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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A SPECiAL AMBiENT PiNG PRESENTATIiON ROBERT RICH . LiVE iN CONCERT at the CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRiNiTY THiS SATURDAY APRiL 29th 2006 . 8PM Church of the Holy Trinity . Trinity Square, Toronto ON Canada (south of Dundas . west of Yonge . behind The Eaton Centre) Doors open @ 7.30PM . Performance @ 8PM $20 . Tickets available at soundscapes, Rotate This and at this week's AMBiENT PiNG TUESDAY. Tickets can also be reserved via the PiNG SiTE: http://www.theambientping.com/index.html#tickets Robert Rich will perform a solo concert of instrumental electronic music, incorporating instruments such as flutes and lap steel guitar along with analog modular synthesizer, keyboards and computers. Rich will perform selections from among his many recordings, including his latest CD "Electric Ladder," woven together with improvisations and new material. Computer generated motion graphics by Daniel Colvin will accompany Rich's music, along with custom laser projections. The film by Daniel Colvin tells a non-linear, non-verbal story. Its series of shifting images conveys aspects of the evolution of complexity and consciousness within the narrative of cosmological history. Rich's music takes a parallel path through that narrative. Though not synchronized to the film, the music speaks a non-verbal poetry. Music and image combine to express a modern shamanic journey. As an added bonus, arrive at 7.30PM to experience dreamSTATE's "waveforms" quadraphonic soundscape installation which will be playing before and between sets. Doors open @ 7.30PM . Performance @ 8PM . $20 Tickets will be available at this week's PiNG. For more info: http://www.theambientping.com/robert_rich_live.html For a map to The Church of The Holy Trinity http://www.theambientping.com/robert_rich_live.html#trinity and now back to the weekly PiNG news . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE AMBiENT PiNG . http://www.theambientping.com Tuesdays @ HACiENDA . 794 Bathurst Street at Bloor . Toronto (upstairs - directly across from the Bathurst subway station) Doors open at 9pm . 1st set at 9:30 . PayWhatYouCan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THiS Tuesday April 25th . GEARS of SAND Mini-Tour featuring Ben Fleury-Steiner with Mikronesia, William Fields and Aidan Baker with PHOLDE Gears of Sand Recordings is a not-for-profit independent electronic/electro-acoustic label that has been actively releasing PiNG artists like Aidan Baker and PHOLDE. GOS founder, Ben Fleury-Steiner makes his first visit to the PiNG and brings along fellow US label mates Mikronesia and William Fields to join up with local label mates Aidan Baker and PHOLDE. Should be a full night of varied soundscapes, sonics and drones emanating from a crowded PiNG stage, so get there early and don't miss a minute of this coming together of the American and Canadian factions of the GOS recording family. Gears of Sand Recordings: http://www.gearsofsand.net Ben Fleury-Steiner: http://www.gearsofsand.net/bfsportal.html Mikronesia: http://www.mikronesia.com William Fields: http://www.williamfields.com Aidan Baker: http://www.aidanbaker.org PHOLDE: http://www.pholde.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Before Sets CD . Somnium by Robert Rich For our final installment of the lead up to Robert's performance here in Toronto this Saturday, April 29th, we are going to play some nocturnal ambience taken from his DVD-V release Somnium. Released by Hypnos in 2000, this 7 hour musical journey is a meticulously crafted fresh studio interpretation of his notorious all-night Sleep Concerts, incorporating newly recorded electro-acoustic, electronic and environmental textures along with elements created for the original live events. http://www.robertrich.com Between Sets CD . Titania by Titania Tonight we feature Titania's eponymous debut, a dense and atmospheric recording by multi-instrumentalist Michael Turner and vocalist Mandy Cousins, both originally from the UK, but now based out of Edmonton, Alberta. Read more about it here in rik's *ping things* CD review below and hear it Tuesday @ the PiNG. http://www.titaniamusic.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMiNG Tuesday May 2nd . Arms Full of Sound Journey to Ambientia 2: Seasons . II . S P R I N G Set one - Arrival . Set two - The Synthitone Journey to Ambientia 2: Seasons, is the year long project from Arms Full of Sound that will take you back to that special place, deep within the ambient mind. This past February we started to return to the powerful place called Ambientia in search of the Traveler who is trapped in this timeless world of music. The seasons change one into another and back again. Our journey continues from where it was left. All must end where it began. Arms Full of Sound is an Ambient-Electronic music performance formed 4 years ago by Paul Needler. Using a large compliment of analog, digital and software synthesizers, Arms Full of Sound produces live blends of ambient music, usually all improvisational. http://www.armsfullofsound.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews Titania . "Titania" Listening to the self titled debut by Titania I can't help but think of the work of Kate Bush, the Cocteau Twins, and other artists who have celebrated the beauty of the female voice. With this release, Mandy Cousins and partner Michael Turner have created a disc of stunning wonder, a collection of songs that showcase the fact that sometimes the best music needs to be sung. Take Digitaria for example with it's guitar arpeggios and simple percussion creating a hypnotic effect that leaves the listener in a state of blissful trance, euphoria. Rising and falling fretwork throughout this one highlight Michael's mastery of the guitar. Tribal percussion opens Pale Sister, minimal instrumentation playing beneath Mandy's voice. Wonderful stuff here, rich sweeping vocals that set the hair on the back of my neck on end. Simply beautiful. Smooth pads open track nine, Knowing and Not Caring, majestic guitar slowly building in their wake. Brilliant. Postscript is a lovely piece that sends shivers up my spine it's so wonderful. A perfect piece of music where vocals, instrumentation, tension and emotion all come together in an ideal blend to form one of the most blissful pieces of music I've heard all year. Without doubt, Titania is a fabulous introduction to a wonderful project that I hope to hear more from in the future. Fans of the aforementioned Bush and Cocteaus will find this disc indispensable. rik - ping things "Titania" is available now at ping things! Visit http://www.pingthings.com/TITANIA.htm to listen to some sample mp3s and tune in to ping things radio at http://www.live365.com/stations/marastorment on Sundays and Wednesdays from 9pm to 12am to hear tracks from this disc and a bunch of other great music from the ping things catalogue! http://www.pingthings.com = ambient + electronic + chill things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Other Toronto area sonic/visual events of interest this week: * Monday April 24th . Spires that in the Sunset Rise, Sounds of North American Adult Bookstores, Disguises, Castlemusic w/ Ryan Driver 9pm, Gladstone Art Bar $8 * Monday April 24th . marcel aucoin trio marcel aucoin keyboards jake oelrichs drums chris banks bass 9pm . dominion on queen . 500 queen st. east . $5 * Tuesday April 25th . Spires that in the Sunset Rise Tomek Krakowiak, Jeremy Rosztain, Man Made Hill 9pm . the Bagel . $5 * Thursday, April 27th . RootMeanSquare presents ISIS with MARE and POLMO POLPO Lee's Palace, 529 Bloor St. W . $13.50 * Friday, April 28th . Leftover Daylight Series in association with Arraymusic and AIMT 9:00 - fisher / anthony / luciani [colin fisher (saxophone, guitar), colin anthony (piano), jeff luciani (drums)] 10:00 - fisher / sorbara [colin fisher (guitar / tenor sax), joe sorbara (drums / percussion)] 11:00 - ken aldcroft solo guitar ARRAYMUSIC Studio . 60 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 218 . $10/6 * Friday April 28th . wabi & Yatra-Arts are very pleased to present the Toronto debut of one of Europe's leading minimal electronica imprints raster-noton (Chemnitz, Germany). Label founder, graphic designer and recording artist Byetone (aka Olaf Bender) will present a brand new live set for this special event. Byetone combines digital music with synchronized - animated geometric visuals to create a precise and mesmerizing audio / visual experience. wabi will also DJ the night along with a live set by micro-electronic artist Marc McNulty. 9pm . The Drake Hotel Underground 1150 Queen St. W . $10 * Sunday, April 30th . The NOW Series presented by AIMT and the NOW Lounge 4:00 . Michael Morse & The Indignity of Labour Michael Morse, Rob Clutton - double bass Joe Sorbara, Nick Fraser - drums Lina Allemano - trumpet Sundar Viswanathan - alto saxophone 5:00 . Shirts and Skins Eric Chenaux electric guitar Ryan Driver analog synthesizer and thumbreeds Jean Martin And Nick Fraser drums 6:00 . Jean Martin & Justin Haynes & Friends Jean Martin - drums Justin Haynes - guitar 4-7PM . The NOW Lounge - 189 Church St. . $6 * May 1st - 31st . New Adventures In Sound Art Presents: Deep Wireless Festival. a month-long celebration of radio and transmission art, radio artists, sound artists and enthusiasts can experience performances, sound installations, new commissions, special radio broadcasts, a CD launch and conference. Conference Pass $150/130 (+$20 discount - early bird registration) Early bird registration deadline is April 14th, day rates available. May 1st - 31st . The Drake Hotel (1150 Queen St W) & Ryerson University Student Campus Centre (55 Gould St) more info at http://www.deepwireless.ca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 around the world, 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.