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This is it! THE AMBiENT PiNG's FiFTH ANNiVERSARY SHOW and our Very Last Show at club nia / C'est What! I hope you all can make it out to say Good-bye with us to this wonderful room and the wonderful people who have served us so well since dreamSTATE played the 1st show here April 24th 2001. Onwards... The PiNG will be closed for the rest of August, then will reopen at the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom on September 7th. I'll send you all the details the week before. Hope to see you this Tuesday & we'll try to chill you out for the next few weeks... Love + Peace ~ Scott M2, Jamie Todd & rik maclean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE AMBiENT PiNG http://www.theambientping.com Free - 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This Tuesday August 17th - dreamSTATE with Sylken It's THE AMBiENT PiNG's 5th ANNiVERSARY and Scott M2 and Jamie Todd of dreamSTATE are celebrating by reuniting with their old friend Eric Hopper of Sylken. The 3 artists spent many years improvising electronic music together in the late 80s and 90s as Radio Silence - developing the skills, intuition and trust they rely upon to this day. From deep ambience to throbbing pulsations and interlocking sequences, dS + Sylken are planning a special sonic voyage on this final trip at club nia. General Chaos, dreamSTATE's fave ambient visualists, will be weaving their unique swirling galaxies of light to take us out... http://www.dreamstate.to http://www.sylken.ca http://www.generalchaosvisuals.com Between Sets CD - "The Equatorial Stars" by Fripp & Eno Yes, it has arrived, and just as we always open each new home for the PiNG by playing Eno's "Music For Airports", we'll close our residency at club nia featuring this brand new release from loopy ambient pioneers Robert Fripp & Brian Eno. http://www.disciplineglobalmobile.com/order/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * August 24th & 31st - The PiNG will be Closed for our move to The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom - 1214 Queen Street West (which is closed for renovations during August) http://www.gladstonehotel.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming September 7th to the PiNG at the Gladstone Hotel Arms Full of Sound http://www.phpro.info/afos/main.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews "Pieces of a Larger Experiment" by Arms Full of Sound Paul Needler of Arms Full of Sound revels in the joy of discovery during "Pieces of a Larger Experiment". Using a collection of analog and digital equipment, Paul has created a series of live improvised pieces which are presented here in edited forms ranging from expansive moods to playful shorter snippets of a larger whole. Opening with the swirling Cindra Morgan, Paul offers up a lush work of sweeping pads and rich tones. A majestic entry to the work at hand, closing with a delicate almost lullaby quality. Track three, Massive Synth, lives up to it's name filled with swirling tones and bass-driven melodies. Well suited for mind expansion and chillaxin' Tracks four through six are a triptych considerably shorter pieces, much like glimpses of scenery seen through the windows of a fast moving train, but despite their length (or lack thereof), they exist as complete works in and of themselves. Very effective. Haunting returns to the longer form, built around a simple yet engaging melody, winding, twisting, spiralling around an ideal, a truth. Splendid. Stranger Part 2 brings to mind some of the claustrophobia and paranoia of early Gary Numan. Washes of synth and a sparse drum beat seem to echo the sound of rain falling on dark alleys in alien cities. This is a track I'd definately like to hear more from... Hipnosis 2 closes the disc, a quiet, minimal track that plays on the edge of the senses. A simple yet very effective closer to an inspired collection of songs. Overall, "Pieces of a Larger Experiment" is an excellent collection of work. While some would end up creating a disjointed travelogue using the same idea of edited parts, Paul instead creates a kaleidoscopic view of everchanging terrain. Recommended. rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com http://www.pingthings.com = ambient + electronic + chill things Send an e-mail to pingthings-subscribe@yahoogroups.com for updates on *all* the latest releases on sale at ping things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 evening. * After the final show at C'est What on August 17th, the PiNG will be closed for 2 weeks & will start a new residency at the Ballroom in the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West at Gladstone) beginning Tuesday, September 7th. http://www.gladstonehotel.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Please forward this e-mail to any friends who may be interested in live ambient, chillout and experimental music performances