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THE AMBiENT PiNG http://www.theambientping.com Every Tuesday Night @ The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom 1214 Queen St. West (At the corner of Gladstone/Dufferin St.) Doors open at 9pm - 1st set at 9:30 - PayWhatYouCan http://www.gladstonehotel.com/MapQuest%20Maps%20map.htm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This Tuesday November 16th - Anomalous Disturbances with Matthew Poulakakis and Aidan Baker plus "20 Years Audible" videos for CIUT 89.5 FM Vancouver based ambientalist, Anomalous Disturbances (Terry O'Brien) returns to THE AMBiENT PiNG once again to perform two sets of improvised soundscapes. Also featured before and between sets are screenings of works by New Zealand and Japanese artists, presented in celebration of 20 years of "The Audible Woman", Sarah Peebles' long-running radio program bringing you "experimental" music composed and otherwise created by women from around the globe. The Audible Woman airs the first Wednesday of every month, 6-8 pm on CIUT 89.5 FM. Sarah will be in the house to collect pledges for the station-fundraising on behalf of The Audible Woman. http://www.ciut.fm 9:00 pm (sharp) video - "Te Hekenga-A-Rangi" (Aotearoa/New Zealand) Performances and interviews with the late Hirini Melbourne & Richard Nunns with Aroha Yates-Smith. Revivalists, improvisers, & scholars of ancient Maori instruments & scholar Maori female deities 9:30 pm - Anomalous Disturbances live - Using an array of digital sampling/looping devices & sound processors through which he plays his guitars, Terry's works have been characterized as, "long slow tone-creepings that inch around one's living room, exhaling grey mysteries and ominous calms." (from a recent review by Marc S. Tucker) http://www.anomalousdisturbances.com 10:20 pm - video - "Let there be Light" (Japan) Nami Hotatsu (voice, electronics) and Ko Ishikawa (sho/mouth-organ and electronics). Mesmerizing visuals reminiscent of water-colour paintings gradually dissolve into one another, mirrored beautifully by Hotatsu and Ishikawa's soundscape and spoken word. 10:45 pm - For his second set, Terry will be joined by special guests, and AMBiENT PiNG alumni, Matthew Poulakakis (aka Automatic Fats / Solipsystem) and Aidan Baker (ARC). http://cdbaby.com/cd/automaticfats http://listen.to/aidan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 23rd - Planet Of The Loops http://www.geocities.com/energymadeaudible/planet.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews Following up the brilliant "Illusions of Light", Sylken released "PiNG", a stunning live presentation of the ever evolving musical collective taken from a pair of performances recorded at THE AMBiENT PiNG. Opening with "Here, then Gone", Sylken creates a deep and foreboding environment given a small hint of light by a lonely trumpet played masterfully by Wally Jericho, a frequent contributor to the project. Quiet synth lines pass by in the darkness, like comets travelling through space, burning brightly for only an instant, a faded memory the next. I'm not too sure who plays what on each track, but I'll comment here that both Eric Hopper & Steven Sauve of Sylken have a masterful approach to creating beautiful and emotional music through their keyboards, coaxing notes and tones that others would be unable to create. Hearing the sonic bliss they're responsible for I oftentimes think of the two of them as magicians more than musicians. "The Sonorous Apparition" follows in the same dark vein, sound bended and folded in ways that shouldn't be possible, and yet becomes all the more beautiful for it. Random notes, a little guitar perhaps? It's all good... "NGC 720" closes the disc, conjuring images of distant stars and nebulae swirling in the depths of space, a ballet of astronomy. Notes ebb and flow, grow and swell, rise and fall in a rapturous swirl, sweetly caressing the listener. Sensual. Three pieces of long form ambience, all with their own unique charms. "PiNG" by Sylken fully captures the magic of performance and the beauty of space. Highly recommended. rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com http://www.pingthings.com = ambient + electronic + chill things 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 live performances by Toronto's finest ambient, chillout and experimental music artists plus performers from across the continent, every Tuesday evening at the Ballroom in the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West at Gladstone/Dufferin St. - Both the Queen Streetcar and the Dufferin Bus stop right at the hotel. http://www.gladstonehotel.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Please forward this e-mail to any friends who may be interested in live ambient, chillout and experimental music performances