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The PiNG presents Planet Of The Loops



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
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This Tuesday October 18th - Planet Of The Loops

Andrew Aldridge's floating ensemble of loopers lands at Hacienda
for a night of improvisations based around various "live-looping"
devices and creative musical spirits. This show features a striking
combination of old-school and new-school looping. James Bailey
(Six Heads/Odradek) will be bringing a very vintage looping setup
built from old portable tape recorders as he performs on various
physical objects from his bag-of-tricks. Jamie Todd (URM/dreamSTATE)
will take a very modern approach as he plays an array of virtual
synthesizers through long-looping devices he's designed in SynthEdit
- all within his laptop computer. The PiNG respectfully requests
that no old-school vs new-school looping fights break out within
the audience. Take it outside people. Peace...
http://www.geocities.com/energymadeaudible/planet.html

Between Sets CD - "one cello x 16" by Zoë Keating
Cellist Zoë Keating gets loopy with the first release in her
ongoing project in which she layers the natural sound of the cello
to create rhythmically dense musical structures. People who enjoyed
Zoë's solo looping set at the PiNG last August may wish to catch her
performing with "cello-rock" trio Rasputina at the Mod Club Theatre
on Thursday October 27th. http://www.zoekeating.com
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Coming Tuesday October 25th - Mara's Torment and AKUMU
http://www.marastorment.com  http://www.spiderrecords.com/akumu
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||: IN THE LOOP :||  by Luna Tek

THE AMBiENT PiNG hosted two top-notch concerts on October 11, 2005:
multimedia artist Richard Crow from the UK (performing in association
with the SOUNDplay festival) and NAW (aka Neil Wiernik) from Toronto. 

Richard Crow began the evening with a set titled "phantom music -
an aural hallucination". The SOUNDplay artist juxtaposed glitch
with grainy sonic images, mesmerizing the audience with his
carefully sculpted soundscapes. 

NAW followed with an exquisite set of ambient arrangements.
Reverberating into sensual crests of lyricism, NAW explored
distant realms until, finally, reaching a crescendo of rising choirs.

For more info: http://www.elision.org.au/collaborators/crow.html 
http://www.naw.phoniq.net  http://www.noisefactoryrecords.com/naw.htm

Luna Tek - luna@theambientping.com
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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

"PiNG AMBiENCE 3: STRiNG THiNGS" by Various Artists

THE AMBiENT PiNG has gained a lot of attention over the last six
years, a reputation as a nurturing and supportive environment where
like-minded artists can interact and develop their craft. And while
it originally started as a local community, it's quickly grown into
a larger entity, with support and interaction from a variety of
North American cities and around the world. Truly it's become a
significant global presence in the ambient/electronic music scene.
And now with the release of "PiNG AMBiENCE 3: STRiNG THiNGS",
THE AMBiENT PiNG is poised to make an even greater impact. The
third compilation issued by the PiNG, PA3 features a fantastic 
collection of guitar based work from some of the leading artists
in today's ambient scene.

The disc begins with Phil Ogison's track "Aftaglidder", a lovely
looping work where themes and phrases spiral around each other,
floating. It's a wonderful way to start the disc, setting the
mood for what's to come.

Michael Diamond follows with a piece called "Stellar Drift".
I'm not familiar with Diamond's work, but I'm certainly interested
in hearing more based on this track. A slow orbiting space-y tune,
"Stellar Drift" features sustained notes which ebb and flow,
slowly evolving over time, weaving in and through each other
in lovely ways. Very impressive!

dreamSTATE offers "Clearing", a dark ambient work punctuated by
beautiful arpeggio work and effected guitar. What can I say about
dreamSTATE that I haven't already said before? They make wonderful
music that is both inspired and inspiring, and certainly this
track stands with the best of their impressive catalogue.

PiNG favourites Sylken submit "Mother Sun", a collaborative piece
with guitar from Eric Hopper and synth by Joe G. I've long been
a fan of Eric's guitar work, and "Mother Sun" reminds me of why
I hold his music in such high regard.

Anomalous Disturbances contribute "Languorous Liaisons", a soft
and sparse dark ambient track that brings to mind cold nights
alone in space with the stars your only companion. Notes blend
together, rising and falling throughout the piece, coming to
the fore and then drifting away again. A lovely example of
the power of minimalism.

Diatonis submits the track "Currents", a beautiful drifting
work with subtle melodies and notes that hang and bend and
flow like lava. There's a shimmering elegance to this track,
a lovely quality that makes it one of my favourites on the disc.

"Sailing Into Calm Remembrances" by Mark Mahoney returns us
to space with a very nice track where steady drone tones weave
and flow around each other creating elegant spirals and turns.
Very nice work.

Matthew Poulakakis of Automatic Fats fame puts forth 
"Guitar Cloud 3", a drone based piece that swells and builds
throughout its length. It shimmers in places, amorphous sounds
that take shape as the piece progresses. Very impressive work.

"Burned Down" by Matt Borghi employs looping guitar throughout,
playing phrases against each other to create an inspired
latticework of sound. A truly stunning piece.

Cybertarist Paul E. Royes' track "The Universe Within" is a
tension filled piece, a track where tones bubble and percolate
over a repeated bass form. The sense of movement, displacement,
and travel in this piece is almost palpable, a feeling that
edges up the spine sending shivers throughout. A fantastic
listening experience!

"Desolation" by Styrohead is filled with overdriven guitar
& oscillating drones, the sound of a thousand suns pulsating
in time at the heart of the universe. It's a rare treat to
see a track by Styrohead on the comp, a live favourite at
the PiNG who has released very little recorded output to date.

"Talking Taking" by Ambient-TV offers an inner space track
with beautifully crisp and clean guitar playing overtop a
steadily building drone. It's an impressive track, one
that brings to mind some of David Gilmour's work from
early Pink Floyd.

Aidan Baker closes the disc with "Pressure Change", a
slight and subtle track that captures Aidan's mastery
of the improvisational medium and his magical control of
the guitar. I could go on for hours about the delicate
beauty of this piece, but really I couldn't do it justice.
Listen for yourself, you'll know what I mean.

Undoubtedly PiNG AMBiENCE 3 offers some of the best
artists in today's ambient music scene. With thirteen
tracks of guitar-based work that showcase a number of
artists who regularly play the PiNG along with assorted
PiNG supporters from farther afield, PA3 is truly a
testimony to the talent associated with THE AMBiENT PiNG.

rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com

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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
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