The PiNG presents Interweaver with Boudicca II Visuals

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

Have you ever visited the PiNG's Events page to see the photos
from recent shows? http://www.theambientping.com/events.html
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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 June 29th - Interweaver with Boudicca II Visuals

This evening at the PiNG features Toronto-based electronic
composer Leif Bloomquist (Interweaver, Schema Factor),
who will be performing a rare electro-Ambient improvisation.
To start the evening, the first set will suspend the listener in
a mixture of liquid fractal drones interspersed with crystalized
samples. The second set will delve into deeper, darker themes,
overlaid with a lattice of shadowy beats. Projected impressions
will be provided by Boudicca II Visuals.
http://www.leifbloomquist.net

Between Sets CD - "amplexus" by Obmana / Brennan / Roach
This Projekt release compiles three 20-minute ambient works
originally commisioned for the Amplexus 3-inch CD series.
The pieces are by vidnaObmana, Thom Brennan & Steve Roach.
http://www.vidnaobmana.be  http://www.thombrennan.com
http://www.steveroach.com   http://www.projekt.com
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Coming July 6th - Drinking Box
http://mentalfloss.ca/sintheta/leark/

Between Sets CD - "Fissures" by Robert Rich and Alio Die
http://www.robertrich.com   http://www.aliodie.com/
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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

"Tumbleweed Obfuscated by Camera Failure" is a very
impressive collection of songs by Brian McWilliams
performing under the name of Aperus. Travelling along
roads of both light and dark ambient, Brian has created
a fantastic release well worth further study.

"Dark Moon (initiation)" brings to mind a sense of
ceremony and ritual performed under night skies.
Rumbling and shaking tones play beneath a steady
simple melody of rather foreboding sounds.

"Magnetism" in contrast is a much brighter track, a beautiful
piano melody played over a steady drone. Simply beautiful,
bringing to mind the twinkling of stars in the night sky.
Wonderful.

"Echo Canyon" features floating percussive tones slowly
swaying through the soundscape, drifting tones passing like
water, the call of a buoy, metal on metal scraping against
each other. Submarine sounds, underwater at night. Slowly
giving way to more fluid tones, a greater organicism.
A stirring piece.

"Radiant" floats above the ground, gently moving back
and forth through the clouds, tones effortlessly melting
into each other. Wonderful work.

"Vanishing Terrain" brings a sense of mystery, subtle
tones play throughout, interspersed by more mechanical
noises, sounds, pulses.  A sense of beauty being lost,
replaced by something less organic, more constructed.
Slowly the organic elements begin to win over, taking
dominance between the two, creating a blend, a synthesis.

Packaged in a DVD case along with a series of beautiful
photographs which inspired the music, "Tumbleweed
Obfuscated by Camera Failure" is an excellent
introduction to the work of Aperus, and is sure to
delight fans of the ambient genre.

rik maclean - rik@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
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