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THE AMBiENT PiNG http://www.theambientping.com Tuesdays @ 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 Tuesday July 5th - Oldine and Aidan Baker >From Paris, France, Oldine (aka Thomas Robyn) creates a mesmerizing hushed atmospheric pastoral haze using laptop, minidisc, and guitar, a repetitive ebbing and flowing of sounds that occasionally seeps into a dazed cacophony of drone and feedback. http://www.lecridelaharpe.com/oldine Aidan Baker is a Toronto musician and writer making experimental/ ambient/drone music using electric guitar, looping pedal, and various electronics to create music that ranges from minimal abstractions to maximal walls of enveloping sound. http://www.aidanbaker.org Oldine and Aidan Baker have both released albums on the French label Le Cri de la Harpe. Visit the label's site to hear mp3 samples from their respective discs: http://www.lecridelaharpe.com Between Sets CD - "Harmless Love" by Nilan Perera Keeping with the evening's theme of creative live guitar and treatments we'll feature solo guitar works from experimental guitarist Nilan Perera's impressive recent limited-edition CD release "Harmless Love" between sets. http://www.soundtravels.ca/deepwireless/2003/perera.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Tuesday July 12th - Io with General Chaos Visuals http://www.eleguarecords.com http://www.generalchaosvisuals.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||: IN THE LOOP :|| by Luna Tek On Tuesday, June 28th, THE AMBiENT PiNG hosted two outstanding improv-based concerts featuring Rob Piilonen with Todd Pearson and Nick Storring with Rose Bolton, Michael Dobinson & Michael Keith. Rob Piilonen (flute) & DJ Syklik (aka Todd Pearson on turntables) have known each other since grade 9 and have had many opportunities to play together over the years. The resulting sense of trust and camaraderie helped to overcome the duo's technical difficulties as only 2 out of 3 of Todd's turntables were in working order for tonight's performance. As Todd pointed out after the show, "that's what improv is all about." According to Todd, he and Rob jammed the week before and were really happy with the three turntable + flute groove. For tonight's concert, Todd used a long drone as the through line and kept dropping things in - like a sample from the Smithsonian recording, Man on the Moon. Combined with Rob's use of long delays and treatments, the show was a great success and I have to admit that I gained a whole new appreciation for the turntable-as-instrument tonight. This evening's second set featured an electroacoustic performance by CEE (Canadian Electronic Ensemble) regulars Rose Bolton (violin, electronics, objects) and Michael Dobinson (objects, electronics, computer) with improvisers Nick Storring (cello/computer) and Michael Keith (guitar). In keeping with the show's improvisational bent, the second set took on a playful tone. After Rose Bolton promised the audience a new interpretation of "Sweet Home Alabama" with a segue into "A Bicycle Built for Two", Michael Keith delivered a "Sweet Home Alabama" riff between pieces. Well into the 1st piece, Nick's cello was foregrounded, creating a melodic ambience that contrasted with their 2nd piece's use of distortion and unusual sound effects. In keeping with their good-humored approach to tonight's show, the quartet ended the night with a silly finale, much to the delight of the PiNG audience. Nick Storring: http://www.nickstorring.com Rose Bolton: http://www3.sympatico.ca/larry_lake/rosienobars.htm Michael Dobinson: http://www3.sympatico.ca/larry_lake/mikeynobars.htm Michael Keith: http://p3.hostingprod.com/@alexiteric.com/michaelkeith.html Luna Tek - Please send e-mail queries & submissions for "I POP PiNG" magazine (launching September 2005) to luna@theambientping.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews "In which one may descend" by Pholde Alan Bloor has long been one of my favorite artists in the experimental/ improvisational genre, a truly distinct talent who's work is breathtakingly unique. Creating sculptures from random metal pieces and using their inherent sound and resonance to play them as instruments, he makes some of the most incredible work I've ever heard, emotional, engaging and strangely organic despite the soundsource. With the release of "In Which One May Descend" under his project Pholde (a quieter less processed exploration of metal's charms as opposed to his extreme noise project Knurl), Alan has once again tapped into a world of previously unheard music and charms. Featuring two long form tracks recorded live without overdubs ("To the Exclusion of the Alternative" and "Deposition of a Layer"), the disc fully captures the essence and ideal of Alan's work. Through light scraping and bowing of the sculpture used for this recording, "To the Exclusion of the Alternative" features a steady drone-like undertone over which occasional sounds rise and fall in an almost fluid way, building in number until they take control of the piece and move it in new directions. "Deposition of a Layer" follows a similar path, but remains unique in it's flow and arrangement, enabling the listener to imagine different environments and atmospheres specific to itself. Beautiful and unique, the work of Pholde never ceases to delight and inspire me. "In Which One May Descend" continues in this vein, and is a work of truly engaging music that will delight fans of Alan's previous work and will hopefully draw attention to more people who are willing to open their ears to new sounds and ideas. 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 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 Tuesday 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.