Fw: The Ambient Ping presents Xeroid Entity

["Bill Fox" <billfox@fast.net>]

This is Bill cross posting some gig spam...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott M2" <scott@dreamstate.to>
To: "THE AMBiENT PiNG LiST" <pinglist@dreamstate.to>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 12:59 PM
Subject: The Ambient Ping presents Xeroid Entity


> 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
> 
> The Planet Of The Loops' bi-monthly looping series returns
> with long-time collaborators in traditional European music,
> Laurence Stevenson and Ben Grossman as they explore
> their loopier, experimental selves for this concert. Laurence is
> a formidable fiddler in the realm of Celtic, folk and traditional
> music and Ben is a hurdy gurdy (vielle a roue/Drehleier) player
> who's not afraid of a bouree or mazurka. They both additionally
> share backgrounds in experimental music, sound design and
> composition, and will be using live looping devices and
> electronics to extend their instruments. The evening will 
> be totally improvised...protective headwear is optional.
> http://www.geocities.com/energymadeaudible/planet.html
> 
> Between Sets CD - "Loop Studies One" by Aidan Baker
> Four extended pieces of sparce and beautiful ambient guitar
> looping which evolve slowly to create a gentle, peaceful space.
> (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.
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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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> 
> 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.