The Ambient Ping presents quasiMODAL

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

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 20th - quasiMODAL

cheryl o's floating improv ensemble quasiMODAL returns to
the Ping with Matthew Poulakakis (Automatic Fats) on keys,
bass & trinkets, Michael Keith (MCF) on guitar, loops & objects,
Steven Sauve (karmafarm) on piano, synthesizer & loops and
cheryl on cello, loops, treatments & blinking lights. An evening
of instant compositions with a focus on space, time and texture.

cheryl o - http://www.cellojuice.com
Steven Sauve - http://www.karmafarm.ca
Michael Keith - http://www.michaelkeith.com
Matthew Poulakakis - http://cdbaby.com/cd/automaticfats

Between Sets CD - "Texture Maps" by Steve Roach (Timeroom)
"Texture Maps - The Lost Pieces Vol. 3" assembles previously
unreleased deep ambient works recorded from 1987 through 2003.
Roach's soundworlds drift and flow like subterranean rivers and
the slow dancing of distant nebulae. http://www.steveroach.com
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Coming Tuesday January 27th - Glenn Love
http://www.glennlove.com

Between Sets CD - "Life Sequence" by Steve Roach (Timeroom)
http://www.steveroach.com
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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

"Texture Maps" by Steve Roach

The second of two new Timeroom Editions from Steve Roach,
"Texture Maps" is a collection of previously unreleased ambient
pieces taken from various points in Roach's career, work built
around the ideas of oblique motion and the slow drift of shapes.

Beginning with "Gray and Purple", Roach creates an environment
of organic soundscapes, rising and falling, passing through
states of consciousness and inspiring dreams. Wonderful.

"Artifact Ghost" suggest subterranean travels, a haunted journey
through inner space. "Spiral Triptych" brings together three
separate compositions into one long form piece. Roach
melts each part into the others creating an elegant,
almost conceptual whole. I like this/these one/s alot.

The disc closes with "Soul Light", a recent composition recorded
shortly after his recent "Mystic Chords" box set.

As a whole, "Texture Maps" is a fantastic journey through
space suggesting the birth and death of stars, the dawn and
dusk of life, and a thousand other secrets that have yet to be
shared. A fantastic work of space music sure to appeal
to all fans of the genre.

Steve Roach is currently the Featured Artist at *ping things*.
Visit http://www.pingthings.com/PTfeaturesNF.htm to read
an exclusive interview with this master of the ambient genre.

rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com

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performers from across the continent, every Tuesday at club nia
(aka C'est What) featuring a comfortable lower stage area, perfect
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