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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...) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Please forward this e-mail to any friends who may be interested in live ambient, chillout and experimental music performances