the PiNG presents The Ministry of Inside Things with General Chaos Visuals

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THiS JUST iN - AMBiENT PiNG RADiO iS NOW LiVE
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and now this message from Scott M2

Hi everybody... This week the PiNG is proud to present our 
counterparts from Philadelphia. Chuck and Art from Spacemusic 
duo The Ministry of Inside Things are also the presenters of the 
world-renowned ambient and electronic music series The Gatherings. 
http://www.thegatherings.org
Please come out and make them welcome here as they tour their 
latest CD and remember that your regular presence and support for 
the PiNG series is what keeps it happening. See you there . . . 
Scott M2

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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 

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THiS Tuesday June 6th . The Ministry of Inside Things 
(Philadelphia, PA) with General Chaos Visuals

MoIT's Spring/Summer 2006 Tour touches down at the PiNG to 
bring us another taste of their spacemusic. 

The Ministry of Inside Things (electronic musician Chuck van Zyl
and electric guitarist Art Cohen) are considered among the most
innovative of US synthesists today. Influenced by the early music
of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and Ash Ra Tempel, their 
spacemusic has been described as linear, leading the listener across 
many sonic terrains. Based on improvisation, The Ministry of Inside 
Things creates electronic realizations that flow from theme to theme,
with the experience often lasting up to two hours. Through use
of textures and atmospheres as well as harmony, rhythm and melody,
the group transports the audience on an internal sonic excursion.

Chuck van Zyl has been recording electronic music & performing in
public for over 15 years. Van Zyl originally worked under the name
Xisle, but is best known for hosting one of the US's most successful
radio shows of electronic music, STAR'S END, for over 20 years.
Art Cohen has been pushing the limits of the electric guitar in the
studio and in live performance for well over 15 years. He uses
processing to enhance the space around his guitar and loops his
live sound to create lush layers to create soundworlds of
immense depth and beauty.
http://www.synkronosmusic.com/moit.html

General Chaos Visuals will also be in the house to illuminate MOIT 
and to fill our eyes with their unique blend of visual candy.
http://www.generalchaosvisuals.com

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Before Sets CD . LiVE by SADU
This week we get a sneak preview of SADU's premiere CD to 
be released at next week's PiNG featuring SADU (Sylken, 
Anomalous Disturbances and URM).
http://www.pingthings.com/SYLKENping.htm
http://www.pingthings.com/ADhovr.htm
http://www.pingthings.com/URM2.htm

Between Sets CD . One by TouchXtone
Visit http://www.pingthings.com/TOUCHone.htm
to find out more about this week's between set CD and tune in to 
ping things radio every Sun & Wed from 9pm to 12 midnight EST 
at http://www.live365.com/stations/marastorment
to hear music from this and other discs in the ping things catalogue.

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COMiNG Tuesday June 13th . SADU 
Sylken with Anomalous Disturbances (Vancouver, BC) and URM 

SADU invites you to THE AMBiENT PiNG to bask in some liquid 
sound paintings, spacious atmospheres and ambient vibes to float 
your mind on. Eric Hopper (Sylken), Terry O'Brien (Anomalous 
Disturbances, visiting from Vancouver) and Jamie Todd (URM) 
team up to bring you an evening of spacey synth washes, looping 
ambient guitar cascades, rhythmic grooves and virtual laptop 
soundshaping for your enjoyment. Tonight will also see the 
release of the new 'SADU LiVE' CD which features deep 
ambient soundforms performed by Eric, Terry and 
Jamie during 2005. SADU LiVE will be available 
from rik @ his ping things CD bar and online store.
http://www.anomalousdisturbances.com 
http://www.sylken.ca 
http://www.urm.ca 

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* Other Toronto area sonic/visual events of interest this week:

* Wednesday June 7th . "Brodie's Back In Town Festival"
   Lina Allemano Four - Lina Allemano trumpet; Brodie West alto 
   saxophone; Andrew Downing bass; Nick Fraser drums.
   9:30pm . The Rex (194 Queen St W)

* Thursday June 8th . 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  
   
* Thursday June 8th . FOUR LINES
   Presented by Continuum @ soundaXis featuring:   
   Rob Clutton (double bass) Nilan Perera (guitar + percussion) 
   Sarah Peebles (electronics) Barnyard Drama (Christine Duncan, 
   vocals + Jean Martin, percussion).    
   At around 7 o'clock you'll find Rob Clutton playing his double 
   bass at Grange Park, south of the AGO. Rob will be walking and 
   playing his way to the Donnelly Centre as part of Continuum’s 
   four lines project. Listen out for Christine Duncan and Jean Martin 
   along Philosopher's Walk, following the green spaces southwards. 
   Rendez-vous with Sarah Peebles at La Palette on Augusta Ave. 
   Bring your bike 'cos she'll be travelling by pedicab, mixing the 
   sounds of bees and birds as she goes. Once at the Donnelly 
   Centre, the "four lines" artists will perform throughout the space - 
   on wooden platforms in the enormous bamboo grove, from 
   overhanging balconies, nestled in the intersecting curves 
   of two intricately tiled walls.
   *Starting points @ 7pm:
   1. Grange Park
   2. Edward Johnson Building, Philosopher's Walk, U of T
   3. La Palette Restaurant 256 Augusta Avenue (S. of College)
   *Arrival point @ 7:45pm: The Donnelly Centre, 160 College 
   Street (W. of University)

* Thursday June 8th . TOUCH SPACE
   Presented by Continuum @ soundaXis - TOUCH SPACE is a 
   spatially-conceived concert in the University of Toronto’s new 
   Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research (by 
   German architects Behnisch and Behnisch and Toronto's 
   architectsAlliance). Curved interior walls jut into the sharp-edged 
   glazed shell of the triple height lobby area, the ceiling punctured 
   by multi-hued skylights. The works featured in the concert all 
   share a fascination with space and architectural structure.
   Xenakis' visceral Okho for 3 djembes and bass drum transforms
   mathematical concepts into a physically charged work of almost
   ritualistic power. Gossamer lines entangle in Sciarrino's seductive
   Lo Spazio Inverso - a transparent pairing with mathematician and 
   composer Ristic's turbulent and spacious Environnements 
   improvisés. Steenhuisen's Hobo Action Figures steps outside 
   highbrow architecture to speak in the vernacular of the campsite 
   and the open sky: improvised music with pre-recorded narration.
   Iannis Xenakis (France): Plekto (1993) + Okho (1989)
   Salvatore Sciarrino (Italy): Lo Spazio Inverso (1985)
   Paul Steenhuisen (Canada): Hobo Action Figures (2004)
   André Ristic (Canada): Environnements improvisés (2002)
   8:15pm . The Donnelly Centre 160 College St. (W. of University)   
   $20 regular | $10 seniors and arts workers | $5 students
     
* Thursday June 8th - Sunday, July 11th, 2006 
   Gary Topp presents SUN RA ARKESTRA
   Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W., Toronto
   $30 advance 

* Friday June 9th . TELEVISION 
   EARLY SHOW: doors at 6 PM . The Phoenix Concert Theatre, 
   410 Sherbourne St., Toronto . $39.50 advance - 19+

* Friday June 9th . Eric Stach  presents THE SCREAM  
   a festival of New Music, Noise/Sound IMPROVISATION
   a 10 week Friday Night Series May 5th to July 7th
   Musicians are welcome to drop by and play
   Place: 105 Clarence Street, London, Ontario, between
   Hill and South, west of Wellington. 
   9:30pm -1:00 am  Every FRIDAY NIGHT no cover byob
   
* Friday June 9th . The Music of Iannis Xenakis
   Guest Artist: Lori Freedman, bass clarinet
   New Music Concerts Ensemble; Robert Aitken, artistic director
   7:15 Illuminating Introduction | 8:00 Concert
   Glenn Gould Studio (CBC Broadcast Centre): 250 Front St. W
   Tickets: $25 regular $15 seniors $5 students (Cheapseats)
   
* Friday, June 9th . Leftover Daylight Series
   in association with Arraymusic and AIMT
   9:00 bailey/ van tassel/ willes/ yolevsky
   [james bailey (found + homemade instruments) josh van tassel 
   (sampler) chris willes (tenor saxophone) mitch yolevsky (clarinet)]   
   10:00 digasbarro/ downing/ haley
   [romina digasbarro (guitar, voice, compositions) andrew downing 
   (bass) geordie haley (guitar)]   
   11:00 chenaux/ lumley
   [eric chenaux (guitar) aaron lumley (guitar)]   
   9:00pm . ARRAYMUSIC Studio 60 Atlantic Ave., Ste/ 218 $10/6
         
* Saturday June 10th . A part of soundaXis
   108?Walking Through Tokyo
   A portrait of Tokyo for gallery exhibit / theatre screening 
   (January 2006, 50 minutes)   
   Sarah Peebles - 50-minute soundscape portrait of the 
   ever-changing metropolis without a centre
   Christie Pearson - digital images of Tokyo's architecture, 
   spaces and life 
   Yoshimura Hiroshi - essay on Tokyo's soundscape past & present  
   "108 -Walking through Tokyo" immerses the viewer in the richness 
   of a metropolis through image and sound. A journey created by 
   two Toronto artists: soundscape by composer Sarah Peebles; 
   images by artist/architect Christie Pearson. The screening is 
   contextualized by Urban Deconstructions, currently on view at 
   Goethe-Institut Gallery, with work by Alekos Hofstetter and 
   Holger Lippmann of Berlin, and architects Paul Raff and David 
   Warne of Toronto. A 12 min. video-loop from this show 
   precedes Walking through Tokyo.
   Presented by the Goethe-Institut and soundaXis in cooperation 
   with the Japan Foundation. 
   11 am . Goethe-Institut, Kinowelt Hall 163 King St. W. . Free

* Saturday June 10th . Ambience in the mill
   an Evening of ambient light and sound with
   Collapsible Frequency Flow and special guest
   7.30 pm . Goldie Mill Ruins, Guelph ON
   Free . bring something to sit on 

* Saturday June 10th . Quadraphonics - Tribute to Iannis Xenakis
   With Penderecki String Quartet, Lafayette String Quartet, Rocca
   String Quartet and Sirius String Quartet 
   Presented by Perimeter Institute and NUMUS
   7:30 pm . Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
   31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, ON (behind the Clay & Glass 
   Museum on Erb & Caroline Streets)
   Adults $20 and Full-time Students (with valid student ID) $15

* Saturday June 10th . CONTACT contemporary music & 
   New Adventures In Sound Art present THE POWER OF SPACE
   As part of soundaXis festival of architecture, music & acoustics
   The music of Iannis Xenakis, Barry Truax, Paul Dolden,
   Michael Gordon and the world premiere of Oracle, a new work by 
   Wende Bartley. Featuring performances by cellist Alex Grant, 
   percussionist Jerry Pergolesi, and guest vocalists Maryem Tollar 
   and David Wall.
   8:00 PM . The Ontario College of Art & Design (100 McCaul St.)   
   $15 Adults . $10 Seniors/Students

* Sunday, June 11th . The NOW Series
   presented by AIMToronto and the NOW Lounge
   2:00 - Workshop- Rob Clutton- developing solo repertoire 
   (improv and composition   
   4-7pm - Drumheller + Convergence Ensemble   
   Drumheller: brody west- alto sax, doug tielli- trombone, 
   eric chenaux- guitar, rob clutton- bass, nick fraser- drums   
   Convergence Ensemble: evan shaw- alto sax, scott thomson- 
   trombone, ken aldcroft- guitar, wes neal- bass, joe sorbara- drums   
   2-7pm . The NOW Lounge 189 Church St. . $6

* Sunday, June 11th . "Brodie's Back In Town Festival"
   Lina Allemano Four - Lina Allemano trumpet; Brodie West alto 
   saxophone; Andrew Downing bass; Nick Fraser drums.
   9:30pm . The Rex (194 Queen St W)  

* June 1st - 11th . soundaXis      Architecture . Music . Acoustics
   New Music Arts Projects presents soundaXis, a city-wide festival 
   celebrating architecture, music and acoustics that will transform 
   Toronto into a playground of sound and space exploration. For 
   two weeks, the city will be alive with concerts, interdisciplinary 
   installations, symposia, screenings and site-specific musical events.
   More info here: http://www.soundaxis.ca   

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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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