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Once again the PiNG SiTE has been updated. Check out the photos from our September and October 2005 Events here: http://www.theambientping.com/events2005e.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE AMBiENT PiNG http://www.theambientping.com Tuesdays @ HACiENDA - 794 Bathurst Street at Bloor - Toronto (upstairs - directly across from the Bathurst subway station) Doors open at 9pm - 1st set at 9:30 - PayWhatYouCan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This Tuesday January 10th . Methuselah with Rob Cruickshank Visuals Methuselah - Don Scott (guitar, effects, loops), Dafydd Hughes (keyboards, effects, sampler, laptop), and Chris Banks (bass, effects) take a new look at improvised ambient music. Not entirely electronic nor acoustic, the trio lies somewhere in between. Their emphasis is on texture and sonic exploration. They will build to a frothy, glitchy groove or explore the possibilities in a single note, weaving a hypnotic web of sound. Rob Cruickshank blends 35mm slides and 8mm film into a hand-made swirling mess of pixel-free goodness. Methuselah - http://www.feastyourears.com/methuselah.htm Rob Cruickshank - http://www.robcruickshank.net/ Before Sets CD . Fourth World Vol. 1 Possible Musics by Jon Hassell / Brian Eno This recording from 1980 features the piece - Griot (Over "Contagious Magic") recorded in concert here in Toronto at The Art Gallery of Ontario on January 25th 1980. Jon Hassell - http://www.jonhassell.com/ Brian Eno - http://www.enoweb.co.uk/ Between Sets CD . it's raining in my bedroom by building castles out of matchsticks Our favourite queen of the robots, Anne Sulikowski returns to the PiNG next week with building castles out of matchsticks, so we thought we would get in the mood by playing her 2005 collection of electric music ranging from space lullabies to noise to spoken words to a miss-match of electronic beat styles lumped together without a care as to what lines are being crossed. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=256553 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Tuesday January 17th 2006 . building castles out of matchsticks and I Have Eaten The City (Colin Fisher, Nick Storing and Brandon Valdivia) The sweet sounds of robot love. Anne Sulikowski's building castles out of matchsticks will be performing sounds and songs off her newest diary entry called the secret doctrine. A blend of ambience, disjointed beats, barely there vocals and strange atmospheres will be the focus of her set. A compilation of BCOM best of recordings will be available for $4 in a limited edition run of 30 in total each with unique packaging. I Have Eaten The City formed in May of 2005. Comprising of Colin Fisher (guitar/ sax), Nick Storring (cello/ computer/ electronics) and Brandon Valdivia (drums/ percussion), they fuse free-jazz, contemporary classical, psychedelia, and various strains of abstract electronica. Sonic reference points include Faust, Alice Coltrane, electric Miles Davis, Supersilent, Mephista, Kaija Saariaho, Wolf Eyes, early Tangerine Dream, and Black Dice. The group's unique sound recently provided the backdrop for former Can vocalist, Damo Suzuki for an acclaimed performance at the Starlight Club in Waterloo. Following that the trio played the 416 Creative Improviser's Festival. Individually each member works in a variety of different contexts: Nick and Brandon both play in indie-rock group Picastro and with in the mutant cabaret troupe Dan Fournier and the Pill. Both are graduates of Wilfrid Laurier University's composition program. Nick currently composes for theatre and interdisciplinary projects and records electronic music under his own name and as Piège. Brandon performs marimba in Red Sky, a theatre& music production focusing on First Nations mythology, in a Javanese gamelan and in improvising duo with Kyle Brenders. Colin plays math-rock/ improv/ prog/ post-hardcore group Sing That Yell That Spell, avant-jazz group Chronic D. He was a member of Abstract with Maury Coles, with which he recorded with Joe McPee. He also played sax on the Constantines' "Shine A Light." The group are proud members of the Association of Improvising Musicians, Toronto. http://www.myspace.com/aimtoronto http://www.myspace.com/ihaveeatenthecity Colin - http://www.geocities.com/albertaylerlovesyou/colinfisher.html Brandon - http://www.myspace.com/brandonvaldivia Nick - http://www.nickstorring.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews No review from rik this week, as he and Sovaak the Sock Monkey are busy getting ready for an online performance they'll be doing on Wednesday January 11th at 9pm EST. Visit http://www.live365.com/stations/marastorment to find out all the details, then tune in Wednesday night to hear old favorites and new material from mara's torment! If you're interested you can also hear some of rik and Sovaak's archived gigs on the mara's torment web site, all available in handy dandy mp3s suitable for your listening enjoyment. Check it all out at http://www.marastorment.com rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com http://www.pingthings.com = ambient + electronic + chill things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Other Toronto area sonic/visual events of interest this week: * Tuesday January 10th - Lynn Harrigan reads from Moon Sea Crossing accompanied by Scott M2 of dreamSTATE Art Bar @ 8pm - The Victory Café 581 Markham St. (one block west of Bathurst one block south of Bloor) * Thursday, January 12th - Improvisors' Pool Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen Street East East of Broadview and west of De Grassi 7:00-9:00 * Friday January 13 - Tim Posgate's Reduction Trio The debut of a new project that will feature new and old compositions, some Ornette, some standards, some improv...NO Christmas Carols. Jean Martin, drums, Evan Shaw, saxophone, Tim Posgate, guitar (laptop?...Casio?) The Red Guitar Arthouse Cafe - 603 Markham St. 9pm $7 cover * Sunday, January 15th - AIMToronto and the NOW Lounge present the NOW SERIES creative jazz and improvised music series. The NOW Series will be held every Sunday afternoon from 4-7pm at the Now Lounge, 189 Church St with a $6 cover charge. Every other Sunday from 3pm to 4:30 will include a workshop by local creative musicians. These workshops will offer a bi-weekly opportunity for emerging and established artists to discuss/perform various topics in creative music such as improvisation and composition. The workshop will be free with a suggested donation of $5 This week curated by Ken Aldcroft and John Wilson 3:00- Workshop- Scott Thomson 5:00- Hay / Chenaux / Herring / Thomson / Allen w/Jay Hay - Saxophone, Eric Chenaux - guitar, Scott Thomson - trombone, Michael Herring - bass fiddle, Eric Allen - Drums 6:00- Aldcroft / Brenders w/ Ken Aldcroft- guitar, Kyle Brenders- tenor sax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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. 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