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THiS JUST iN - AMBiENT PiNG RADiO iS NOW LiVE http://www.live365.com/stations/marastorment more info here: http://www.theambientping.com/index.html#pingradio 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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.