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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 19th PHH!K and Gnostic Rocket Opening the night, Gnostic Rocket is an experiment in rhythm, repetition and controlled chaos. It is built on a foundation of dub and experimental music, utilising Theremin (channeled through a Korg X911 guitar synth), Yamaha CS-01 analog synth with breath controller, Korg ER1 drum machine, self-generated samples and the Springboard Dub, a custom designed delay/ effects/sound-generating unit by Arius Blaze (www.audible-ism.com). No laptops here. Intensive delay and unpredictable analog sound generators with unusual control features allow a unique improvisation between man and machine, each feeding into and leading the other. An attempt dethrone the tyranny of the mind and reify the body. Gnostic Rocket is a one-man project of Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist Steve Barber, who has performed with a diverse roster of artists including: The Weights, Keyop, Syntonics, Bodega, Alvy, and most recently, Evil Doers. PHH!K then presents "Thereminstahs": an evening of improvs and repertoire for non-tactile controllers and various analog/synth noisemakers. PHH!K are a duo who have been performing live electronic music for more than a decade. Their work is informed by the classic period of electronics when music was made with razor-blades, filtered through current digital practice, all created in real-time by non-tactile controllers including 2 Moog Theremins and the Buchla Lightning interface. They have performed across Canada as well as in Europe and among their highlights are performances at the Ijsbreker in Amsterdam, the Winnipeg new music fest and their live appearance accompanying the K-W Canada Day fireworks display for an audience of thousands. "This is experimental music in the best possible sense, with compositions that are made from previously unheard-of combinations of tones and textures. There's an otherworldly quality to it as well, especially when the performers build slippery, pulsating banks of theremin-generated sine waves." - Georgia Straight, Vancouver PHH!K are Peter Hannan and Henry Kucharzyk. Living in Vancouver and Toronto respectively makes their chances to perform together limited. So join them for their only Toronto appearance this summer. http://www.phhk.com Between Sets CD - "Landscape in Obscurity" by VidnaObmana This longform work of deep ambience by VidnaObmana with Capriolo Trifoglio and Diego Borotti (flute and saxophone) uses a "recycling" process to merge elements of jazz & electronics. http://www.vidnaobmana.be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Tuesday July 26th - Planet Of The Loops http://www.geocities.com/energymadeaudible/planet.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||: IN THE LOOP :|| by Luna Tek On July 12th, offering a brief reprieve from the city's most recent heat wave, Io treated PiNG-goers to a cool evening of down-tempo rhythms and ambient collage. Visiting Toronto from Washington, D.C., David Font represented the Io trio, playing two high-calibre sets. In the 1st set, delicate insect samples coalesced with metallics, creating a lovely contrapuntal effect. Io incorporated samples from a gamelan ensemble & David's own field recordings into the evening's tightly woven sonic explorations. General Chaos Visuals provided the visual ambience, using a particularly fitting triptych effect of interweaving layers in this opening piece. Io's 2nd set had a definitive world beat. David started things off with a short Sinatra sample ["You are the one ..."] followed by trip-hop sequences, more bells, a helicoptor's beating wings, a chorus of crickets and a news clip, morphing into a delightful tapestry of sound. Like a successful poem, Io's music moves in unexpected yet satisfying directions. General Chaos' return to the rich boho colours they've been experimenting with lately complimented Io's change of direction in this set perfectly. I had to wonder if this had been planned but, according to PiNG curator Scott M2, this was simply another case of PiNG synchonicity. General Chaos had no idea what Io would be playing & were just trying to create a new environment for the set. *** Keep those submissions coming: iPOP PING magazine is shaping up to be a wide ranging, whimsical collection of ambient thoughts, experimental attitudes and innovative art... Luna Tek - luna@theambientping.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews "There is no Modern Romance" by Building Castles out of Matchsticks Anne Sulikowski is amongst the most honest and forthcoming artists in the electronic genre. Her work is raw, heartfelt, and uncompromising. She lingers in her sadness, revels in her happiness and all the while is able to share these feelings with her listeners. It's a powerful kind of talent combined with a powerful sense of identity that allows her to do this sort of work, and I for one am glad that she has both, because Anne makes some of the best music going these days. "There is No Modern Romance" is the latest release by Anne's project Building Castles out of Matchsticks. Wholly improvised one evening (around 3am to be precise), the disc is a testimony to the pain of broken hearts, lonely nights, solitude and emptiness. Tracks are left unnamed which allows the listener to come to their own conclusions about meaning without any preconceptions. But titled or not, the sense of abandonment and isolation in the music is unmistakeable, represented in a myriad of ways from simple piano to distortion loops to plaintive keyboard melodies to quiet lyrical pieces and more, ranging from delicately beautiful to harsh noise and feedback. It's a dark and melancholy journey through unhappy places, but it's also a journey so desperately familiar that you can't help but recognize some of it's landmarks. There's a tremendous irony that I like Anne's work so much, that songs so painfully sad could be enjoyed so much. But maybe that's the point. Maybe the enjoyment comes from being able to connect with Anne's work and experiences, to be able to identify with it. With "There is No Modern Romance" Anne has been able to give voice to feelings and ideas that few could express so succinctly, feelings and ideas that we've all shared at one or many points in our lives. If you've ever laid awake at 3am and wondered why the bedroom is so cold, why your voice sounds so hollow in an empty apartment, or why the stars only shine half as bright when you're alone, then this is the disc for you. 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.