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THE AMBiENT PiNG . http://www.theambientping.com presents AMBiENT PiNG TUESDAYS @ HACiENDA . 794 Bathurst Street at Bloor . Toronto (NW corner, upstairs across from the Bathurst subway station) Doors open at 9pm . 1st set at 9:30 . PayWhatYouCan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THiS Tuesday May 9th . RADiO iN AMBiENCE Part 1 A special presentation for Deep Wireless in collaboration with New Adventures in Sound Art featuring Debashis Sinha with Ben Grossman and Kathy Kennedy As part of the 5th annual Deep Wireless festival, a month long celebration of radio art presented by New Adventures in Sound Art, this installment of RADiO iN AMBiENCE begins with Indian percussionist and sound artist Debashis Sinha with world musician Ben Grossman in a set that uses the radio as a sound source and mixed with various percussion instruments to create ambient music. Also, Deep Wireless artist in residence Kathy Kennedy will perform a solo set of electroacoustic vocal compositions. New Adventures in Sound Art: http://www.naisa.ca Deep Wireless: http://www.naisa.ca/deepwireless Debashis Sinha: http://www.debsinha.com Ben Grossman: http://www.macrophone.org Kathy Kennedy: http://www.kathykennedy.ca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Before Sets CD . Everlasting Moment by The Ministry of Inside Things As a prelude to their return to the PiNG on June 6th, we'll be spinning this double CD released in 2003 of The Ministry of Inside Things performing their unique brand of spacemusic live at a number of venues in 2002. This week we'll cue up EM1 and follow with EM2 next week to get us ready for this third visit by the Philadelphia based MOIT. http://www.synkronosmusic.com/moit.html Between Sets CD . The Cerulean Suite by Nunc Stans The source of Nunc Stans is the arctic air of northern Canada where, every year, the passage of time becomes barely discernable and the landscape develops into something unchanging ... something endless. The music of Nunc Stans, however, has a warmth, a magic, and an introspective depth especially reminiscent of artists like Oophoi, Greinke, Biosphere, and Lammergeyer. Read more about it here in rik's *ping things* CD review below and hear it Tuesday @ the PiNG. http://www.databloem.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMiNG Tuesday May 16th . RADiO iN AMBiENCE Part 2 A special presentation for Deep Wireless in collaboration with New Adventures in Sound Art featuring NOiNO (Jim Bailey, Matthew Poulakakis & Jamie Todd) For part 2 of RADiO iN AMBiENCE, we dial up the third ever performance of NOiNO as Jim Bailey (Odradek and Six Heads), Matthew Poulakakis (Automatic Fats, salvagesound and Solipsystem) and Jamie Todd (dreamSTATE, SADU, Sylken and URM) plug in to appropriate the airwaves. Tune in as NOiNO hunts and gathers radio frequencies plucked from the atmosphere to be coalesced with archival broadcast samples and melded into a evolving repurposed sound construct as it passes through the NOiNO transistors. http://www.pingthings.com/AFmolasses.htm http://www.pingthings.com/SALVAGESOUND.htm http://www.pingthings.com/DSpassage.htm http://www.pingthings.com/URM1.htm http://www.pingthings.com/URM2.htm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews Nunc Stans . "The Cerulean Suite" Nunc Stans is a recent addition to the dataObscura label and in keeping with labelmates The Circular Ruins and Lammergeyer, their first offering "The Cerulean Suite" is a beautiful disc of slowly building organic ambience, a fine example of minimalism sure to delight fans of the label's other releases. Opening with "Endless in Itself", the disc begins with drifting and building pads that flow around the soundscape like waves. Slowly they give way to light melodic accompaniment, the track taking shape and form, gaining substance. It's a lovely track, a wonderful way to begin the disc. "A Logic of Dissolution" follows, a liquid track with deep analog sounds blending in with more textural pads. Tones grow and build in intensity, weaving throughout the track to create a beautiful latticework of sound. Track three, "It Passes Before You" follows a similar path, droning tones passing over top a steaming, gaseous mass of sound. It's a haunting piece, something that evokes images of fog and wet side streets and the sounds of footsteps in the distance. A brilliant piece that inspires a tremendous amount of imagery. "Plane of Similitude" closes the disc, starting with very sparse and simple drones gaining in strength while distorted voices pass through the soundfield eventually being paired with a looping synth line. Very nice material that encapsulates a sense of wonder, mystery and possibility all at once. Certainly dataObscura has been known for high quality releases that capture the ambient ideal. With the release of Nunc Stans' "The Cerulean Suite", the label has found yet another artist to continue this tradition. An excellent release well worth further investigation. rik - ping things "The Cerulean Suite" is available now at ping things! Visit http://www.pingthings.com/NUNCSTANS.htm to hear mp3 samples. And be sure to turn into ping things radio on Sundays and Wednesdays from 9pm to 12 midnight EST at http://www.live365.com/stations/marastorment This week will feature tracks from Nunc Stans as well as music from other artists in the ping things catalogue! http://www.pingthings.com = ambient + electronic + chill things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Other Toronto area sonic/visual events of interest this week: * Wednesday May 10th . Neil Innes & Friends Composer/singer/songwriter Neil Innes, of Monty Python's Flying Circus, the Rutles and Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band plays Toronto! Join Neil Innes and Friends for a rare evening of music & comedy. 8 pm . Jane Mallett Theatre at StLC . $32 * Wed. & Thurs. May 10th & 11th . MusicaNoir/Ensemble Noir presents The World Premiere of Orange Clouds - a video-cantata for 3 singers, chamber ensemble, projector and a butterfly net! Orange Clouds infiltrates the genre of the cantata to explore the concept of precedence: why do we care who was the "first" to do this, the "first" to do that? Libretto: John Greyson, Video: Geoff Pugen, Music: Bongani Ndodana-Breen Chantelle Grant (soprano), Vanya Abrahams (tenor), Ray McKenna (baritone) and the MusicaNoir Chamber Players conducted by Ndodana-Breen. 7.30PM . Innis Town Hall . 2 Sussex Ave. . $25 * Thursday, May 11th . Improvisors' Pool The improvisors' pool is a weekly gathering for musicians who practice collective free improvisation. It welcomes players of all levels and backgrounds. 7:00-9:00 . Ralph Thornton Centre 765 Queen Street East * Friday, May 12th . Synchro presents DJ DALIA with resident DJs DENISE BENSON & ANDREW ALLSGOOD Andy Poolhall, 489 College St., Toronto no cover before midnight - $5 after - 19+ * Saturday May 13rd . Deep Wireless presents Power Up by Kathy Kennedy Kathy Kennedy will apply her skills in sonic choreography and public guerilla sound art to the Toronto urban soundscape with transmission arts performances in parks, street corners, and other sites of dense concentration of Torontonians. 7pm . Music Gallery and moving out to surrounding environs St. George the Martyr . 197 John St. . FREE * Saturday May 13rd . Deep Wireless presents Trevor Wishart in concert performing Red Bird, Two Women and The Division of Labour: 15 variations on a theme of Adam Smith Deep wireless artist in residence Wishart is a composer and performer specializing in sound metamorphosis and constructing the software tools to make it possible (Sound Loom/CDP) 8pm . Music Gallery . St. George the Martyr . 197 John St. $15 regular + door/$12 student + advance * Sunday May 14th . Michael Keith A solo concert of improvised guitar 4pm . Argonaut Rowing Club . 1225 Lakeshore Blvd. W. . $5 * Sunday May 14th . Madawaska String Quartet . State of the Art Collaboration with composers Mike Kane, Dustin Peters, David Occhipinti and Sundar Subramanian 8PM . Music Gallery . St. George the Martyr . 197 John St. $20 regular/$15 member + senior/$5 student * May 1st - 31st . New Adventures In Sound Art Presents: Deep Wireless Festival. a month-long celebration of radio and transmission art, radio artists, sound artists and enthusiasts can experience performances, sound installations, new commissions, special radio broadcasts, a CD launch and conference. Conference Pass $150/130 (+$20 discount - early bird registration) Early bird registration deadline is April 14th, day rates available. May 1st - 31st . The Drake Hotel (1150 Queen St W) & Ryerson University Student Campus Centre (55 Gould St) more info at http://www.deepwireless.ca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 around the world, 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.