the American label Little Somebody Records. From 2008 to 2010 The Joy of Nature released the trilogy "The Empty Circle". The first two parts were released by Ahsntern/Steinklang on CD and the last part was released, also on CD, by Rage In Eden. During that time, The Joy of Nature also released a split with novemthree - “Auguries of Innocence/Meandering in Streams of Reflection” -, two rarities collections and "a evasão das fadas" on CDr by Lurker's Realm. On April 1st of 2012 The Joy of Nature finally released "My Work Was Not Yet Done", showing some relevant differences in sound comparing to previous releases. After, The Joy of Nature released through his own Bandcamp, a huge anthology with all work by The Joy of Nature, Teatro Grotesco and side-projects to the two mentioned. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.