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Hi Boys and Girls. You are all invited to THE AMBiENT PiNG's Sixth Birthday Party this Tuesday. You don't have to bring a present cause the PiNG will be happy just to see you there! There will be musical treats for everyone as mara's torment serves their finest dark electronic melancholia and stunning cellist Zoë Keating from Rasputina unleashes her live looping cello compositions. Both sets will feature custom visual presentations too. Thanks to everyone who comes out regularly to support the PiNG! Let's celebrate! 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 16th - THE AMBiENT PiNG's 6th Anniversary Special featuring Zoë Keating & mara's torment rik and sovaak the sock monkey return to the AMBiENT PiNG to celebrate both the 6th birthday of Toronto's grooviest weekly live ambient, chillout, soundscape and experimental music performance event AND the release of the new double CD set by mara's torment, "cause and effect". Never before has the synthesis of man and sock monkey sounded so good... http://www.marastorment.com Zoë Keating is a cellist & composer based in San Francisco. She creates multi-layered cello compositions which she performs live: recording each part as it is played & controlling the composition in real time via foot pedals linked to an array of electronic devices. Born in Canada, Zoë began her cello studies in a small school in England and while at Sarah Lawrence College, she started to build a career in non-classical cello. Since 2002, Zoë has been a member of Melora Creager's cello-rock ensemble Rasputina. With Rasputina, she has toured the US and Canada at least eight times, opened for acts like Belle & Sebastian and The Legendary Pink Dots, and recorded two albums. Zoë's currently has a solo EP "One Cello x 16" and her new album "Natoma" will be released this month. http://www.zoekeating.com Between Sets CD - "PiNG AMBiENCE 2" by VARiOUS ARTiSTS What better way to celebrate another year of creative sonic artistry than featuring this 2nd collection of music from various PiNG performers? http://cdbaby.com/cd/ambientping/from/trans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Tuesday August 23rd - BLEEP and Beneath These Idle Tides www.bleeptunes.com http://www.downrecords.com/idletides/epk.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||: IN THE LOOP :|| by Luna Tek According to the six o'clock news on Tuesday, August 9, Toronto has developed a climate of two extremes. After listening to repeated admonishments about unnecessary uses of electricity, I unplugged the television. Convinced I did not need to witness another anchor state the drippingly obvious, I began to wonder if any events - particularly music events - across the city might be cancelled out of concern for excessive power consumption. Electronic music: necessity or extravagance? The answer remained to be discovered later that evening as the PiNG presented an evening of solo guitar works. Nilan Perera started things off with a series of pieces for prepared guitar. Using distorted vocal samples, radiophonics, loops & treatments, Nilan's performance romped through an array of sonic adventures, including a passage with an Eastern tinge and another with a more Western sensibility. Wrapping up with a delicate piece that featured cricket-bird-raccoon-like sounds, Nilan kept the audience guessing with his one-of-a-kind guitar-techniques. CJ Boyd (from Nashville, Tennessee) arrived in Toronto on the tail end of his latest tour. After a brush with the border authorities, CJ made it to the PiNG in fine form. Presenting a lushly rhythmic set, CJ left no doubt in my mind about the status of his music: if beauty is integral, CJ's looping bass guitar stylings are indeed a necessary experience. At the end of the night, Nilan and CJ teamed up for a gorgeous finale, wowing the audience with an intense, haunting improvisation. More information available at: http://www.cjboyd.com and http://www.sarahpeebles.net/cinn_bio_perera.htm Luna Tek - luna@theambientping.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews "Bislama" by Alpha Wave Movement Fans of the work of Alpha Wave Movement will no doubt be very pleased to hear about the re-issue of their 2000 release, "Bislama", a collaborative effort with Jim Cole which has been out of print for some time. A blending of sequenced synth patterns, ambient waves, throat singing, eastern percussion & more, "Bislama" is a significant musical achievement, a mixture of styles and sounds that is both inspired and inspiring. From the tidal tones of the opening track, through the shimmering cascades that play throughout "Offering", to the delicate repeated melodies of closing track "Samui", it's a brilliant disc ripe for discovery and exploration. Longtime supporters of AWM and Jim Cole who were lucky enough to pick up the disc in it's original format will be interested to note the addition of a sixteen minute improvisational collaboration between the pair recorded in 2002. The new track "Bali Twilight" is a beautiful piece filled with drifting vocals and subtle mysticism, an excellent addition to an already wonderful release. If you're looking for something new to listen to, or if you're interested in rediscovering a classic release, I would suggest that the 2005 re-issue of "Bislama" is the disc for you. 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.