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The PiNG presents Richard Crow and NAW



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 October 11th - Richard Crow and NAW

UK based Richard Crow is an interdisciplinary artist who uses sound &
noise in a performative way, for its spatial and subjective qualities
and above all for its psychological implications for the listener.
Past solo and collaborative site-specific installations & performances
have consisted of highly conceptualized interventions into base
materiality, investigations of alternative systems of organization 
and research into a certain material decadence (as with the project
The Institution of Rot, London 1993-96). The title of tonight's
performance is "phantom music - an aural hallucination".
http://www.elision.org.au/collaborators/crow.html 

In the second set NAW (aka Neil Wiernik) will be doing a rare live
performance of some of his recent ambient material. NAW has working
intercity with Aidan Baker and Nathan McNinch over the past year on
a series of collaborative works, using the internet as a their medium. 
This project draws on the lush guitar work of Aidan Baker, the spare
minimalism of Nathan McNinch's piano work and the highly textured
sound design work of Neil Wiernik. The project, initiated by NAW, is
an exercise in conducting musicians without them being in the same
room. Wiernik requested both artists to provide him with material
played in a specific manner to be worked with in the studio as his
compositional elements. The result is rich, sullen music reminiscent
of artists found on Constellation, Kranky and the label NAW calls
home - Noise Factory. This new work has only been performed in its
entirety once, in Montreal, where reviews compared the material to the
music of Godspeed, minus the rock instruments. NAW uses only a laptop,
a midi controller and various software applications to manipulate
and contort these sounds into cinematic works for your ears.
http://www.naw.phoniq.net  http://www.noisefactoryrecords.com/naw.htm

Between Sets CD - "A Million Stories" by Sara Ayers
Ayers new CD is a long-form work of dark haunting beauty. She has
built this epic sound collage from samples, primarily vocal samples,
and featuring her own angelic/demonic voice. http://www.saraayers.com
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Coming Tuesday October 18th - Planet Of The Loops
http://www.geocities.com/energymadeaudible/planet.html

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||: IN THE LOOP :||  by Luna Tek

It was a Worthy Fall Night indeed: a gorgeous autumn day was just
the prelude to an evening of fine improvisational music at
THE AMBIENT PING on Tuesday, October 4, 2005.  

With pretty vocals and pink noise setting the tone for the series of
poetic improvisations that followed, Building Castles out of Matchsticks
(aka Anne Sulikowski) began this Worthy evening with a "subatomic space"
odyssey. Moments of glitch interspersed with vocal treatments and
samples heightened the sonic intensity as the set progressed. Beats
and mesmerizing vocals introduced the playful pop-oriented second half
of the performance, leaving a wistful audience wishing for more
"studios in airplanes." 

John Topp's set unfortunately had to be abandoned early on, due to
some technical difficulties, as unintentional glitches began to
create an eerie soundwall reminiscent of Hitchcock's film "The Birds." 

Seven Worthy musicians and their synths, guitars, drums and effects
machines filled the stage at the end of the night for one final set
by Psychosomatic Climax Machine. Truly the climax of the evening, the
Machine's lush set carried forward Anne's pop foray into post-rock
territory to the delight of the PiNG audience. There was also an
unexpected treat: Eric Siegerman took a break from his General
Chaos Visuals duties to join the group on hand drums.

Luna Tek - luna@theambientping.com
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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

"Guzheng Music" by David Sait

David Sait has made a name for himself within the Toronto music scene
as an excellent improvisational guitarist. But with the releases of
his latest CD "Guzheng Music", Sait has moved away from the guitar
and instead collected ten tracks employing the guzheng, a traditional
Chinese string instrument whose history dates back over 2500 years.
It's quite interesting then that by traveling backwards in time
in his choice of instrumentation, Sait has been able to move forward
in both style and sound, creating a fresh and exciting new work.

Sait's work with the guzheng is truly stunning, creating beautiful
pieces that conjure a variety of images ranging from delicate
flowing streams to powerful battles. Tones shift and notes bend,
change forms, sliding from one point to another with a fluidity
evocative of crystalline liquids. The guzheng's natural reverberence
and echo add a haunting sense of space to the pieces, the feeling
of a larger environment within the guzheng itself. Percussion
appears intermittently as well, but it's used in different ways 
than we've become accustomed to, more often than not as a means
to travel from one location to another, rather than as a steady
accompaniment. For the most part the guzheng stands alone, a
dramatic and theatrical voice able to tell it's own stories
without need for support.

Throughout the disc, one can't help but be drawn into the magic
of the guzheng, masterfully led by Sait's skill and natural
ability with the instrument. "Guzheng Music" is a wonderful
album filled with discovery and wonder, a beautiful travelogue
of music and sounds, which while they have a long and rich
history also remain very fresh and distinct in today's musical 
environment. Who would have thought that something so ancient
could sound so vital and new? Highly recommended.

"Guzheng Music" by David Sait is available now at ping things
http://www.pingthings.com/DAVIDSATEquzheng.htm

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ping things would like to thank you for all of your support
in raising money for the American Red Cross during September.
Over $500US was raised for the cause which will go towards
relief efforts in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Thank you
to all of the artists who supported our efforts by donating 
earnings, and to all of you who bought a CD or two. It's
truly wonderful to see so many people willing to make an
effort to help others!

rik maclean - rik@pingthings.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 -
794 Bathurst Street at Bloor. http://www.theambientping.com
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