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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 8th - dreamSTATE with Lynn Harrigan, Shirzad Sharif and General Chaos Visuals Electronic artists dreamSTATE will be performing their last show at the PiNG until next Spring or Summer & are going all out for this one, with two contrasting sets. http://www.dreamSTATE.to In the first set, Lynn Harrigan will joining them to read an arc of poems from her new book "Moon Sea Crossing" (Black Moss Press) while Scott M2 & Jamie Todd weave an underscore of electronic soundscapes from their "PASSAGE" CD (inspired by Lynn's book). http://www.lynnharrigan.com http://cdbaby.com/cd/dreamstate2 In the second set, they tip their hat to the memory/legacy of the great synth inventor/pioneer Dr. Robert Moog who recently passed away. Scott will bringing out his Moog Modular synthesizer system and Jamie will be playing several instances of the Arturia Moog V virtual modular synth on his laptop computers. They'll be exploring chillout grooves and driving "Berlin School" sequencing, merging their current states of mind with the influence of German Moog synthesizer pioneers Tangerine Dream & Kraftwerk. dreamSTATE will be joined by Shirzad Sharif (visiting from San Francisco) playing Persian percussion instruments the Tonbak (Zarb) and the Daf (Kurdish frame drum) plus the Tanbur stringed instrument. This will be a one-off musical meeting of minds. http://www.sommamusic.com http://www.shirzadsharif.com dreamSTATE's favourite ambient visualists General Chaos will set the stage awash in swirling light with their hypnotic visual environments. http://www.generalchaosvisuals.com Between Sets CD - PiNG AMBiENCE 3 / STRiNG THiNGS by Various Artists Tonight we feature the latest in the PiNG's series of complilation CDs. PA3 is packed with guitar-based ambience by 13 different artists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Tuesday November 15th - Söftware with Toastybird Visuals http://www.techno-jazz.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews "Trillium" by Jonathan Hughes Washing over you with sweeping pads of sound, pulsing, orbiting, "Trillium" is a beautiful collection of pieces by Jonathan Hughes filled with organic sensibility. Constantly flowing in new directions and pathways, the songs on "Trillium" move and grow in such a way as to suggest to me a living entity brought to life through alchemy rather than biology. Use of tones in a percussive manner, lush sounds that evolve and reshape themselves, the sense of "breathing" pulses, they all give form to a new entity, a new lifeform. Tracing through the womb-like sounds of disc-opener "Imatra", to the self-discovery implied in "Alta" and the soft reflections of "Lua", and ending with the percussive summation of "Ganymede", "Trillium" is a work that I believe runs parallel to our own life experiences, our own existence. It's a disc that I think we can all identify with, and a work that it's listeners will carry inside for some time to come. Beautiful and inspired. 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. To unsubscribe - reply with 'unsubscribe' in the e-mail body.