The Ambient Ping presents Karmafarm with NODEform Visuals

["Scott M2" <scott@dreamstate.to>]

THE AMBiENT PiNG   http://www.theambientping.com
Free - Every Tuesday Night - doors open at 9pm - 1st set at 9:30
  @ club nia / C'est What - 19 Church St. at Front St. - Toronto
         3 blocks east of the Union Station subway.
         map - http://www.cestwhat.com/map.html
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Tuesday April 13th - Karmafarm with NODEform Visuals

Returning from Hamilton, Steven Sauve celebrates the release of
the first CD from his Karmafarm ambient-systems project with a
solo electronic performance. He'll be creating his soundscapes
on Nord Modular Virtual Synth Systems, loopers and other
synthesizers and each set will feature pieces from the CD.
Calvin B. Grant's NODEform Visuals will provide the computer
visuals & staging. http://www.karmafarm.ca

Between Sets CD - "November" by Robert Fripp  (DGM)
Music from Fripp's "Soundscape" series of solo live recordings.
This CD was culled from a November 1996 improv performance
on guitar & guitar synth. http://www.disciplineglobalmobile.com
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Coming Tuesday April 20th - PiNG AMBiENCE 2 - Live
Eric Hopper (Sylken), Joe G (Styrohead), Jamie Todd (URM),
Scott M2 (dreamSTATE), Matthew Poulakakis (Solipsystem),
Steven Sauve (Karmafarm), Aidan Baker (ARC), Paul Royes
(Delta Forces), Terry O'Brien (Anomalous Disturbances)
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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

Foundry Records latest release "Bibimbap" is a wonderful
concoction of artists paying homage to the Korean dish
of the title by applying it's sense of discovery and change
to a musical forum.  Bibimbap (the meal) is a dish prepared
by adding available ingredients to a stone pot of rice. As
ingredients are added through the meal the rice takes on
a different taste, a different form, until the end of the meal
where one finds oneself with something markedly different
from what they started out with. Aplying this idea musically,
the collected artists have used unfinished tracks, ideas,
snippets and snatches of other work to create something
new, vital and different. So let's see what's on the menu,
shall we?

"Amalgam" by Ben Swire opens the disc with a lush
sense of environment, a song rich with beautiful pads
and flavourful percussion fills that slip in and out of the
piece with a charming flair.

Saul Stokes adds "Cyclops Afternoon" to the pot, a
slowly building track that bubbles and boils with small
melodies and lovely arpegiated bits ultimately blending
together into a rich sauce-y piece.

Forrest Fang brings "Filling the Bowl" to the table, a
song that in my mind pays homage to the pottery and
accessories that are so often taken for granted in any meal,
but play such an important part in the eating process.
Rhythmic work percolates throughout while steady
drones brew underneath.  A very satisfying piece that
leaves me wanting more...

Foundry head Michael Bentley offers "The Twilight pageant
of the Bibimbots" a track staying true to his space music
roots bringing together a variety of exotic ingredients.
Delicate strains from distant stars bring a certain
je ne sais quoi to the mixture while low deep tones
unearthed from the spice mines of Arrakis provide a
bass drone around which all else flows. A flavourful
and rich meal indeed.

Earwicker presents "Entree", ladelling out swirling and
undulating tones that rise and vanish like steam in the air.
Other tones bubble underneath, a rich stew of sounds and
expressions wonderfully blended together to create a very
pleasant mixture.

Chris de Giere's "Kimchi Tastes of Summer" is one of my
favorite dishes, er, songs on this disc, with a selection of
robotic burbles and squeeks tossed lightly with a  base of
rising and falling organic tones that underscore the metallic
nature of the mix. Very nice indeed.

"Muse of Expiration" by Thermal simmers with analog sounds
oscilating wildly throughout, a full course of sounds ranging
from beautiful light to harsh realms of noise. Very rich in
substance and wholly satisfying.

Dean Santomieri closes the disc with "Their Hearts Burst
the Bars, But Their Necks Broke Against the Glass",
a tiny amuse bouche offering a bevy of flavours and
sounds that ends almost as quickly as it begins.
A delightful end to a delightful meal...

As always, Foundry brings together a wonderful collection
of artists all of whom offer something unique and new to
this very interesting compilation. A wonderful sampling
of the artists on the label.

rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com

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