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The Ambient Ping presents Tomasz Krakowiak + sin(theta)



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 August 26th 2003 - Tomasz Krakowiak with
Mike Hansen, Aidan Baker & DJ Blameshifter plus sin(theta)

Tomasz Krakowiak (amplified drum table, minidisc live sampling)
brings along his friends Aidan Baker (guitars, loops, electronics),
Mike Hansen (record players, electronics) and DJ Blameshifter
(laptop, visuals) to load the Ping's stage with subtle sonic mayhem.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/krakowiak

Opening the night, David McCallum (sin(theta)), also a member of
LEARK, wants to shorten the distance between music & musician
in the laptop realm. It should sound like it doesn't come from a laptop:
hands-on music with none of that removed rigidity. Expect ambient
to electroacoustic minimalism. Catch this local before he moves to
Sweden in September and transforms into unforgiveable Eurotrash!
http://mentalfloss.ca/sintheta

Between Sets CD: "Over Ruins" by Jeff Greinke (Projekt - 1996)
Dark subterranean soundscapes from American composer Greinke,
which were originally released on cassette & vinyl in 1984/86 and
later re-released on the "Over Ruins / Moving Climates" CD.
http://www.hypnos.com/greinke
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Coming Tuesday September 2nd - Six Heads
http://members.rogers.com/dis.songs/SixHeads.html"
Between Sets CD - "Piece of Infinity" by Steve Roach
http://www.steveroach.com
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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

"Mandela" by Foy

There is a beauty in minimalism, a charm in the microscopic.
It's all about finding the details. And "Mandela" by Foy is filled
with details, filled with charm, filled with beauty.

Disc opener De Cirkel paints an aural landscape using slow
sweeping pads that lie underneath a percolating, expanding
rhythm track gradually building and growing. Track three,
Zacht Licht uses sparse piano and drums to create a delicate
and fragile beauty. Slowly melting into track 4, Versplinterde,
the same minimal instrumentation continues taking on a
certain melancholy tone to it, but maintaining the same
beguiling nature as it's earlier parts. And so it goes...

Pulsing and dreaming, "Mandela" by Foy creates an
environment where sound washes through the mind and
light percussion keeps time with the beating of your heart.
A truly beautiful experience both in terms of sound and in
the resultant atmospheres.

rik maclean - - rik@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.
Drop off food at *ping things* for the Daily Bread Food Bank too
and we'll ensure that it gets there. http://www.theambientping.com
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