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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04.29.14 THE AMBiENT PiNG presents THE BODY IN QUESTION + THE COSMIC ORGY + GENERAL CHAOS VISUALS @ Supermarket . 268 Augusta Ave . Kensington Market just south of College . Map, info and directions at: http://www.supermarkettoronto.com/site/section/contact Tues. April 29th . Doors open at 8:00 . 1st set at 9:00 . $8-10 . 9:00 . THE COSMIC ORGY . THE COSMIC ORGY paint and colour with Ecuadorean rhythms from the Amazon, Andes and Pacific coast using traditional instrument samples, field recordings and sound design with Glitch,Drum and Bass, free improv and controllerism. David West uses a custom double sided convertible 7 string fretted/fretless midi-guitar, laptop/controllers and Mark Hundevad electronic drums and percussion. THE COSMIC ORGY is a tribute to the cosmic wealth of Ecuador from the beyond. . 10:00 . THE BODY IN QUESTION . The Body In Question plays experimental electronic music. Our influences include Zoviet France, Nurse With Wound, Cul De Sac, Tod Dockstaeder, Lorde Awesome, Miles Davis (especially the Bitches Brew years), Black Dice, Kieren Hebden and Steve Reid to name just a few. We are interested in what Damo Suzuki calls spontaneous composition but also don't mind digging in for a fierce chaotic improvisational jam from time to time. Some of the pieces you hear were created in the moment, usually live in the studio, while others were crafted over time using layers of overdubbing. Always, at the core of what we do, is the spirit of exploration and experimentation. The Body In Question is: Charles Hackbarth on synthesizer, guitar, sampler and various electronic gizmos; Marc Cohen on drums and keyboards; Eric Laimer on guitar; Jim Taylor on bass; special guest vocalist Sue Hutton from Rhea's Obsession. . Thanks to Jeff Howard, we'll have the PiNG STREAM flowing on Tues. April 29th at 9:00pm EST for those of you who can't make it live and in person. If we have connection problems and are unable to stream the show, don't fret, just check the link a day or two later as Jeff will upload the show post gig. Note that Jeff is using the new PiNG YouTube channel now: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtpedSJARNrTevFf-0Z4B1w .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMiNG SOON: . Saturday May 10th . PiNG.05.10.14 . THE AMBiENT PiNG and Arraymusic present a free 2-Hour dreamSTATE Drone Event to celebrate Weird Canada's "National Drone Day". @ The Array Space . 155 Walnut Avenue . between Richmond and Adelaide, south-east of Trinity Bellwoods Park . Map, info and directions at: http://www.arraymusic.com/?page_id=652 Saturday May 10th . 2:30pm - 4:30pm . FREE . ALL AGES . Tuesday June 10th . PiNG.06.10.14 . HEIKI + JAKOB THIESEN + GENERAL CHAOS VISUALS @ Supermarket . 268 Augusta Ave . Kensington Market just south of College . Map, info and directions at: http://www.supermarkettoronto.com/site/section/contact Doors open at 8:00 . 1st set at 9:00 . $8-10 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --> FREE MP3 - "HOV Lane" by URM <-- This 10 minute piece reminded me of cruising along in the High Occupancy Vehicle lane on our trip to Hamilton when dreamSTATE and Heiki played "New Harbours" last year. An ominous torrential spring storm loomed out one window just beyond all the other cars with only one-on-board in the LOV lanes bogged down in the muck of rush hour traffic. Warning: Tech talk for all you studio, synth and sequencer geeks out there. As usual, this piece began in Bidule with a bunch of soft step sequencers (Era, Energy XT and Jamstix) running a batch of new and vintage soft synths (Moog Modular V, Bassline 101, UNO LX, Ultra Analog VA-1, String Studio VS-1, Absynth, Vaz Modular, Jamstix and Attack) into some virtual efx (Shimmer, Pink and Wizooverb.) Recorded in Bidule, mixed and mastered in Reaper with Alloy, RX and Ozone. This is the second in a series of URM studio explorations to be released to the PiNG LiST in 2014. Get them while you can as a fresh piece will be uploaded for next month's PiNG. Don't worry if you miss any of them as they will later be collected together into an LP which will also include 5.1 surround sound versions. HOV Lane is copyright Jamie Todd 2014. Download "HOV Lane" by URM here: http://www.theambientping.com/sound/URM-HOV_Lane.mp3 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ambient CDs and DVDs are available online at: http://www.pingthings.com .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE AMBiENT PiNG is a Toronto based creative community of audio artists, performers, musicians and visual artists. The PiNG presents live multimedia performances featuring ambient, electronic, soundscape, space, drone, psychedelic, chillout, downtempo, darkwave and experimental artists from around the world. http://www.theambientping.com The PiNG also has a Twitter account to send you advance updates and reminders of the when & where of future PiNG events. Just search for ambientping to find us. http://twitter.com We're also on facebook too, again just search THE AMBiENT PiNG. http://www.facebook.com ViSiT the ping things store for ambient, electronic and chill things: http://www.pingthings.com Viners and Instagrammers - Scott has set up a Vine page for THE AMBiENT PiNG and a hashtag for #ambientping that can be used on Instagram and Vine to help document PiNG performances with your photos, videos and loops! .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Please forward this e-mail to any interested friends or appropriate newsgroups. Thanks.