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THE AMBiENT PiNG presents Anomalous Disturbances



THE AMBiENT PiNG   http://www.theambientping.com
Every Tuesday Night @ The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom
1214 Queen St. West (At the corner of Gladstone/Dufferin St.)
Doors open at 9pm - 1st set at 9:30 - PayWhatYouCan
http://www.gladstonehotel.com/MapQuest%20Maps%20map.htm
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This Tuesday November 16th - Anomalous Disturbances
               with Matthew Poulakakis and Aidan Baker
               plus "20 Years Audible" videos for CIUT 89.5 FM

Vancouver based ambientalist, Anomalous Disturbances
(Terry O'Brien) returns to THE AMBiENT PiNG once again
to perform two sets of improvised soundscapes.

Also featured before and between sets are screenings of works 
by New Zealand and Japanese artists, presented in celebration
of 20 years of "The Audible Woman", Sarah Peebles' long-running
radio program bringing you "experimental" music composed
and otherwise created by women from around the globe.
The Audible Woman airs the first Wednesday of every month,
6-8 pm on CIUT 89.5 FM. Sarah will be in the house to collect
pledges for the station-fundraising on behalf of The Audible Woman.
http://www.ciut.fm

9:00 pm (sharp) video - "Te Hekenga-A-Rangi" (Aotearoa/New Zealand)
Performances and interviews with the late Hirini Melbourne &
Richard Nunns with Aroha Yates-Smith. Revivalists, improvisers,
& scholars of ancient Maori instruments & scholar Maori female deities

9:30 pm - Anomalous Disturbances live - Using an array of
digital sampling/looping devices & sound processors through
which he plays his guitars, Terry's works have been characterized
as, "long slow tone-creepings that inch around one's living room,
exhaling grey mysteries and ominous calms."
(from a recent review by Marc S. Tucker)
http://www.anomalousdisturbances.com

10:20 pm - video - "Let there be Light" (Japan) Nami Hotatsu (voice,
electronics) and Ko Ishikawa (sho/mouth-organ and electronics).
Mesmerizing visuals reminiscent of water-colour paintings
gradually dissolve into one another, mirrored beautifully
by Hotatsu and Ishikawa's soundscape and spoken word.

10:45 pm - For his second set, Terry will be joined by special
guests, and AMBiENT PiNG alumni, Matthew Poulakakis
(aka Automatic Fats / Solipsystem) and Aidan Baker (ARC).
http://cdbaby.com/cd/automaticfats   http://listen.to/aidan
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November 23rd - Planet Of The Loops
http://www.geocities.com/energymadeaudible/planet.html
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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

Following up the brilliant "Illusions of Light", Sylken released
"PiNG", a stunning live presentation of the ever evolving musical
collective taken from a pair of performances recorded at
THE AMBiENT PiNG.

Opening with "Here, then Gone", Sylken creates a deep and
foreboding environment given a small hint of light by a lonely
trumpet played masterfully by Wally Jericho, a frequent contributor
to the project. Quiet synth lines pass by in the darkness, like
comets travelling through space, burning brightly for only an instant,
a faded memory the next. I'm not too sure who plays what on each
track, but I'll comment here that both Eric Hopper & Steven Sauve
of Sylken have a masterful approach to creating beautiful and
emotional music through their keyboards, coaxing notes and tones
that others would be unable to create. Hearing the sonic bliss
they're responsible for I oftentimes think of the two of them as
magicians more than musicians.

"The Sonorous Apparition" follows in the same dark vein, sound
bended and folded in ways that shouldn't be possible, and yet
becomes all the more beautiful for it. Random notes, a little
guitar perhaps? It's all good...

"NGC 720" closes the disc, conjuring images of distant stars
and nebulae swirling in the depths of space, a ballet of astronomy.
Notes ebb and flow, grow and swell, rise and fall in a rapturous
swirl, sweetly caressing the listener. Sensual.

Three pieces of long form ambience, all with their own unique
charms. "PiNG" by Sylken fully captures the magic of
performance and the beauty of space. Highly recommended.

rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com

http://www.pingthings.com = ambient + electronic + chill things

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THE AMBiENT PiNG presents live performances by Toronto's
finest ambient, chillout and experimental music artists plus
performers from across the continent, every Tuesday evening
at the Ballroom in the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West
at Gladstone/Dufferin St. - Both the Queen Streetcar and the
Dufferin Bus stop right at the hotel. http://www.gladstonehotel.com
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Please forward this e-mail to any friends who may be interested
in live ambient, chillout and experimental music performances