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THE AMBiENT PiNG http://www.theambientping.com Wednesdays @ THE TEQUILA LOUNGE http://www.tequilalounge.ca - 794 Bathurst Street at Bloor (directly across from the Bathurst subway station) - Toronto Doors open at 9pm - 1st set at 9:30 - PayWhatYouCan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This Wednesday February 16th - Hypnotech 3 + Tobas Mong Tracing semaphore streamlines by bullet train through the turbo outrun of Printville, or transmitting minky starshine by midnite maglev via the multiplexed electrolight of Pluxemburg: the man machines return. For all these transways lead to the bubble metropolis, and to Science City Zero, the quiet noise area of Vista-Dome. Electric birds swirl under the pulse of the heartbeatstar; and soft odes to data romance are played on radiopiano, trancemixer, modeselektor, and emotional joystick. Your mind goes into programming; the warm data seeps through your character maps; and all around you is the cosmos computer music. H3: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/hypnotech3.htm The music of Tobas Mong is of the electronic variety using purely synthetic sounds to create an artificial, yet emotional result. Featuring evolving rhythmic melodies and beats, the music also has dark overtones at times. Sometimes bubbly, sometimes edgy, always systematic. http://www.synthetictechnologies.com Both sets will feature the photonic caresses of Bleep Visuals. Between Sets CD - "Texture Maps: The Lost Pieces 3" Each week in February we're featuring a CD in Steve Roach's "The Lost Pieces" series, leading to his newest release "TLP4". "Texture Maps: The Lost Pieces 3" mines atmospheres and sonic spaces from works created from 1987 through 2003. (See rik maclean's CD review later in this PiNG Update.). http://www.steveroach.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming February 23rd - Planet Of The Loops http://www.geocities.com/energymadeaudible/planet.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||: IN THE LOOP :|| by Luna Tek Although I reported in an earlier column that January 24th is reputedly the worst day of the year, February 9 almost claimed the title for everyone involved in THE AMBiENT PiNG when the show scheduled for Wednesday, February 9, 2005 had to be cancelled at the eleventh hour. Crispin Giles, one of the T.Lounge's sound technicians, found the club in complete disarray when he arrived on Wednesday evening. The club had been torn apart for painting: all the booths were torn out, stuff was piled on the bar, there was painting going on and a big mess everywhere. Left scrambling in the wake of these unscheduled renovations, the PiNG crew attempted to salvage the evening by hosting a chill-out party replete with cheap beer - courtesy of the sheepish club owners who cleaned up most of the club by stacking the various materials in the VIP Lounge area. The scheduled event, promoted as an evening of potent musical jambalaya, drew a solid crowd of experimental music enthusiasts. Disappointed to miss a show featuring cheryl o and friends (Rob Piilonen, Jen Gillmor and Michael Keith), those who decided to stay and hang out enjoyed a nice vibe created by ambient videos and CDs courtesy of Scott M2. Despite an empty stage - and an enormous amount of stress and disappointment for the PiNG artists and organizers - TAP persevered by making the best of things. After all, what's art without a bit of adversity? cheryl o - http://www.cellojuice.com Jen Gillmor - http://www.svdesign.ca/Sound-Intro.html Michael Keith - http://www.michaelkeith.com Luna Tek - luna@theambientping.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews "Texture Maps - The Lost Pieces 3" by 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. 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 is a social sound/art event presenting live performances by Toronto's finest ambient, chillout, improv and experimental music artists plus performers from across the continent, Wednesday evenings at The Tequila Lounge - 794 Bathurst Street at Bloor. http://www.theambientping.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Please forward this e-mail to any friends who may be interested in live ambient, chillout and experimental music performances