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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 October 11th - Richard Crow and NAW UK based Richard Crow is an interdisciplinary artist who uses sound & noise in a performative way, for its spatial and subjective qualities and above all for its psychological implications for the listener. Past solo and collaborative site-specific installations & performances have consisted of highly conceptualized interventions into base materiality, investigations of alternative systems of organization and research into a certain material decadence (as with the project The Institution of Rot, London 1993-96). The title of tonight's performance is "phantom music - an aural hallucination". http://www.elision.org.au/collaborators/crow.html In the second set NAW (aka Neil Wiernik) will be doing a rare live performance of some of his recent ambient material. NAW has working intercity with Aidan Baker and Nathan McNinch over the past year on a series of collaborative works, using the internet as a their medium. This project draws on the lush guitar work of Aidan Baker, the spare minimalism of Nathan McNinch's piano work and the highly textured sound design work of Neil Wiernik. The project, initiated by NAW, is an exercise in conducting musicians without them being in the same room. Wiernik requested both artists to provide him with material played in a specific manner to be worked with in the studio as his compositional elements. The result is rich, sullen music reminiscent of artists found on Constellation, Kranky and the label NAW calls home - Noise Factory. This new work has only been performed in its entirety once, in Montreal, where reviews compared the material to the music of Godspeed, minus the rock instruments. NAW uses only a laptop, a midi controller and various software applications to manipulate and contort these sounds into cinematic works for your ears. http://www.naw.phoniq.net http://www.noisefactoryrecords.com/naw.htm Between Sets CD - "A Million Stories" by Sara Ayers Ayers new CD is a long-form work of dark haunting beauty. She has built this epic sound collage from samples, primarily vocal samples, and featuring her own angelic/demonic voice. http://www.saraayers.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Tuesday October 18th - Planet Of The Loops http://www.geocities.com/energymadeaudible/planet.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||: IN THE LOOP :|| by Luna Tek It was a Worthy Fall Night indeed: a gorgeous autumn day was just the prelude to an evening of fine improvisational music at THE AMBIENT PING on Tuesday, October 4, 2005. With pretty vocals and pink noise setting the tone for the series of poetic improvisations that followed, Building Castles out of Matchsticks (aka Anne Sulikowski) began this Worthy evening with a "subatomic space" odyssey. Moments of glitch interspersed with vocal treatments and samples heightened the sonic intensity as the set progressed. Beats and mesmerizing vocals introduced the playful pop-oriented second half of the performance, leaving a wistful audience wishing for more "studios in airplanes." John Topp's set unfortunately had to be abandoned early on, due to some technical difficulties, as unintentional glitches began to create an eerie soundwall reminiscent of Hitchcock's film "The Birds." Seven Worthy musicians and their synths, guitars, drums and effects machines filled the stage at the end of the night for one final set by Psychosomatic Climax Machine. Truly the climax of the evening, the Machine's lush set carried forward Anne's pop foray into post-rock territory to the delight of the PiNG audience. There was also an unexpected treat: Eric Siegerman took a break from his General Chaos Visuals duties to join the group on hand drums. Luna Tek - luna@theambientping.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews "Guzheng Music" by David Sait David Sait has made a name for himself within the Toronto music scene as an excellent improvisational guitarist. But with the releases of his latest CD "Guzheng Music", Sait has moved away from the guitar and instead collected ten tracks employing the guzheng, a traditional Chinese string instrument whose history dates back over 2500 years. It's quite interesting then that by traveling backwards in time in his choice of instrumentation, Sait has been able to move forward in both style and sound, creating a fresh and exciting new work. Sait's work with the guzheng is truly stunning, creating beautiful pieces that conjure a variety of images ranging from delicate flowing streams to powerful battles. Tones shift and notes bend, change forms, sliding from one point to another with a fluidity evocative of crystalline liquids. The guzheng's natural reverberence and echo add a haunting sense of space to the pieces, the feeling of a larger environment within the guzheng itself. Percussion appears intermittently as well, but it's used in different ways than we've become accustomed to, more often than not as a means to travel from one location to another, rather than as a steady accompaniment. For the most part the guzheng stands alone, a dramatic and theatrical voice able to tell it's own stories without need for support. Throughout the disc, one can't help but be drawn into the magic of the guzheng, masterfully led by Sait's skill and natural ability with the instrument. "Guzheng Music" is a wonderful album filled with discovery and wonder, a beautiful travelogue of music and sounds, which while they have a long and rich history also remain very fresh and distinct in today's musical environment. Who would have thought that something so ancient could sound so vital and new? Highly recommended. "Guzheng Music" by David Sait is available now at ping things http://www.pingthings.com/DAVIDSATEquzheng.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - ping things would like to thank you for all of your support in raising money for the American Red Cross during September. Over $500US was raised for the cause which will go towards relief efforts in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Thank you to all of the artists who supported our efforts by donating earnings, and to all of you who bought a CD or two. It's truly wonderful to see so many people willing to make an effort to help others! 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.