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the PiNG presents Kathode + Michael Dobinson
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
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THiS Tuesday February 21st . Kathode + Michael Dobinson
Kathode - TV Loopback AV Modulation
In the opening set, Kathode (Tomasz Krakowiak) returns to the
PiNG and plugs in to capture and sample live video of the ambient
landscape which will then be decoded and manipulated into audio
signal and played to create an instant environmental score of the
evening's movements. video frequencies <=> audio frequencies
http://tmhniyl.net/kathode
It may seem perverse for this time of year, but yes ... the music
for February 21st will be celebrating the cold.
For the second set, Michael Dobinson, the 905-area based
composer/improvisor/computer musician, will present 4 works
(or more, if the mood is right) using every electroascoustic
means at his disposal to create and explore the depths,
heights, and sideways of cold.
Perhaps you'll get a different view of the season this evening ...
an existential look at coldness, an insight into a different way to
look at winter, a celebration of the season that to an extent
defines our country.
Michael Dobinson trained as a classical composer first at York
University (BFA Honours, Music) and then at the University of
Western Ontario (MMus, Composition). He has been working in
the electronic music medium since 1989. His first electronic works
were actually created in a "classical" analog studio, on reel to
reel tape. Since that time, he's worked almost exclusively in the
field of live electronic music, working with synthesizers, effects
and computers to keep electronic music in real time, out of
studios, and burning with the energy of live inspiration
and improvisation.
In COLD, he'll be offering up a selection of music reflecting his
eclectic interests, with invocations of the icy moons of Saturn,
a SYNTHI analog synthesizer, the sounds of wintertime Ontario,
music inspired by the music of the Japanese shakuhachi reflected
by the electric recorder, drum sequencing, classical forms,
granular synthesis (some of these are combined into the
same piece of course), and much more.
... if it's not cool outside it will be inside.
http://www.mrde-music.ca
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Before Sets CD . Muzik for Insomniaks by Mark Mothersbaugh
With all the disneyfried DEV.2O buzz about, we thought we
would take a trip back to 1988 and have a listen to this wacky
and wonderful instrumental CD by DEVO founding member
Mark Mothersbaugh. http://www.mutato.com
Between Sets CD . In Which One May Descend by Pholde
This week we feature In Which One May Descend, a beautiful
and unique disc of sound sculpture by Alan Bloor's Pholde project.
Read more about it here in rik's *ping things* CD review below
and hear it Tuesday @ the PiNG. Note that Pholde returns
to the PiNG for a set on April 11th => don't miss it.
http://www.theambientping.com/pholde/home.html
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COMiNG Tuesday February 28th . NOiNO
(Jim Bailey, Matthew Poulakakis & Jamie Todd)
NOiNO . the sound exploration aggregate made up of Jim Bailey
(Six Heads and Odradek), Matthew Poulakakis (Automatic Fats
and Solipsystem) and Jamie Todd (dreamSTATE, SADU,
SYLKEN and URM) returns to the PiNG for their second
ever live performance.
Formed in the fall of 2005 on the PiNG stage when three friends
who had long discussed a musical gathering, jumped at the
opportunity to perform together as a last minute fill-in act for
a Planet of the Loops performance. Improvising with old-school
and new-school looping techniques (analog tape and synths,
digital delays and loopers along with virtual samplers, delays
and synths), the three got caught in the loop and found
a common voice which has inspired them to explore further.
An improvised collage of found, percussive and synthetic sounds
will be served . . . mutated . . . manipulated . . . mangled . . .
for this second sonic sojourn of NOiNO.
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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews
Pholde . "In Which One May Descend"
Alan Bloor has long been one of my favorite artists in the
experimental/improvisational genre, a truly distinct talent who's
work is breathtakingly unique. Creating sculptures from random
metal pieces and using their inherent sound and resonance to
play them as instruments he makes some of the most incredible
work I've ever heard, emotional, engaging and strangely organic
despite the soundsource.
With the release of "In Which One May Descend" under his project
Pholde (a quieter less processed exploration of metal's charms as
opposed to his extreme noise project Knurl), Alan has once again
tapped into a world of previously unheard music. Featuring two
long form tracks recorded live without overdubs ("To the Exclusion
of the Alternative" and "Deposition of a Layer"), the disc fully
captures the essence and ideal of Alan's work. Through light
scraping and bowing of the sculpture used for this recording,
"To the Exclusion of the Alternative" features a steady drone-like
undertone over which occasional sounds rise and fall in an almost
fluid way, building in number until they take control of the piece
and move it in new directions. "Deposition of a Layer" follows a
similar path, but remains unique in it's flow and arrangement,
enabling the listener to imagine different environments and
atmospheres specific to itself.
Beautiful and unique, the work of Pholde never ceases to delight
and inspire me. "In Which One May Descend" continues in this vein,
and is a work of truly fascinating music that will delight fans of
Alan's previous work and will hopefully draw attention to more
people who are willing to open their ears to new sounds and ideas.
Highly recommended.
"In Which One May Descend" by Pholde
is available now at ping things!
http://www.pingthings.com/PHOLDEinwhich.htm
rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com
http://www.pingthings.com = ambient + electronic + chill things
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* Other Toronto area sonic/visual events of interest this week:
* Monday, February 20th . MICHIGAN NOISE
SICK LLAMA - COTTON MUSEUM - OFFENSIVE ORANGE
8 pm . @ The Underground . 41 Catharine St. N. Hamilton . $7
* Wednesday, February 22nd . Earwitness Productions presents:
Eve Egoyan (piano) and Andrew Smith (cello) in the world
première of "Ballad" by Linda Catlin Smith
8 pm . Glenn Gould Studio . 250 Front St. West
$15/ $10 students and seniors
* Thursday February 23rd . Nobuo Kubota, Dads, Dougal
Bichan's Bithcin', Yucca Lost-Tribe Fellowship & Rape Babies
9pm . @ the Bagel . 285 College St. . PWYC
* Friday, February 24th . Leftover Daylight Series
in association with Arraymusic and AIMT
i- Montgolfiere w/ Harry Simpson- drums;
guy leblanc- trombone, bass clarinet and percussion;
Rob Clutton- bass; Arnd Jurgensen- guitar, trumpet and mbira
ii- Keith/Hansen w/ michael keith- guitar, mike hansen- turntable
iii- Paul Newman w/ guests w/ paul newman- tenor sax + guests
9pm . ARRAYMUSIC Studio 60 Atlantic Ave., Ste 218 . $10/6
* Friday February 24th . TOCA LOCA: VORTEX TEMPORUM
Residency Concert #1
Toca Loca performs works by "spectral music" composers
Gerard Grisey + Phillippe Leroux
8PM . The Music Gallery . 197 John St.
$20 regular/$15 member + senior/$10 student
Saturday, February 25th . Vague Terrain presents
POLMO POLPO, SANS SOLEIL and NAW
with DJ GREG CLOW and visuals by SARAH MOONEY
Art Bar at The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W.
9 PM to 2 AM . 19+ . $5 at the door
* Sunday February 26th . The NOW Series presented by
AIMT and the NOW Lounge
3:00-4:00 Workshop: Barnyard Drama- w/ christine duncan
and jean martin
4:30-7:00 Freedman / Gratkowski / Aldcroft / Martin
/ Duncan / Storring w/ lori freedman- bass clarinet,
frank gratkowski- reeds, ken aldcroft- guitar,
jean martin- drums, christine duncan- theramin,
nick storring- cello
4pm-7pm . The NOW Lounge 189 Church St . $6
* Sunday, February 26th . ISAACS SEEN AND HEARD
Robert Creeley LXXX poetical/visual/musical collaborations:
words of Robert Creeley, art of Robert Indiana and Archie Rand,
music of Udo Kasemets and Malcolm Goldstein.
Malcolm Goldstein, violinist, Susan Layard, singer/speaker,
Udo Kasemets, pianist, Richard Sacks, projectionist.
3 pm . Victoria University . Emmanuel College . 75 Queens Park
Free admission
* Sunday February 26th . New Music Concerts
Robert Aitken & James Avery are the featured soloists in a concert
of new works by Juliet Kiri Palmer (Drift, Drop for solo flute, solo
piano and two ensembles), Andre Ristic (Concertino for amplified
flute and ensemble), Denis Dion (Donnant, donnant for solo piano
and ensemble) and Charles Wuorinen (Duo Sonata for flute and
piano). All four composers will be in attendance. This concert will
be recorded for future broadcast on Two New Hours.
7:15 Illuminating Introduction . 8:00 Concert
Glenn Gould Studio . 250 Front St. West
$25 . $15 (seniors & arts workers) . $5 (students/Cheapseats)
* Monday February 27th . Improv Greats Lori Freedman(Quebec)
and Frank Gratkowski (Germany) in Concert
The Duo Freedman/Gratkowski performs original music
composed in real-time in front of their audience. Lori Freedman
(clarinet, bass clarinet) & Frank Gratkowski (saxophone, clarinets)
offer an evening of improvised music spurting from a rich amalgam
of influences, from classical and 21st century contemporary
music to jazz and far beyond.
20h . Goethe-Institut's Kinowelt Hall,
admission is sliding scale, suggested minimum is $10.
* Wednesday March 1st . Agyu Experimental Music Series
Tim Posgate and Ben Grossman
The first experimental music performance in the new AGYU
features a joint performance by guitarist Tim Posgate and
hurdy-gurdy player Ben Grossman.
7 PM . Art Gallery of York University Accolade East Building
4700 Keele Street . FREE
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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 around the world,
every Tuesday evening at HACiENDA . 794 Bathurst Street at Bloor.
http://www.theambientping.com
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