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The Ambient Ping presents RADiO iN AMBiENCE Part 1



This week begins a two-week series titled RADiO iN AMBiENCE
featuring experimental artists making extensive use of radio
as a live ambient sound source, including live radio broadcasts
of Greg Clow's "Feedback Monitor". Tune in on CIUT 89.5-FM
Tuesday @ 10-12pm EST if you can't make it out to the show
or on the internet at http://www.ciut.fm/ (Sorry for the extralongpost
this week - rik's pingthings CD review awaits at the end...)
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THE AMBiENT PiNG   http://www.theambientping.com
Free - Every Tuesday Night - doors open at 9pm - 1st set at 9:30
  @ club nia / C'est What - 19 Church St. at Front St. - Toronto
         3 blocks east of the Union Station subway.
         map - http://www.cestwhat.com/map.html
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Tuesday May 6th - RADiO iN AMBiENCE Part 1

This is a special presentation for the Deep Wireless "celebration
of Radio Art" in collaboration with New Adventures in Sound Art
taking place throughout May. http://www.deepwireless.ca

Floating ensemble Planet Of The Loops will be focusing on
radio transmissions as their primary sound source for an
evening of live loop-based improvisations. The Planet's founder,
Andrew Aldridge (guitar with Sarah Slean, Kathryn Rose ...)
will be joined by world musician Rick Hyslop (violin with
Mazameze, Legion Of Green Men and many others) for a
first set featuring live weather radio, short-wave, crystal radio
and vintage tape looping, followed by a second set trapping
and twisting the live broadcast of Feedback Monitor -
Greg Clow's weekly radio program dedicated to new sounds
in electronic and experimental music on CIUT-FM 89.5, Toronto.

Planet Of The Loops:
http://www.geocities.com/energymadeaudible/planet.html
Greg Clow / Feedback Monitor:
http://www.feedbackmonitor.com

Between Sets CD "Subterranean Collective disc 1" by vidnaObmana
Dark, drifting synth chords float over tribal rhythms on this
double CD from Belgian sound artist vidnaObmana, who has
remastered and resequenced tracks from 3 albums originally
recorded 1992-94. This collection also features contributions
from Djen Ajakan Shean, Steve Roach, Robert Rich & Alio Die.
(PROJECKT - 2001)  http://www.vidnaobmana.be
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Coming Tuesday May 13th - RADiO iN AMBiENCE Part 2

Toronto radio legend David Pritchard (host of the infamously
eclectic Late Night show on CHUM-FM in the late 60s/early 70s,
the first manager/program director for CFNY-FM when it
exploded from 200 to 100,000 watts in the 70s, and creator of
"Nocturnal Eathworm Stew" (Island) opens the night with short-wave
manipulations plus prepared excerpts from random transmissions
& slices of his previous radio-centric works like "An Admission
Of Guilt". Joining him will be multi-instrumentalist Byron Wong
(King Brand Vallium, My Brilliant Beast) and electronic
soundscape artist Scott M2 (dreamSTATE, earotica)
on radios, treatments and looping devices.

In the second set, electronic duo Self-Service (Jakob Thiesen
& Rebecca McLellan) will tune in to the airwaves to pillage &
resample Greg Clow's Feedback Monitor radio show (which will
be including sections of the previous week's Planet Of The Loops'
Deep Wireless performance looping Feedback Monitor on May 6th)
to bring RADiO iN AMBiENCE full circle in a week-long
self-consuming loop. Self-Service plan a fresh mix of electronic
music where sources both familiar and obscure coexist with
their own pulsing consonant tones.

Scott M2 - http://www.dreamstate.to/about_dreamstate.htm
Jakob Thiesen - http://www.theambientping.com/thiesen/home.html
Greg Clow / Feedback Monitor - http://www.feedbackmonitor.com
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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

Automatic Fats "Molasses Springs"

Beaty, bass-y, and altogether groovy, "Molasses Springs" by
Automatic Fats is a vibe-laden trip through new environments.
Thick with mid to lo-tempo grooves, the songs on this album
showcase a fluid sense of dynamics with an attention to the
creation of space and atmosphere.  Bass-driven melodies and 
trippy percussion mingle and fuse with processed samples,
pads, bells and ambience, and in the end it all comes together
in a really satisfying synthesis that totally makes me wanna
shake my thang.  And let me assure you, the thang shaking
is infectious.  You'll feel it in the slinky shuffle of "Dimitri from
Athens" or in the strut of "Jackfish".  You'll feel it throughout
this disc...

They say that "some fats are good for you" and I would have
to agree that Automatic Fats is VERY good for you...

"Molasses Springs" is available now through *ping things*
at THE AMBiENT PiNG or online at http://www.pingthings.com

Send an e-mail to pingthings-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
to be updated on all the latest releases on sale at PiNG THiNGS.

rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com
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The Ambient Ping presents free live performances by Toronto's
finest ambient, chillout and experimental music artists plus
performers from across the continent, every Tuesday at club nia
(aka C'est What) featuring a comfortable lower stage area, perfect
for attentive listening, plus a higher level with a bar, back room
and more seating that's great for conversation, good food and the
club's impressive beer, wine and whiskey selection. Musical treats
are on offer at the *ping things* ambient/experimental CD boutique.
Drop off food at *ping things* for the Daily Bread Food Bank too
and we'll ensure that it gets there. http://www.theambientping.com
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Please forward this e-mail to any friends who may be interested
in live ambient, chillout and experimental music performances