The Ambient Ping presents RADiO iN AMBiENCE Part 2

["Scott M2" <scott@dreamstate.to>]

This week is Part 2 of our series titled RADiO iN AMBiENCE
featuring experimental artists making extensive use of radio
as a live ambient sound source, including live radio broadcasts
of Greg Clow's "Feedback Monitor" on CIUT 89.5-FM. (Tune in
Tuesday @ 10-12pm ET if you can't make it out to the show
or on the internet at http://www.ciut.fm/ )
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THE AMBiENT PiNG   http://www.theambientping.com
Free - Every Tuesday Night - doors open at 9pm - 1st set at 9:30
  @ club nia / C'est What - 19 Church St. at Front St. - Toronto
         3 blocks east of the Union Station subway.
         map - http://www.cestwhat.com/map.html
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Tuesday May 13th - RADiO iN AMBiENCE Part 2

This is a special presentation for the Deep Wireless "celebration
of Radio Art" in collaboration with New Adventures in Sound Art
taking place throughout May. http://www.deepwireless.ca

Toronto radio legend David Pritchard, host of the infamously
eclectic Late Night show on CHUM-FM in the late 60s/early 70s,
the first manager/program director for CFNY-FM when it
exploded from 200 to 100,000 watts in the 70s, and creator of
"Nocturnal Eathworm Stew" (Island), opens the night with prepared
short-wave manipulations and excerpts of his previous radio-centric
works like "An Admission Of Guilt". Joining him will be multi-
instrumentalist Byron Wong (King Brand Vallium, My Brilliant Beast)
and electronic soundscape artist Scott M2 (dreamSTATE, earotica)
on radios, treatments and looping devices.

In the second set, electronic duo Self-Service (Jakob Thiesen
& Rebecca McLellan) will tune in to the airwaves to pillage &
resample Greg Clow's Feedback Monitor radio show (which will
be including sections of the previous week's Planet Of The Loops'
Deep Wireless performance looping Feedback Monitor on May 6th)
to bring RADiO iN AMBiENCE full circle in a week-long
self-consuming loop. Self-Service plan a fresh mix of electronic
music where sources both familiar and obscure coexist with
their own pulsing consonant tones. (BTW, There's a new Self-Service
3" CD available through http://www.pieheadrecords.com )

Scott M2 - http://www.dreamstate.to/about_dreamstate.htm
Jakob Thiesen - http://www.theambientping.com/thiesen/home.html
Greg Clow / Feedback Monitor - http://www.feedbackmonitor.com

Between Sets CD "Subterranean Collective disc 2" by vidnaObmana
Dark, drifting synth chords float over tribal rhythms on this
double CD from Belgian sound artist vidnaObmana, who has
remastered and resequenced tracks from 3 albums originally
recorded 1992-94. This collection also features contributions
from Djen Ajakan Shean, Steve Roach, Robert Rich & Alio Die.
(PROJECKT - 2001)  http://www.vidnaobmana.be
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Coming Tuesday May 20th - Erik Wollo  http://www.wollo.com
Between Sets CD - "Swarm Of Drones - disc 2" by V/A  (1995) 
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"Phoenix" by Spacenoiz

Tribal rhythms float throughout, a wave of feedback passes by,
noises fade in and out like some distant alien radio. This is the
sound of Spacenoiz.

The latest project by Jim Field, (of Rhea's Obsession & still coiled)
Spacenoiz continues the exploration of styles and sounds that have
characterized his earlier work. With a keen ear for the synthesis
of tones and an attention to the spaces that surround the notes,
Jim has created a focussed work, possessed of a variety of constantly
shifting shapes and textures. A journey to the stars and back.
Essential.

"Phoenix" is available now through http://www.pingthings.com

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The Ambient Ping presents free live performances by Toronto's
finest ambient, chillout and experimental music artists plus
performers from across the continent, every Tuesday at club nia
(aka C'est What) featuring a comfortable lower stage area, perfect
for attentive listening, plus a higher level with a bar, back room
and more seating that's great for conversation, good food and the
club's impressive beer, wine and whiskey selection. Musical treats
are on offer at the *ping things* ambient/experimental CD boutique.
Drop off food at *ping things* for the Daily Bread Food Bank too
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