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The Ambient Ping presents DJ Synapse



We're in a Steve Roach frenzy this January at the Ping.
No - he won't be leaving the desert to visit our frozen tundra this
month, but we'll be featuring his latest releases between sets
and rik maclean has not only written extensive reviews of these
CDs but has conducted a deep and insightful interview with
the ambient master himself. Read this interview with Roach,
about his music, his influences and inspiration here:
http://www.pingthings.com/PTfeaturesNF.htm
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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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This Tuesday January 13th - DJ Synapse

After chill-out performances at all the major outdoor parties
and 3-day events last summer, DJ Synapse returns to the
Ping to take us on a sonic journey from darkness into the light.
Beginning with his stranger, darker musings, Synapse plans
a trip ending in joyous grooves and, no doubt, marked by the
creative and humourous touches he's known for, along the path.

Between Sets CD - "Lost And Found" disc 2 by V/A
"Found", disc 2 of the Foundry Label's double CD anthology,
features a great collection of pieces by Foundry artists: eM,
Jonathan Hughes, Dean Santomieri, Mollusk & some interesting
combinations by Seofon with Steve Roach + Not Breathing +
vidna Obmana.  http://www.foundrysite.com
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Coming Tuesday January 20th - quasiMODAL
"Instant compositions, loops and textures."
Between Sets CD - "Texture Maps" by Steve Roach
http://www.steveroach.com
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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

"Life Sequence" by Steve Roach

It can truly be said that Steve Roach is a pioneer in the field
of ambient music, a frontiersperson who has helped to shape
and form the genre as we know it today. Over the years his
contributions have been numerous, from longform atmospheric
spaces recreating environment and space to studies of tribal
rhythms and textures and everywhere in between. Over
the course of his career, Roach's work has captured our
imaginations and inspired both our dreams and our
waking moments.

With the release of "Life Sequence", one of a pair of releases
from his Timeroom Editions series, Roach shows a skill and
mastery of sound sure to affect his listeners in powerful ways.

As "Life Sequence" opens with the shorter piece "Lightness
of Being", Roach sets the stage for an excursion into a more
driven, sequenced style drawing from analog technology.
>From it's opening notes one can't help but be drawn into
it's charms, beguiled by it's beauty.

This shortly gives way to the longer "Living the Dream", a
study in percolating synths and patterned sounds laid over
a percussive bed building to an intense climax and then
slowly releasing it's grip on the listener with a slow chill out.
"Sundial" continues along the same chilled vein, tones
floating and sweeping through the track in a calm and
drifting form, ebbing and flowing like the shifting of tides.
Beautiful music for a Sunday morning...

"Sands of Time" follows, it's opening slowly sweeping
through consciousness giving way to a more clearly
defined pattern of tones. Movement is so subtle, so
delicate in this piece as tones shift, appear and
disappear. A masterful work.

"Destination Horizon" closes the disc, an epic longform
piece slowly building on patterns and shapes introduced
early on in the course of it's 27 minutes. Transparent,
shimmering, beautiful.

"Life Sequence" is now available through ping things at 
http://www.pingthings.com You may also be interested
to read an exclusive interview with him in our Featured
section at http://www.pingthings.com/PTfeaturesNF.htm
where he discusses influences, inspiration and the
creative process. Fascinating insights from one of the
great talents of the ambient genre.

rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com

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http://www.pingthings.com = ambient + electronic + chill things
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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.
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Please forward this e-mail to any friends who may be interested
in live ambient, chillout and experimental music performances