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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THiS Tuesday March 28th . Vessel = Menno Krant + The Devil in the Design and dreamSTATE with The Devil in the Design + Lynn Harrigan and General Chaos Visuals VESSEL; A collaborative performance with Phil Ogison {The Devil in The Design} and Menno Krant Vessel: This project represents the interface of two artistic disciplines, visual art and music. Modern Artist Menno Krant; painter and Phil Ogison; Ambient Guitarist and Electronics Improviser, combine their unique gifts in a series of five performances, which explore the definition of music as fine art and the body as vessel for sound and colour. The first of these performances will take place March 28.06 in Toronto. Menno Krant is a self-taught visionary artist whose unique painting techniques have given him international recognition and acclaim. Mr. Krant has been the subject of many documentaries and scholarly dissertations. Phil Ogison has been involved in the experimental visual and audio art scene since the mid 1960s. He continues to work in both areas with a current emphasis on performing ambient/experimental music with a variety of artists, notably members of the Worthy Records collective and THE AMBiENT PiNG Community in Toronto. Phil's music is available on the world wide web, through ping things and The Canadian Music Centre. http://tditd.tripod.com/vessel http://www.mennokrant.com http://www.myspace.com/ogison In the second set Phil will join dreamSTATE for a trip beginning with a live reading with poet Lynn Harrigan of the latest pieces from her work-in-progress "Oblique Poetries". Then we'll shift gears into some driving "Berlin school" sequencing. In the past, dreamSTATE has enjoyed injecting layered sequences, inspired by their early German influences like Tangerine Dream, into their sets - but have missed the wailing guitar that would often soar across the classic German works from the Seventies. With Phil on board on guitar, they're looking forward to taking things to another level! dreamSTATE has been assembling banks of virtual Moog Modular synths in their computers, patching up new sounds, loading up the sequencers and are looking forward to this flight with Phil. http://www.dreamstate.to http://www.lynnharrigan.com http://www.myspace.com/ogison General Chaos Visuals will be in the house to turn the entire stage into an evolving visual feast for this performance. http://www.generalchaosvisuals.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Before Sets CD . Rubycon by Tangerine Dream Hmmm, working with virtual modulars in prep for this week's show has gotten me in the mood for some old school analog modular madness. So to start the evening off this week, we jump into the wayback machine and revisit this classic TD release from 1975. http://www.tangerinedream.org Between Sets CD . Eye of the Nautilus by Numina Tonight we feature the second release by Numina on the Hypnos label, the follow-up to his acclaimed breakthrough Sanctuary of Dreams (2004). Eye of the Nautilus is similar to its predecessor tonally, but also explores some different themes and textures. Evocative electronic percussion is present at times, but overall the feel is one of deep-space ambience. Read more about it here in rik's *ping things* CD review below and hear it Tuesday @ the PiNG. http://www.numinamusic.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMiNG April 4th . WHIPPOORWILL (Chris Gartner, & Great Bob Scott) and POLMO POLPO (Sandro Perri) WHIPPOORWILL is a new duo from the former Look People rhythm section of bassist/guitarist Chris Gartner, and drummer Great Bob Scott. This is an exciting and innovative group that creates a forest of sound and texture with just two people. Gartner plays composed guitar and bass loops live, switching instruments within the pieces to form the illusion of a number of players at once. Scott's infamous drumming is spiced with electronic triggering, and samples. Dense multitracked soundscapes composed by Gartner, and live video projections augment their live shows. The two members of WHIPPOORWILL have been part of a number of high profile acts over the years. They both toured Europe and North America as members of Canada's legendary "Look People", and appeared in recordings, magazines, television shows, rock videos, and Lollapalooza festivals with the group. http://www.myspace.com/chrisandgreatbob Also on the bill, Polmo Polpo is the solo project of Toronto composer, musician and producer Sandro Perri. Between 1999 and 2002, he released several full length and EP releases, beginning with his own label, Audi Sensa, and later moving on to various releases with Alien8, Intr-version, and Constellation. Perri operates in a strange netherworld between avant-dub and more post-rock influences and pointedly incorporates traditional instruments into his electronic experiments "as part of the fabric." Polmo Polpo creates a unique blend of dense and intoxicating layers of hisses and crackles, looped percussion, long-burn drones and submerged rhythms overlaid with instrumental sources (slide guitar, strings, accordion). "Polmo Polpo" loosely translates as "octopus lung" in Italian. Much of Perri's music is reminiscent of deepwater, photic zone atmospheres. http://www.alien8recordings.com/subsf05.php3 http://www.audisensa.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews Numina . "Eye of the Nautilus" It's subtle and magical, playing right on the periphery of the senses. I sit very still while I'm listening to it, afraid that any movement or noise might mean that I miss some of it, something crucial. Something important. It requires focus. "Eye of the Nautilus" is the second release on the Hypnos label by Jesse Sola of Numina. My appreciation for Jesse's work, my adoration for his music, is pretty well documented by this point. But even given my feelings I was totally unprepared for the beauty of "Eye of the Nautilus". There's a womb like serenity to this music, something so natural, so warm, so inviting. Tracks drift and flow throughout the disc, slight melodies and distant sounds rising and falling on the edge of your hearing. Time seems to slow down while it plays, as if minutes and seconds have less meaning and are instead measured by the passing of notes and waves. It all comes together so fluidly, so naturally, so perfectly that it seems like this music has always existed, that this is the sound of the oceans, and the earth, and the moon, and the stars, and everything else. Primal, connected, organic. It's subtle and magical, playing right on the periphery of the senses. I sit very still while I'm listening to it, afraid that any movement or noise might mean that I miss some of it, something crucial. Something important. Something divine. Something wonderful. Something... perfect. rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com "Eye of the Nautilus" by Numina is available now at ping things! http://www.pingthings.com/NUMINAnautilus.htm Read an exclusive interview with Jesse Sola of Numina at http://www.pingthings.com/NUMINAfeatureNF.htm Interested in hearing some tracks from "Eye of the Nautilus"? Tune into ping things radio every Sunday and Wednesday evening from 9pm to midnight EST at http://www.live365.com/stations/marastorment to hear music from Numina and other artists in the ping things catalogue! http://www.pingthings.com = ambient + electronic + chill things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Other Toronto area sonic/visual events of interest this week: * Thursday March 30th . 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, March 30th . A.D/D. Events presents "24 Hour Party People: The Hacienda Tour" featuring Peter Hook (of New Order) and Mani (of The Stone Roses/Primal Scream) 10 PM . State Theatre, 69 Bathurst St, Toronto . $15 * Thursday March 30th . Open House: Dave Fish, drums Michael Herring, mbass Paul Newman, saxophone 8pm . Tranzac, 292 Brunswick at Bloor * Friday, March 31st . Leftover Daylight Series in association with Arraymusic and AIMT i- Quinsin Nachof w/ guests ii- Geordie Haley's everytime band (w/ paul donat, christine duncan, evan shaw, jean martin) iii- Gregg Brennan Trio (w/ avi granite, tom richards) 9pm . ARRAYMUSIC Studio 60 Atlantic Ave., Ste 218 . $10/6 * Friday, March 31st . H2-OS presents "Industrialization Of Relaxation" noise, industrial, soundscapes & breaks with live sets by Stendeck (Switzerland), S:Cage, L'ombre & Sincere Trade, and DJs Razorgrrl, State Of The Arc & Charnel_Lurker 10 PM . Waterfall Lounge, 326 Adelaide St. W. . $5 * Saturday, April 1st . alienInFlux, Sensor + Promise present "Hz (HERTZ)" two room party featuring live sets by Sleeparchive, Function, Kero & Vitaminsforyou and DJs Eric Downer, Lee Osborne, Noah Pred, Wes, Rollin Cash, Owen, Chocolate & Patrick Roots 10:30 PM . 99 Sudbury . $25 * Saturday, April 1st . Alchemy & LadyBerg present "(an unnamed party)" a collective night of art & music featuring live music by Les Six, October Guard, Lipstick Machine & Munik, house & EDM with The Audiolab Crew: Ondray, Alchemy, Dirty Mex & Richie K, installations by The Washboard Collective, and photography by Liz Cooper & Irina Lyubchenko 10pm - 4am . Salem's Loft, 136 Geary (Dovercourt/Dupont) . $5 * Saturday, April 1st . famefame presents "VIDEODROME 2" experimental scratch video art clash with Eclectic Method (London, UK), V-Atak (Paris, France), Madame Chao (NYC), Famefame, DJ Will Munro & Mc Pinky Beckles 9 PM . MOCCA, 952 Queen St. W. $5 * Sunday, April 2nd . improv workshop recital Eric Abboud, Farah Ally, Victor Bateman, Andrew Chan, Andrew McMullen, David Pontello, Paul-Julien Tanti, John Vainstein, and Nick Zubeck will play together spontaneously for an hour, and it will be great curious fun. 1pm . Arrayspace . 60 Atlantic Ave., Suite 219 * Sunday April 2nd . The NOW Series presented by AIMT and the NOW Lounge 4:00- geordie haley-guitar,dave clark-drums and evan shaw-saxophone 5:00- david sait- guzheng solos 6:00- live recording for "mk ultra" milton's favorite noise group NOW Lounge, 189 Church St. . $6 * Sunday, April 2nd . The Hidden Cameras two shows: 4 PM & 8 PM - all ages The Music Gallery . 197 John St. . $20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Please forward this e-mail to any friends who may be interested in live ambient, chillout and experimental music performances or to any of your appropriate newsgroups. Thanks.