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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 November 1st - A Worthy Fall, Night 3 - November Our Fall Feature on the wondrous Worthy Records label wraps up this month with 3 new acts to the PiNG: Electroluminescent, Below the Sea and Offensive Orange. Electroluminescent is a one-man band utilizing layers of spacey guitar, loop samplers and a multitude of effects processors. Below the Sea are a 3 piece instrumental shoegaze/rock/ ambient/dreamy band that has existed for over 5 years, with their 3rd album being released now. Live there's lots of guitar loops combined with bass & drums. www.belowthesea.ca Offensive Orange is Hamilton's only no-rock duo. With a table full of malfunctioning electronics and a certain sickness in their souls, let Offensive Orange bring a dash of harsh to your evening. In their short year of existence this improv noise duo have released dozens of limited edition CDRs and cassettes on their own Middle James co. label and have managed to play with acts like Les Georges Leningrad, Pengo, Jessica Rylan & Wolf Eyes. www.myspace.com/offensiveorange http://www.worthyrecords.com Between Sets CD - "How Light Was Lost" by InsideAMind Experi-mental chill-out madness from InsideAMind, a four-headed DJ/turntablist/production crew using 8 turntables, FX & drum machine. (Coming to the PiNG on November 29th with Pholde.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Tuesday November 8th - dreamSTATE with Lynn Harrigan, Shirzad Sharif and General Chaos Visuals http://www.dreamSTATE.to http://www.lynnharrigan.com http://www.shirzadsharif.com http://www.generalchaosvisuals.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews "Absorption" by Nadja Aidan Baker's side project Nadja has followed up their brilliant "Body Cages" disc with a split release alongside Methadrone on NOTHingness REcords. "Absorption" is a deep and dark disc filled with drones and distortion sure to appeal to fans of Nadja's earlier work. Split between the two bands, "Absorption" opens with Nadja's long form piece "Absorbed in You", a feedback laden wall of sound that assaults the senses from the first note. It's an aggressive sound to be sure, but to say that this is just noise would be missing the point. Throughout the track sounds and phrases drift up, swelling in tone and then disappearing in the mix like so much flotsam and jetsam floating in the froth, "Save me..." messages thrown out to sea that will never be read. Eventually the sound shifts and breaks into a slight drone piece punctuated by sparse drumming and light guitar, a contrasting calm to the earlier storm, but still suggesting the same tension and drama as before. The track closes with a return to the same wall of sound from earlier, the suggestion that chaos is a more natural state than order. A truly fascinating and beautiful piece as one would expect from Baker and company. Methadrone contributes four tracks to their share of the disc and while I've not heard any of their work before, I was quite impressed by them. "A View into the Empty" is a heavy guitar based track where power chords and sustained feedback create a very tense and disturbing environment. It's a very powerful piece, rather majestic. "Absorbed" follows, a similar theme with more melodic elements, an engaging and hypnotic track that pulls you deep under it's spell. "Sustained Presence of Loss" and "Placebo (part 2)" round out the disc, equally dark pieces that envelop the listener in a shroud of feedback. Very appealing and very engaging work. I've always enjoyed the idea of compilations and split releases, they give the listener a chance to enjoy new work by artists they're already familiar with, and to expose new artists that they may not already know. "Absorption" is a fine example of the charms inherent in compilations and an excellent place to discover some dark and heavy new sounds. 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.