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THE AMBiENT PiNG http://www.theambientping.com Wednesdays @ HACiENDA - 794 Bathurst Street at Bloor (directly across from the Bathurst subway station) - Toronto Doors open at 9pm - 1st set at 9:30 - PayWhatYouCan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This Wednesday June 1st - Thinkbox Windsor/ Detroit's Thinkbox is a self-curating media collective, created to explore technological works and contemporary media in relation to both gallery and commercial distribution networks. Thinkbox reflects the varied interests of its members. Much of their collective output to this point has involved the creation of large scale new media installations, of video projections, of performances in gallery settings, as well as occasional forays into the more experimental aspects of club culture. They have also delved heavily into web-based MP3 projects, and have released two CD projects, SETTINGS (2003) and GUITAR (2004). A third CD project, FIELDS, is currently in progress. Collective and/or solo member performances have occurred at the following major venues and festivals: Movement (Detroit's Electronic Music Festival), USA / Cranbrook Museum of Art, USA / New Maps Festival, Montreal / Deep Wireless Festival, Toronto / Vancouver New Music's Dangerous Currents Festival / The Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA / Mutek Festival (a 3-hour collective showcase event for the 2004 edition). Thinkbox was selected as one of URB magazine's "Next 100 Artists for 2004". Their CDs are distributed in Canada by THE CANADIAN MUSIC CENTRE For this PING show - their first visit to Toronto as a collective - Thinkbox will be represented by multi-media and electronic sound collage artist Mark Laliberte, film & video artist Chris McNamara and sound & video artist Steve Roy. http://www.thinkbox.ca Between Sets CD - "Somewhere Else" by Steve Roach & vidnaObmana "Somewhere Else" is a 71 minute piece from the limited edition three CD Box set "Ascension Of Shadows" which was recorded live in vidnaObmana's studio in Belgium during a European visit by Roach. http://www.steveroach.com http://www.vidnaobmana.be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Wed. June 8th - Sylken with URM and Anomalous Disturbances http://sylken.ca http://www.anomalousdisturbances.com http://www.urm.ca http://www.generalchaosvisuals.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||: IN THE LOOP :|| by Luna Tek On Wed., May 25, THE AMBiENT PiNG presented two outstanding concerts that extended the range of typical PiNG offerings. Ben Grossman (hurdy gurdy) & surprise guest, Sean O'Connor (bass clarinet), started things off with a series of lush soundscapes. The first song could have been composed for a classic black & white Hollywood movie soundtrack with its smoky atmospherics and long notes reminiscent of Ravel's "Bolero." The duo then retreated underwater for the second piece with a down tempo song that conjured willowy reeds and cattails swaying in a rippling pond. Without the murkiness often associated with marsh habitats, Ben and Sean entered a liquid musical space perfect for deep exploration by two post-traditional musicians with clear instrumental virtuosity. Next, The PiNG audience revisited the ProgRock roots of the best known early ambient music pioneers with a high voltage show by Winnipeg's Mahogany Frog. Serving up potent '70s grooves inspired by Soft Machine, Weather Report and Miles Davis, they led their music through intricate twist and turns, evoking Frank Zappa and Focus. Clearly, this was music not to be ignored and the audience responded in kind with enthusiasm and appreciation for this unexpected retrospective. More information about tonight's performers is available at: http://www.macrophone.org www.mahoganyfrog.ca *** Coming soon: i POP PiNG, THE AMBiENT PiNG's soon-to-be launched scene zine. i POP PiNG is looking for articles, reviews and musings by performers and listeners with ambient, improvisational and experimental leanings from anywhere in the world. Queries can be e-mailed to luna@theambientping.com. Luna Tek - luna@theambientping.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews "A Distant Signal" by Alpha Wave Movement perfectly captures the wonder and mysteries of space. With track one "Mapping the Heavens" we begin a journey through other worlds, a simple question used to open our minds to the possibilities of life on other planets. Lush synth tones caress the senses, a feeling of movement, the slow passage of time. The mood builds in track two "Distant Signals", leading into a thick groove that draws you in, pulling you into a new atmosphere, a new environment. "Liquid Cosmos" continues your journey, a beguiling arpeggio playing in the distance, a wash of synth, and the occasional chime. Breathtaking. It goes on, with each new piece another alien landscape taking form, a new land to discover. From dense ice worlds to planets where clouds billow and fold in spiralling patterns, "A Distant Signal" provides the soundtrack to a thousand new vistas, a thousand new sights. Space music at it's finest... 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 is a social sound/art event presenting live performances by Toronto's finest ambient, chillout, improv and experimental music artists plus performers from across the continent, every Wednesday evening at HACiENDA - 794 Bathurst Street at Bloor. 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.