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Are turntables instruments? DJs musicians? 4 man DJ/Producer crew INSIDEaMIND present the evidence this week as they improvise a set together on 8 turntables & treatments. Click to hear a sample piece: http://steptonemusic.com/music/IAM_hypnodic_web_sample.mp3 Singular sound artist Pholde precedes INSIDEaMIND to present his own thesis on creating powerful soundscapes by bowing hardened steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE AMBiENT PiNG http://www.theambientping.com Tuesdays @ HACiENDA - 794 Bathurst Street at Bloor - Toronto (directly across from the Bathurst subway station) Doors open at 9pm - 1st set at 9:30 - PayWhatYouCan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This Tuesday November 29th 2005 - PHOLDE and INSIDEaMIND "Making music through the reverberation of metals is Pholde's field of work. Alan Bloor treats them with different approaches as opposed, for example, to a Dave Jackman or a Z'ev: his art uses length and resonance to build rumbling cathedrals of superb irregular harmonics. Crossing low and high frequencies in thudding forms and rolling thunders, the Canadian presents us with a series of spellbinding explorations of deep connections to the high spheres of acoustic cosmos. Bloor's messages contain a large dose of rigorous seriousness that are the perfect contrasting element to those moments where sudden outbursts of clangour could bring the music out of control; instead, Pholde regroups his forces into cohesion, restraining his textural emanations to the core of significance." http://www.pholde.com (Review by Massimo Ricci at Touching Extremes) As the definition of the word "DJ" continues to expand, INSIDEaMIND emerges in Toronto as a four man scratch band, further stretching artistic boundaries by performing live original compositions with vinyl. The scratch musicians, as they call themselves, bring forth a unique angle to what a group of DJ's/Producers armed with instruments called turntables can create. By developing outside the often limiting battle-oriented mindframe that scratching is too often associated with, the crew is bringing new life to this ever evolving artform. http://insideamind.net Read Denise Benson's recent interview in Eye magazine with INSIDEaMIND's Cheldon Paterson: http://eye.net/eye/issue/issue_11.03.05/clubs/extended.html Between Sets CD - "Soma" by Steve Roach and Robert Rich This 1992 release, by two of ambient music's master musicians, finds them deep in worlds of earth-based rhythms beneath dark clouds of sound. http://www.steveroach.com http://www.robertrich.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Tuesday Dec. 6th - ARC and Aidan Baker/Neil Wiernik/Jakob Thiesen ARC - http://fade.to/arc Aidan Baker - http://www.aidanbaker.org/ Neil Wiernik - http://www.noisefactoryrecords.com/naw.htm Jakob Thiesen - http://www.theambientping.com/thiesen/home.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews "Re:Karma" by Darshan Ambient Having had a career that has spanned over ten years, Michael Allison of Darshan Ambient has released a compilation of work from earlier discs and unreleased tracks. "Re:Karma" is a fine collection of songs that show the breadth of his talent as well as introducing a side of his work that some fans might not be aware of. Fans of Darshan Ambient's ambient work will no doubt be impressed by tracks such as "The Ocean Whispers", "A Walk Along the Ganges" and "Slow Drift", beautiful pieces that are very much in keeping with the lush ambience of "Providence" and "The Zen Master's Diary". Of particular note is the previously unreleased track "The Cool River" which opens the disc, a track taken from 1994 where a slight melody plays overtop a sustained background of pads. Serene, dreamlike, and beautiful in it's flow, "The Cool River" is a beautiful piece that stands with the best of his more ambient moments. Tracks like "Boundless" and "Tiger in the Grass" are slightly more indicative of the overall sound of the disc, percussion driven pieces where piano and synth lines float along the soundstream in chilled laid-back grooves. Of these more groove-based tracks, "Soul Chameleon" stands out as a complex percussive piece where shimmering tones and pads mingle and dance around eachother. Very inspired. Without doubt, "Re:Karma" is an excellent collection, fully displaying the talents of a very accomplished and talented electronic artist. Both an excellent place for new fans to be introduced to the music of Darshan Ambient, and a place for older fans to become reacquainted. Highly recommended. *** New ping things feature! *** Fans of Toronto ambient project Sylken will be very interested to read an exclusive interview with Eric Hopper of Sylken in the featured section of the ping things site! Eric talks about creativity, inspiration, and the PiNG community in a revealing and fascinating interview. Read it at http://www.pingthings.com/SYLKENfeature.htm 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Wednesday November 30th at 8pm EST - mara's torment will be performing the first in a series of almost-live internet broadcasts on through his LIVE365 station "mt radio". You won't be able to see rik and Sovaak, but if you tune in you'll be able to hear them perform new material and reworked mara's torment classics. Visit http://www.live365.com/stations/marastorment on Wed November 30th at 8pm EST to hear the show! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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.