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the PiNG presents Kathode + Michael Dobinson



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 

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THiS Tuesday February 21st . Kathode + Michael Dobinson

Kathode - TV Loopback AV Modulation
In the opening set, Kathode (Tomasz Krakowiak) returns to the 
PiNG and plugs in to capture and sample live video of the ambient 
landscape which will then be decoded and manipulated into audio 
signal and played to create an instant environmental score of the 
evening's movements. video frequencies <=> audio frequencies 
http://tmhniyl.net/kathode

It may seem perverse for this time of year, but yes ... the music 
for February 21st will be celebrating the cold.

For the second set, Michael Dobinson, the 905-area based 
composer/improvisor/computer musician, will present 4 works 
(or more, if the mood is right) using every electroascoustic 
means at his disposal to create and explore the depths, 
heights, and sideways of cold.

Perhaps you'll get a different view of the season this evening ... 
an existential look at coldness, an insight into a different way to 
look at winter, a celebration of the season that to an extent 
defines our country.

Michael Dobinson trained as a classical composer first at York 
University (BFA Honours, Music) and then at the University of 
Western Ontario (MMus, Composition). He has been working in 
the electronic music medium since 1989. His first electronic works 
were actually created in a "classical" analog studio, on reel to 
reel tape. Since that time, he's worked almost exclusively in the 
field of live electronic music, working with synthesizers, effects 
and computers to keep electronic music in real time, out of 
studios, and burning with the energy of live inspiration 
and improvisation.

In COLD, he'll be offering up a selection of music reflecting his 
eclectic interests, with invocations of the icy moons of Saturn, 
a SYNTHI analog synthesizer, the sounds of wintertime Ontario, 
music inspired by the music of the Japanese shakuhachi reflected 
by the electric recorder, drum sequencing, classical forms, 
granular synthesis (some of these are combined into the 
same piece of course), and much more.

... if it's not cool outside it will be inside.
http://www.mrde-music.ca

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Before Sets CD . Muzik for Insomniaks by Mark Mothersbaugh
With all the disneyfried DEV.2O buzz about, we thought we 
would take a trip back to 1988 and have a listen to this wacky 
and wonderful instrumental CD by DEVO founding member 
Mark Mothersbaugh. http://www.mutato.com

Between Sets CD . In Which One May Descend by Pholde
This week we feature In Which One May Descend, a beautiful 
and unique disc of sound sculpture by Alan Bloor's Pholde project. 
Read more about it here in rik's *ping things* CD review below 
and hear it Tuesday @ the PiNG. Note that Pholde returns 
to the PiNG for a set on April 11th => don't miss it.
http://www.theambientping.com/pholde/home.html
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COMiNG Tuesday February 28th . NOiNO 
(Jim Bailey, Matthew Poulakakis & Jamie Todd)

NOiNO . the sound exploration aggregate made up of Jim Bailey 
(Six Heads and Odradek), Matthew Poulakakis (Automatic Fats 
and Solipsystem) and Jamie Todd (dreamSTATE, SADU, 
SYLKEN and URM) returns to the PiNG for their second 
ever live performance.

Formed in the fall of 2005 on the PiNG stage when three friends 
who had long discussed a musical gathering, jumped at the 
opportunity to perform together as a last minute fill-in act for 
a Planet of the Loops performance. Improvising with old-school 
and new-school looping techniques (analog tape and synths, 
digital delays and loopers along with virtual samplers, delays 
and synths), the three got caught in the loop and found 
a common voice which has inspired them to explore further.

An improvised collage of found, percussive and synthetic sounds 
will be served . . . mutated . . . manipulated . . . mangled . . .
for this second sonic sojourn of NOiNO.

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rik maclean's *ping things* CD Reviews

Pholde . "In Which One May Descend" 

Alan Bloor has long been one of my favorite artists in the 
experimental/improvisational genre, a truly distinct talent who's 
work is breathtakingly unique. Creating sculptures from random 
metal pieces and using their inherent sound and resonance to 
play them as instruments he makes some of the most incredible 
work I've ever heard, emotional, engaging and strangely organic 
despite the soundsource.

With the release of "In Which One May Descend" under his project 
Pholde (a quieter less processed exploration of metal's charms as 
opposed to his extreme noise project Knurl), Alan has once again 
tapped into a world of previously unheard music. Featuring two 
long form tracks recorded live without overdubs ("To the Exclusion 
of the Alternative" and "Deposition of a Layer"), the disc fully 
captures the essence and ideal of Alan's work. Through light 
scraping and bowing of the sculpture used for this recording, 
"To the Exclusion of the Alternative" features a steady drone-like 
undertone over which occasional sounds rise and fall in an almost 
fluid way, building in number until they take control of the piece 
and move it in new directions. "Deposition of a Layer" follows a 
similar path, but remains unique in it's flow and arrangement, 
enabling the listener to imagine different environments and 
atmospheres specific to itself.

Beautiful and unique, the work of Pholde never ceases to delight 
and inspire me. "In Which One May Descend" continues in this vein, 
and is a work of truly fascinating music that will delight fans of 
Alan's previous work and will hopefully draw attention to more 
people who are willing to open their ears to new sounds and ideas. 
Highly recommended.

"In Which One May Descend" by Pholde 
is available now at ping things!
http://www.pingthings.com/PHOLDEinwhich.htm

rik maclean - rik@pingthings.com

http://www.pingthings.com = ambient + electronic + chill things 

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* Other Toronto area sonic/visual events of interest this week:

* Monday, February 20th . MICHIGAN NOISE
   SICK LLAMA - COTTON MUSEUM - OFFENSIVE ORANGE
   8 pm . @ The Underground . 41 Catharine St. N. Hamilton . $7

* Wednesday, February 22nd . Earwitness Productions presents:
   Eve Egoyan (piano) and Andrew Smith (cello) in the world 
   première of "Ballad" by Linda Catlin Smith
   8 pm . Glenn Gould Studio . 250 Front St. West
   $15/ $10 students and seniors
 
* Thursday February 23rd . Nobuo Kubota, Dads, Dougal 
   Bichan's Bithcin', Yucca Lost-Tribe Fellowship & Rape Babies
   9pm . @ the Bagel . 285 College St. . PWYC

* Friday, February 24th . Leftover Daylight Series
   in association with Arraymusic and AIMT
   i- Montgolfiere w/ Harry Simpson- drums; 
   guy leblanc- trombone, bass clarinet and percussion; 
   Rob Clutton- bass; Arnd Jurgensen- guitar, trumpet and mbira
   ii- Keith/Hansen w/ michael keith- guitar, mike hansen- turntable
   iii- Paul Newman w/ guests w/ paul newman- tenor sax + guests
   9pm . ARRAYMUSIC Studio 60 Atlantic Ave., Ste 218 . $10/6
 
* Friday February 24th . TOCA LOCA: VORTEX TEMPORUM
   Residency Concert #1 
   Toca Loca performs works by "spectral music" composers 
   Gerard Grisey + Phillippe Leroux 
   8PM . The Music Gallery . 197 John St.
   $20 regular/$15 member + senior/$10 student
 
   Saturday, February 25th . Vague Terrain presents
   POLMO POLPO, SANS SOLEIL and NAW 
   with DJ GREG CLOW and visuals by SARAH MOONEY
   Art Bar at The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W.
   9 PM to 2 AM . 19+ . $5 at the door

* Sunday February 26th . The NOW Series presented by 
   AIMT and the NOW Lounge
   3:00-4:00 Workshop: Barnyard Drama- w/ christine duncan 
   and jean martin
   4:30-7:00 Freedman / Gratkowski / Aldcroft / Martin 
   / Duncan / Storring w/ lori freedman- bass clarinet, 
   frank gratkowski- reeds, ken aldcroft- guitar, 
   jean martin- drums, christine duncan- theramin, 
   nick storring- cello
   4pm-7pm . The NOW Lounge 189 Church St . $6
 
* Sunday, February 26th . ISAACS SEEN AND HEARD
   Robert Creeley LXXX poetical/visual/musical collaborations:
   words of Robert Creeley, art of Robert Indiana and Archie Rand,
   music of Udo Kasemets and Malcolm Goldstein.
   Malcolm Goldstein, violinist, Susan Layard, singer/speaker,
   Udo Kasemets, pianist, Richard Sacks, projectionist.
   3 pm . Victoria University . Emmanuel College . 75 Queens Park
   Free admission
 
* Sunday February 26th . New Music Concerts 
   Robert Aitken & James Avery are the featured soloists in a concert 
   of new works by Juliet Kiri Palmer (Drift, Drop for solo flute, solo 
   piano and two ensembles), Andre Ristic (Concertino for amplified 
   flute and ensemble), Denis Dion (Donnant, donnant for solo piano 
   and ensemble) and Charles Wuorinen (Duo Sonata for flute and 
   piano). All four composers will be in attendance. This concert will 
   be recorded for future broadcast on Two New Hours.
   7:15 Illuminating Introduction . 8:00 Concert
   Glenn Gould Studio . 250 Front St. West
   $25 . $15 (seniors & arts workers) . $5 (students/Cheapseats)

* Monday February 27th . Improv Greats Lori Freedman(Quebec)
   and Frank Gratkowski (Germany) in Concert 
   The Duo Freedman/Gratkowski performs original music 
   composed in real-time in front of their audience. Lori Freedman 
   (clarinet, bass clarinet) & Frank Gratkowski (saxophone, clarinets) 
   offer an evening of improvised music spurting from a rich amalgam 
   of influences, from classical and 21st century contemporary 
   music to jazz and far beyond.
   20h . Goethe-Institut's Kinowelt Hall,
   admission is sliding scale, suggested minimum is $10.

* Wednesday March 1st . Agyu Experimental Music Series
   Tim Posgate and Ben Grossman
   The first experimental music performance in the new AGYU 
   features a joint performance by guitarist Tim Posgate and 
   hurdy-gurdy player Ben Grossman.
   7 PM . Art Gallery of York University Accolade East Building
   4700 Keele Street . FREE

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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 

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