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Congratulations to rik maclean for all his very dedicated work, as the *ping things* CD shop is thrilled to announce its one year anniversary! There are quite a number of items on sale at http://www.pingthings.com to celebrate. Visit the site to find reduced prices on discs by Alpha Wave Movement, Aidan Baker, Deep Chill Network, James Johnson, Spacenoiz and more... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This Tuesday July 15th 2003 - Xeroid Entity Visiting the Ping from Nazareth, PA, Xeroid Entity is a trio of experienced electronic musicians: Howard Moscovitz, Greg Waltzer and Bill Fox. Their music is sometimes very relaxed and understated (similar to what is called space music) and othertimes is more energetic and a bit agressive. All of Xeroid Entity's music is spontaneous and improvised and all three musicians perform with Nord Modular synthesizers. Bill Fox also plays electric guitars though electronic processing chains and Howard Moscovitz sometimes plays the (quite rare) Neckville electric/MIDI banjo, which can control any synthesizer. http://www.xeroid-entity.com Between Sets CD - "A Storm Of Drones" - disc 1 by V/A We move onto "A Storm of Drones" the third collection from the Asphodel label's "Drones" series, which the Ping is featuring bi-monthly in 2003. The 1st disc from this triple CD set of dark soundscapes is a selection of music first released on the Montreal-based empreintes DIGITALes label, & includes works by Frances Dhomont, Jonty Harrison & other electroacoustic artists. http://www.asphodel.com/cat/asp_0966.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Tuesday July 22nd - Planet Of The Loops with Laurence Stevenson and Ben Grossman http://www.geocities.com/energymadeaudible/planet.html Between Sets CD - "Loop Studies One" by Aidan Baker (Laud Records - 2003) http://listen.to/aidan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews "Trillium" by Jonathan Hughes Washing over you with sweeping pads of sound, pulsing, orbiting, "Trillium" is a beautiful collection of pieces by Jonathan Hughes filled with organic sensibility. Constantly flowing in new directions and pathways, the songs on "Trillium" move and grow in such a way as to suggest to me a living entity brought to life through alchemy rather than biology. Use of tones in a percussive manner, lush sounds that evolve and reshape themselves, the sense of "breathing" pulses, they all give form to a new entity, a new lifeform. Tracing through the womb-like sounds of disc-opener "Imatra", to the self-discovery implied in "Alta" and the soft reflections of "Lua", and ending with the percussive summation of "Ganymede", "Trillium" is a work that I believe runs parallel to our own life experiences, our own existence. It's a disc that I think we can all identify with, and a work that it's listeners will carry inside for some time to come. Beautiful and inspired. rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com - http://www.pingthings.com (This month at pingthings.com, an exclusive interview with Mercurine plus the ping things first freaking anniversary sale...) Send an e-mail to pingthings-subscribe@yahoogroups.com for updates on *all* the latest releases on sale at ping things. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 or to any of your appropriate newsgroups. Thanks. To unsubscribe - reply with 'unsubcribe' in the e-mail body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .