Support
Looper's Delight
|
Support |
|
|
* Syntax Error have uploaded (as a hi-quality mp3) their entire set at the PiNG from a couple of weeks back and as Luna reported, it "covered a lot of musical territory ... beginning with ambient instrumentals and building in rhythmic intensity." Listen here: http://www.syntaxerror.cc/music/misc/SE-Live@ThePing-091305.mp3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE AMBiENT PiNG http://www.theambientping.com Tuesdays @ HACiENDA - 794 Bathurst Street at Bloor (directly across from the Bathurst subway station) - Toronto Doors open at 9pm - 1st set at 9:30 - PayWhatYouCan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This Tuesday October 4th - "A Worthy Fall: October" Night 2 of the PiNG's Fall feature on the wonderful Worthy Records brings out two of Worthy's flagship acts & a fresh associate. The 1st set features Building Castles out of Matchsticks, the solo, soul- searching project of Worthy's Queen of the Robots, Anne Sulikowski. Next, new Worthy artist John Topp (subdirector) will be re-improvising pieces from his new CD (which will be available for sale at the show). Then the large improv orchestra Psychosomatic Climax Machine takes the stage to create new interwoven textural works with their renowned focus and intensity. General Chaos Visuals will envelope the stage for the night with their mesmerizing dreamscapes. http://www.worthyrecords.com http://www.subdirector.com Between Sets CD - "Remittance" by Austere This beautiful 2004 release from the somewhat mysterious duo Austere, from Portland, Oregon, was created using guitar, voice, treatments, their trusty Space Echo and a few choice samples. http://austere.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Tuesday October 11th - Richard Crow and NAW http://www.elision.org.au/collaborators/crow.html http://www.naw.phoniq.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||: IN THE LOOP :|| by Luna Tek THE AMBiENT PiNG concert on September 27, 2005 featured two improvised sets by Songspell. Michael Moon (vibraphone, electric guitar, vocals, percussion), Thom Dean (keys, percussion), Bridget Debernardi (vocals, percussion) and Jenn Howie (keys, vocals, percussion) created a spellbinding performance of ethereal vocals and instrumental ambience. Songspell's beautiful first set reverberated across a number of musical realms with strains of world music and passages of spoken word by newest band member, Bridget. Later in the set, Michael hypnotized the audience with songs that verged on perforce art with the vocal and instrumental support of Thom, Jenn and Bridget. Using elements of chant and overtone singing, Michael started off the second set with some vocal experimentation that evoked images of Aboriginal elders chanting their truths. As the set evolved, the vocals and percussion heightened in intensity, sustaining the otherworldly, soulful vibe initiated by Michael. Thanks to everyone who dropped by THE AMBiENT PiNG's table at Word on the Street and picked up a copy of the preview edition of i POP PiNG magazine, the PiNG's latest venture. Feel free to submit articles, reviews, experimental writing and visual art for upcoming issues; submission guidelines will be published in the next edition, due out at the end of October. Luna Tek - luna@theambientping.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews "Mandela" by Foy There is a beauty in minimalism, a charm in the microscopic. It's all about finding the details. And "Mandela" by Foy is filled with details, filled with charm, filled with beauty. Disc opener "De Cirkel" paints an aural landscape using slow sweeping pads that lie underneath a percolating, expanding rhythm track gradually building and growing. Track three, "Zacht Licht" uses sparse piano and drums to create a delicate and fragile beauty. Slowly melting into track four "Versplinterde", the same minimal instrumentation continues taking on a certain melancholy tone to it, but maintaining the same beguiling nature as it's earlier parts. And so it goes... Pulsing and dreaming, "Mandela" by Foy creates an environment where sound washes through the mind and light percussion keeps time with the beating of your heart. A truly beautiful experience both in terms of sound and in the resultant atmospheres. 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, every Tuesday evening at HACiENDA - 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 or to any of your appropriate newsgroups. Thanks.