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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 August 2nd - GeekWeekend This is the debut performance of new music ensemble GeekWeekend - featuring Rob Hoare, on loan to Canada from Berlin, and Steven Sauve, at no extra charge. GeekWeekend makes use of chance techniques, musical instruments, and the occasional laptop or two. This upcoming show will feature the rolling of dice, some game playing, and English language poetry spoken by Se-rok Park, a Korean woman with a German accent. And that's just the first set! Rob Hoare (sax, flute, laptop, words, dice) - http://www.robhoare.de Steven Sauve (synthesizer, laptop, dice) - http://www.karmafarm.ca Between Sets CD - "Outpost" by Robert Rich & Ian Boddy Outpost" is the 1st collaboration between British synthesist Ian Boddy and American ambient master Robert Rich. Together, they have concocted a mysterious blend of fluid electronic rhythms and impressionistic 50's Sci-Fi soundscapes. http://www.robertrich.com http://www.din.org.uk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Tuesday August 9th - Nilan Perera and CJ Boyd http://www.sarahpeebles.net/cinn_bio_perera.htm http://www.cjboyd.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||: IN THE LOOP :|| by Luna Tek On Tuesday, July 26, 2005, THE AMBiENT PiNG closed out the month of July with Planet of the Loops featuring Aidan Baker and Andrew Aldridge. Aidan and Andrew kept things simple for this show, augmenting their distinctive electric guitar sounds with samples, effects boxes and looping pedals. An otherworldly presence was front & center early in the first set with distorted vocal samples woven into delicately probing guitar loops. As this freely improvised set developed, the voices faded into deeper spaces. Subtle samples injected through guitar pickups mingled with the loopers' pure instrumental experimentation, creating sensuous waves of sound. Returning to the stage for a second set, Andrew and Aidan started things off with a beautifully textured passage that slowly built to an intense swell of electronic sound before unwinding into quiet whispers of distortion. As Aidan grabbed his bow, Andrew put his guitar down to focus on manipulating his pedals and the set concluded with a passage blending the tonal and the atonal drifts of interplanetary loops. More information at: http://listen.to/aidan and http://www.geocities.com/energymadeaudible/planet.html *** iPOP PING magazine is shaping up to be a wide ranging, whimsical collection of ambient thoughts, experimental attitudes and innovative art. Articles, poetry and art submissions are still being welcomed at this address: luna@theambientping.com - Luna Tek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews "Eye of the Nautilus" by Numina It's subtle and magical, playing right on the periphery of the senses. I sit very still while I'm listening to it, afraid that any movement or noise might mean that I miss some of it, something crucial. Something important. It requires focus. "Eye of the Nautilus" is the second release on the Hypnos label by Jesse Sola of Numina. My appreciation for Jesse's work, my adoration for his music, is pretty well documented by this point. But even given my feelings, I was totally unprepared for the beauty of "Eye of the Nautilus". There's a womblike serenity to this music, something so natural, so warm, so inviting. Tracks drift and flow throughout the disc, slight melodies and distant sounds rising and falling on the edge of your hearing. Time seems to slow down while it plays, as if minutes and seconds have less meaning and are instead measured by the passing of notes and waves. It all comes together so fluidly, so naturally, so perfectly that it seems like this music has always existed, that this is the sound of the oceans, and the earth, and the moon, and the stars, and everything else. Primal, connected, organic. It's subtle and magical, playing right on the periphery of the senses. I sit very still while I'm listening to it, afraid that any movement or noise might mean that I miss some of it, something crucial. Something important. Something divine. Something wonderful. Something... perfect. 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.