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The PiNG presents Below the Sea, Electroluminescent + Offensive Orange



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 November 1st - A Worthy Fall, Night 3 - November

Our Fall Feature on the wondrous Worthy Records label wraps up this
month with 3 new acts to the PiNG: Electroluminescent, Below the Sea
and Offensive Orange. Electroluminescent is a one-man band utilizing
layers of spacey guitar, loop samplers and a multitude of effects
processors.  Below the Sea are a 3 piece instrumental shoegaze/rock/
ambient/dreamy band that has existed for over 5 years, with their 3rd
album being released now. Live there's lots of guitar loops combined
with bass & drums. www.belowthesea.ca  Offensive Orange is Hamilton's
only no-rock duo. With a table full of malfunctioning electronics and
a certain sickness in their souls, let Offensive Orange bring a dash
of harsh to your evening. In their short year of existence this improv
noise duo have released dozens of limited edition CDRs and cassettes
on their own Middle James co. label and have managed to play with
acts like Les Georges Leningrad, Pengo, Jessica Rylan & Wolf Eyes.
www.myspace.com/offensiveorange   http://www.worthyrecords.com

Between Sets CD - "How Light Was Lost" by InsideAMind
Experi-mental chill-out madness from InsideAMind, a four-headed
DJ/turntablist/production crew using 8 turntables, FX & drum machine.
(Coming to the PiNG on November 29th with Pholde.)
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Coming Tuesday November 8th - dreamSTATE
    with Lynn Harrigan, Shirzad Sharif and General Chaos Visuals
http://www.dreamSTATE.to       http://www.lynnharrigan.com
http://www.shirzadsharif.com   http://www.generalchaosvisuals.com
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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

"Absorption" by Nadja

Aidan Baker's side project Nadja has followed up their brilliant
"Body Cages" disc with a split release alongside Methadrone on
NOTHingness REcords. "Absorption" is a deep and dark disc filled
with drones and distortion sure to appeal to fans of Nadja's
earlier work.

Split between the two bands, "Absorption" opens with Nadja's long
form piece "Absorbed in You", a feedback laden wall of sound that
assaults the senses from the first note. It's an aggressive sound
to be sure, but to say that this is just noise would be missing the
point. Throughout the track sounds and phrases drift up, swelling
in tone and then disappearing in the mix like so much flotsam and
jetsam floating in the froth, "Save me..." messages thrown out to
sea that will never be read. Eventually the sound shifts and breaks
into a slight drone piece punctuated by sparse drumming and light
guitar, a contrasting calm to the earlier storm, but still suggesting
the same tension and drama as before. The track closes with a return
to the same wall of sound from earlier, the suggestion that chaos is
a more natural state than order. A truly fascinating and beautiful 
piece as one would expect from Baker and company.

Methadrone contributes four tracks to their share of the disc and
while I've not heard any of their work before, I was quite impressed
by them. "A View into the Empty" is a heavy guitar based track where
power chords and sustained feedback create a very tense and
disturbing environment. It's a very powerful piece, rather majestic. 
"Absorbed" follows, a similar theme with more melodic elements,
an engaging and hypnotic track that pulls you deep under it's spell.
"Sustained Presence of Loss" and "Placebo (part 2)" round out the
disc, equally dark pieces that envelop the listener in a shroud
of feedback. Very appealing and very engaging work.

I've always enjoyed the idea of compilations and split releases,
they give the listener a chance to enjoy new work by artists they're
already familiar with, and to expose new artists that they may not
already know. "Absorption" is a fine example of the charms inherent
in compilations and an excellent place to discover some dark and
heavy new sounds.

rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com

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