The Ambient Ping presents dreamSTATE with Jim Field

["Scott M2" <scott@dreamstate.to>]

* Loopage from 2 EDPs + 2 DL4s + Live

THE AMBiENT PiNG   http://www.theambientping.com
Free - Every Tuesday Night - doors open at 9pm - 1st set at 9:30
  @ club nia / C'est What - 19 Church St. at Front St. - Toronto
         3 blocks east of the Union Station subway.
         map - http://www.cestwhat.com/map.html
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This Tuesday July 1st - dreamSTATE with Jim Field
             plus Redjet Media and General Chaos Visuals

This Canada Day, the ambient underground taps into
the molton core, deep under the Canadian shield,
as The Ambient Ping presents electronic soundscape
artists dreamSTATE with their special guest Jim Field
(Rhea's Obsession, still coiled, spacenoiz) on guitar
and laptop (Reaktor/Live). Deep, dark soundscapes
will evolve into rhythmics from this world and elsewhere
as the trio improvise two sets of ambience and mayhem
in their first performance together. Likewise, Redjet Media
and General Chaos Visuals will combine forces to illuminate
the surreal ceremonies in digital and analogue abstractions.

dreamSTATE - http://www.dreamSTATE.to
Jim Field - http://www.geocities.com/russian_rheas/

Between Sets CD - "Labyrinth" by Steve Roach (2003)
"Labyrinth" - disc 2 of ambient master Steve Roach's
landmark 4 CD boxset of deep ambient driftworks
will be featured before and between sets, as the Ping
continues to feature this set on the 1st Tuesday of
each month this summer. http://www.steveroach.com
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Coming Tues. July 8th - Söftware with Toastybird Visuals
http://www.techno-jazz.com
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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

Sylken "PiNG"

Following up on last year's brilliant "Illusions of Light",
Sylken releases "PiNG", a stunning live presentation
of the ever evolving musical collective taken from a pair
of performances recorded at The Ambient Ping.

Opening with "Here, then Gone", Sylken creates a deep
and foreboding environment given a small hint of light by
a lonely trumpet played masterfully by Wally Jericho,
a frequent contributor to the project. Quiet synth lines
pass by in the darkness, like comets travelling through
space, burning brightly for only an instant, a faded
memory the next. I'm not too sure who plays what on
each track, but I'll comment here that both Sylken's
Eric Hopper and frequent collaborator Steven Sauve of
karmafarm have a masterful approach to creating beautiful
and emotional music through their keyboards, coaxing
notes and tones that others would be unable to create.
Hearing the sonic bliss they're responsible for I'm
oftentimes more inclined to think of the two of them
as magicians more than musicians.

"This Sonorous Apparition" follows in the same dark vein,
sound bended & folded in ways that shouldn't be possible,
and yet becomes all the more beautiful for it.
Random notes, a little guitar perhaps?  It's all good...

"NGC 720" closes the disc, conjuring images of distant
stars and nebulae swirling in the depths of space, a ballet
of astronomy. Notes ebb and flow, grow and swell, rise
and fall in a rapturous swirl, sweetly caressing the listener.
Sensual.

Three pieces of long form ambience, all with their own
unique charms. "PiNG" by Sylken fully captures the magic
of ambient performance and the beauty of space.
Highly recommended.

rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com  -  http://www.pingthings.com

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The Ambient Ping presents free live performances by Toronto's
finest ambient, chillout and experimental music artists plus
performers from across the continent, every Tuesday at club nia
(aka C'est What) featuring a comfortable lower stage area, perfect
for attentive listening, plus a higher level with a bar, back room
and more seating that's great for conversation, good food and the
club's impressive beer, wine and whiskey selection. Musical treats
are on offer at the *ping things* ambient/experimental CD boutique.
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