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The PiNG presents GeekWeekend



THE AMBiENT PiNG   http://www.theambientping.com
Tuesdays @ HACiENDA - 794 Bathurst Street at Bloor
(directly across from the Bathurst subway station) - Toronto
Doors open at 9pm - 1st set at 9:30 - PayWhatYouCan

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This Tuesday August 2nd - GeekWeekend 

This is the debut performance of new music ensemble GeekWeekend -
featuring Rob Hoare, on loan to Canada from Berlin, and Steven Sauve,
at no extra charge. GeekWeekend makes use of chance techniques, musical
instruments, and the occasional laptop or two. This upcoming show will
feature the rolling of dice, some game playing, and English language
poetry spoken by Se-rok Park, a Korean woman with a German accent.
And that's just the first set!

Rob Hoare (sax, flute, laptop, words, dice) - http://www.robhoare.de
Steven Sauve (synthesizer, laptop, dice) - http://www.karmafarm.ca

Between Sets CD - "Outpost" by Robert Rich & Ian Boddy
Outpost" is the 1st collaboration between British synthesist Ian Boddy
and American ambient master Robert Rich. Together, they have concocted
a mysterious blend of fluid electronic rhythms and impressionistic 50's
Sci-Fi soundscapes. http://www.robertrich.com  http://www.din.org.uk

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Coming Tuesday August 9th - Nilan Perera and CJ Boyd
http://www.sarahpeebles.net/cinn_bio_perera.htm
http://www.cjboyd.com

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||: IN THE LOOP :||  by Luna Tek

On Tuesday, July 26, 2005, THE AMBiENT PiNG closed out the month of
July with Planet of the Loops featuring Aidan Baker and Andrew Aldridge.
Aidan and Andrew kept things simple for this show, augmenting their
distinctive electric guitar sounds with samples, effects boxes and
looping pedals. 

An otherworldly presence was front & center early in the first set with
distorted vocal samples woven into delicately probing guitar loops. As
this freely improvised set developed, the voices faded into deeper spaces.
Subtle samples injected through guitar pickups mingled with the loopers'
pure instrumental experimentation, creating sensuous waves of sound.

Returning to the stage for a second set, Andrew and Aidan started things 
off with a beautifully textured passage that slowly built to an intense
swell of electronic sound before unwinding into quiet whispers of
distortion. As Aidan grabbed his bow, Andrew put his guitar down to
focus on manipulating his pedals and the set concluded with a passage
blending the tonal and the atonal drifts of interplanetary loops.

More information at: http://listen.to/aidan and
http://www.geocities.com/energymadeaudible/planet.html

*** iPOP PING magazine is shaping up to be a wide ranging, whimsical
collection of ambient thoughts, experimental attitudes and innovative
art. Articles, poetry and art submissions are still being welcomed
at this address: luna@theambientping.com  - Luna Tek.

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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

"Eye of the Nautilus" by Numina

It's subtle and magical, playing right on the periphery of the senses.
I sit very still while I'm listening to it, afraid that any movement
or noise might mean that I miss some of it, something crucial.
Something important. It requires focus.

"Eye of the Nautilus" is the second release on the Hypnos label by
Jesse Sola of Numina. My appreciation for Jesse's work, my adoration
for his music, is pretty well documented by this point. But even
given my feelings, I was totally unprepared for the beauty of
"Eye of the Nautilus".

There's a womblike serenity to this music, something so natural,
so warm, so inviting. Tracks drift and flow throughout the disc,
slight melodies and distant sounds rising and falling on the edge
of your hearing. Time seems to slow down while it plays, as if
minutes and seconds have less meaning and are instead measured by
the passing of notes and waves. It all comes together so fluidly,
so naturally, so perfectly that it seems like this music has always
existed, that this is the sound of the oceans, and the earth, and
the moon, and the stars, and everything else. Primal, connected, 
organic.

It's subtle and magical, playing right on the periphery of the
senses. I sit very still while I'm listening to it, afraid that
any movement or noise might mean that I miss some of it,
something crucial. Something important.

Something divine.

Something wonderful.

Something...

perfect.

rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com

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THE AMBiENT PiNG is a social sound/art event presenting
live performances by Toronto's finest ambient, chillout, improv
and experimental music artists plus performers from across
the continent, every Tuesday evening at HACiENDA -
794 Bathurst Street at Bloor. http://www.theambientping.com

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