THE AMBiENT PiNG presents Songspell

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

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
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This Tuesday September 27th - Songspell

Sit back and enjoy the trip as the sonic alchemists of Songspell,
Michael Moon (Vibraphone, electric guitar, Vocals, percussion),
Thom Dean (Keys, percussion) & Jenn Howie (Keys, Vocals, percussion),
weave sound like a magic spell. Sometimes soft and ambient, soon
melting into organic driving psychedelia. Imagine early Pink Floyd
at an acid test. Nothing is predetermined or programmed, each show
is a unique, in the moment journey as much a surprise to the band
as the audience. http://www.thetempleofsound.com/song-spell.html

Between Sets CD - "New Life Dreaming" by Steve Roach
Our month-long feature on Steve Roach's new "Dreamtime Box" concludes
with disc four "New Life Dreaming" - a CD of expansive drifting
pieces inspired by revisiting the classic ambient works on the
original "Dreamtime Return" album during its recent remastering.
http://www.steveroach.com
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Coming Tuesday October 4th - "A Worthy Fall: October"
http://www.worthyrecords.com 
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||: IN THE LOOP :||  by Luna Tek

The "PiNG AMBiENCE 3 - STRiNG THiNGS" CD release party on Tuesday,
September 20 continued THE AMBiENT PiNG tradition of providing a home
for artists who might otherwise have difficulty finding a venue to
perform in. On this night - 3 ambient guitarists featured on the CD.

Paul Royes, strumming and caressing his Stratocaster guitar under
swirling rainbows of ambient visuals, opened the evening with a
meditative set. Paul's latest compositions are grounding, yet inspire
flights of imagination. Creating a sound that encourages introspection,
Royes has created companion music for artists who habitually listen
while they create.

According to one PiNG enthusiast, looper Joe G's first performance
at the PiNG in over a year "spaced the house." His set was the
perfect blend of lyricism descending into waves of distortion with
the added element of the General Chaos guys projecting cosmic designs
around his head. At the end of his gorgeous set, another member of
the PiNG commented that "everyone loves Joe." And we hope to see--
and hear--him again at TAP before too long. 

Phil Ogison (aka The Devil In The Design) opened his set with a
tip of the hat to one of his guitar inspirations, Steve Hillage
(of seventies psychedelic/jazz tribe Gong and, more recently,
of ambient techno project System 7). Phil then continued the
night's emerging theme of taking the audience deeper into space
with several swelling guitar/looper workouts. 

The evening closed with an entertaining 3-way jam featuring Paul,
Joe and Phil as they traveled together through several styles of
guitar interplay.

Luna Tek - luna@theambientping.com
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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 -
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