The Ambient Ping presents Alpha Wave Movement and Paul Royes

["Scott M2" <scott@dreamstate.to>]

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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This Tuesday May 27th - Alpha Wave Movement and Paul Royes

Visiting the Ping from Miami Florida, Alpha Wave Movement
invites you to "take a long twilight journey beyond timeless cosmic
corridors and deep desert landscapes of sound". Expect emotional,
melodic and improvised Ambient/Space music, integrating the
classic sequencer influenced music of the 1970's with deep
atmospheres of synthetic bliss. AWM's guest synthesist will be
Christopher Cameron of electronica project Thought Guild.
http://www.alpha-wave.net

Opening the night, Cybertarist / looper Paul Royes, performing
as Red Resonant Skywalker, initiates his new project
"Explosions from a Mayan Plateau" (a three movement piece:
Acoustic Age to Electric Age to Cyberstatic Age)
http://home.goodmedia.com/~dw/cybertar.html

Between Sets CD - "Broken Voyage" by Kelly David ( 2002)
Denver Colorado-based electronic artist Kelly David's debut CD
mixes dark soundscapes with tribal injections, inspired by imagery
from desolate South Pacific Islands. The expansive final mix is by
ambient master Steve Roach. http://www.kellydavid.com
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Coming June 3rd - | head | phone | over | tone | & Hypnotech 3
http://www.mp3.com/hpot   http://www.mp3.com/hypnotech3
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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

"Starfarer's Tales Volume 1" by IXOHOXI and Numina

Once again Jesse Sola of Numina has perfectly captured the
music of dreams and made it real. This time in collaboration with
IXOHOXI, "Starfarer's Tales Volume 1" is a superb collection
of long form ambient pieces that has been glued to my CD player
since it's first play.

The mood is set beginning with the beautiful "Terraformers", where
light percussion plays off a number of undulating drones, whirling,
twirling, rising and falling. The combination of beats and pads creates
a hypnotic effect that draws you into the music, falling deeper and
deeper under it's spell.  "Orbiting the Holont" presents a slower more 
subtle piece, with floating pads playing underneath a bed of slowly
evolving synth stabs and infrequent percussion. The feeling of lazy
movement through space, the slow tug of gravity, it's beauty is undeniable.

Track three "Shaman of Tahir" makes wonderful use of tribal
drumming, giving movement to the piece, propelling it along to new
places. I especially like the use of shaker in this one, it has some
really tasty processing on it that makes it quite effective.

The Fourth track, "Cloudland", closes out the disc with a breathy
ascension of sweeping tones rising through the sky in a circular
motion.  Truly breathtaking and inspiring, the only drawback to
this piece being that it's the end of the disc.

"Starfarer's Tales Volume 1" by Numina and IXOHOXI is available
now at *ping things*, where Numina is the featured artist this month.
Visit the *featured* section at http://www.pingthings.com to read
an exclusive interview, to buy Numina discs at a special sale price,
and to hear full length tracks in Real Media format.

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rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com  -  http://www.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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