A collaborative project from Anne Sulikowski of Building Castles out of Matchsticks and Matt David of -243, Love Puppets have released River Heart, a collection of five abstract tracks that assimilate thick drones, pulsing tones, beautiful melody and robotic dreams all into one space for central processing. Pop tunes for computer minds, love songs for androids, beautiful binary musings for robots, this is music for cyborg generations. Get ahead of the evolutionary curve and download it now, your future self will thank you for it...
"River Heart" is available for free download as an 49Mb Zip file containing the full release in mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright Love Puppets 2010 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission.
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Download "Quadra Station" by Lorne David Thomson for free!
Our latest release comes from Lorne David Thomson, who many of you will remember from 2009's "Swimming Alone" ping things net release. His latest, "Quadra Station" is a collection of songs that presents a hopeful and optimistic view of the stars, a retro journey that takes us back to a time where wonder and excitement about space travel abounds. Incorporating actual samples from the NASA archives, "Quadra Station" is a fabulous release, from the thick analog sounds of the eponymous opening track, through the Eastern instrumentation of "The Technician's Dream", the hypnotic pulse and twinkling stars of "Sleeping in the LEM", the steady beat-driven movement of "Apollo 8", to the grandeur of album closer "A Free Trip Home".
"Quadra Station" is available for free download as an 105Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright Lorne David Thomson 2010 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission.
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Download "Live on Alien Air Music" by Resonant Drift for free!
I'm very pleased to announce that ping things net release 18 comes from Resonant Drift. "Live on Alien Air Music" is a long form piece taken from a recent live performance that features Bill Olien and Gary Johnson of Resonant Drift (with contributions from Mathias Grassow) creating a dense and beautiful soundscape filled with mystery and dark wonder. Running a gamut of moods and feelings, "Live on Alien Air Music" is a fabulous release that I'm thrilled to be able to share with you!
"Live on Alien Air Music" is available for free download as an 74Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright FloBob Music and Flow Space Music 2010 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission.
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Download "singular" by spatial correlation for free!
"singular" is a compilation of tracks from a bunch of Ryan Hagerman's releases performing as both spatial correlation and in his earlier guise as the widening gyre. It's delicate melodic ambient lo-fi brilliance and it's some of my favorite music ever and I'm thrilled to be able to present it to you as our last release for 2009. Enjoy!
"singular" is available for free download as a 129Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright Ryan Hagerman 2009 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission.
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Download "Swimming Alone" by Lorne David Thomas for free!
"Swimming Alone" by Lorne David Thomson is the November release from the ping things net label. Offering eleven songs in a variety of sounds and styles, "Swimming Alone" features rich soundscapes, deep melodic electronica, vintage synth tracks and more, all showcasing the extensive talents of Lorne David Thomson. "Swimming Alone" is an engaging and inspired collection of music available exclusively from ping things!
"Swimming Alone" is available for free download as an 113Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright Lorne David Thomson 2009 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission.
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Download "Of Uncertain Aspect" by Pholde for free!
ping things is pleased to announce that our latest net release featuring music by one of the most respected artists in the ambient/abstract musical genres is now available for free download. "Of Uncertain Aspect" by Pholde features music taken from a live performance at Toronto's AMBiENT PiNG event that captures the unique sound stylings of Alan Bloor at his best. Using found metal objects that are bowed, stroked and struck percussively, Bloor creates a fascinating and inspiring aural landscape that builds and grows organically over time, engaging the listener in a challenging but ultimately rewarding listen.
"Of Uncertain Aspect" is available for free download as a 48 Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright Alan Bloor 2008/2009 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission.
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I am very pleased to announce the latest net release title from ping things is "a decade dreaming" by dreamSTATE. Released to coincide with the tenth anniversary of THE AMBiENT PiNG, "a decade dreaming" features a selection of live performances by dreamSTATE spanning ten years of concerts at THE AMBiENT PiNG, celebrating both the music and the PiNG community of the last decade.
With guest performances by Eric Hopper of Sylken, Alan Bloor of Pholde/Knurl, Jim Field of Spacenoiz, James Johnson, Wally Jericho, and Cheryl O, "a decade of dreaming" is a beautiful collection of music that captures the essence of dreamSTATE and the PiNG itself. From the smooth pads of "Soundscape for Richard Wright", through the delicate melodies of "Jharna Revealed", to "Premillennial Landscape #1" and its celestial tones, "a decade dreaming" is a fabulous release that I am delighted to be able to share with you.
"a decade dreaming" is available for free download as a 110 Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright Scott M2 and Jamie Todd 1999-2009 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission. For extended liner notes from "a decade dreaming", please visit http://www.dreamstate.to/decade/
If you like "a decade dreaming", be sure to check out "Passage" and "Between Realities" by dreamSTATE, both available at ping things!
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"iNTHiSHOUSE" by subduction current
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Well known in the Toronto ambient improv scene for her live performances which blend music and electronic light media, Catherine's latest "iNTHiSHOUSE" is a sensual and beautiful journey through fluid spaces and liquid sounds that perfectly capture the musical and artistic ideals that inform her work. Drawing influence from deep beneath the sea and deep within the self, "iNTHiSHOUSE" is a carefully crafted series of songs that immerses the listener in a new environment, a new reality.
By agreement with the artist, "iNTHiSHOUSE" is no longer available through ping things.
Download "Mechanism of the Soul" by Reinholt56 for free!
ping things is very pleased to announce the latest addition to our net release catalog. "Mechanism of the Soul" by Reinholt56 is an impressive collection of instrumental ambient works that capture the wonder and mystery of the cosmos.
"Mechanism of the Soul" is available for free download as an 112Mb Zip file containing the full 10 track release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with artwork and notes suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright Reinholt56 2009 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission. For more information about Reinholt56, please visit http://www.macjams.com/artist/Reinholt56
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Download "Love and the Fear of Poverty" by Spatial Correlation for free!
Spatial Correlation returns to ping things with a new release entitled "Love and the Fear of Poverty" which is now available for free download. Ranging from lo-fi bedsit experiments to lush orchestral ambience, "Love and the Fear of Poverty" captures Ryan Hagerman at his best, creating the melodic chilled ambience that has made him so well loved by his fans.
"Love and the Fear of Poverty" is available for free download as an 81Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright Ryan Hagerman, 2009 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission.
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Download "fluctuations" by mara's torment for free!
The February release from the ping things net label comes from mara's torment and is now available for free download. "fluctuations" is a four track collection of music, exploring and expanding upon work from previous live performances resulting in new textures, new sounds, and new environments.
"fluctuations" is available for free download as an 65Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright rik maclean 2009 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission.
If you like "fluctuations", be sure to check out "mt96061" and "the barrier of skin" by mara's torment, both available at ping things!
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Download "Music for Travellers #2" by Panoramaroid for free!
I'm very pleased to announce the latest release from the ping things net label. "Music for Travellers #2" is a brand new collection of music from the very talented Matthew Poulakakis performing as Panoramaroid. Listeners already acquainted with Matthew's work as Automatic Fats and Salvagesound will hear a number of musical reference points, with Panoramaroid drawing style tips from both of those projects to create aural landscapes with bass-driven grooves, a travelogue of sounds that will appeal to all of you who like to explore new musical spaces.
"Music for Travellers #2" is available for free download as an 81Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright Matthew Poulakakis 2008 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission.
If you like "Music for Travellers #2" you might also be interested in Matthew Poulakakis' other releases as Salvagesound and Automatic Fats, both of which are available now at ping things!
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I'm very pleased to announce the latest release from the ping things catalog. "Ensoulment" by Remora is the latest release from Silber Media founder Brian John Mitchell. Brian has been experimenting with guitar atmospherics since 1995. "Ensoulment" marks a return to long form ambient guitar drones that have been absent from Remora’s recorded output since 1999’s Ambient Drones for One Guitar. It was recorded with one guitar (no overdubbing)split into three effect channels (loop and envelope filter; distortion, loop, and reverb; distortion, sub-octave, and reverb) and an acoustic guitar in front of an amplifier used as an ambient room mic.
On "Ensoulment" Remora throws out the idea of using the guitar as a melody instrument, approaching it instead as a sound source, as six tuned wires mounted on wood. The idea of song and melody is replaced by an increased importance on the tone and feeling of the sound. A conveying of emotion without implementing any of the common tricks of the guitarist’s trade. "Ensoulment" is one piece clocking in at over seventy minutes filled with dynamics one might feel in a restless sleep, a surrealistic soundscape full of monstrous walls and serene calm moments. It is both claustrophobic and calm. You can hear the influences to Brian’s ideas of tone and beauty from Justin Broadrick to Gyorgy Ligeti to Mike VanPortfleet as he occasionally coaxes sound out of the guitar, but more often forcefully beats it out. This is ambient music for the tarmac rather than inside the airport lobby.
"Ensoulment" is available for free download as a 126Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright Brian John Mitchell 2008 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission.
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Download "October Sky" by Building Castles Out of Matchsticks for free!
ping things is thrilled to present "October Sky" by Building Castles Out of Matchsticks. "October Sky" is a collection of mostly improvised works by Anne Sulikowski using guitar, pedals, voice, laptop and synthesizers to create two pieces that are a collage of sounds, and are meant to be heard as one continuous piece. The second segment "Sky" contains a cover of Corey Hart's song "Water From the Moon" from the album "The Boy in the Box".
Anne comments about the release "Fall is perhaps the most melancholy of all the seasons. Because it is so neutral, so warm and yet grey, it is easy to become absorbed in the most deepest of your memories, your feelings, and the random thoughts and the blurs between your reality and your dreams. A perfect time for a pause. Introspection. These pieces are remnants of my mind as it wanders with the autumn wind......
Nothing beats the sky just before twilight in the month of October, absolutely nothing."
Anne would like to thank ping things for the opportunity of this release. She would also like to thank all of her friends who made the October sky seem much less far.
"October Sky" by Building Castles Out of Matchsticks is available for free download as a 64.3 Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 192kbps mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright Anne Sulikowski 2008 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission.
If you like "October Sky", be sure to check out some of the other releases available through Anne's label Worthy Records, available now at ping things!
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ping things is proud to present "tactile" by mara's torment. Released as a single long form piece in four movements, "tactile" continues the studies in environment and isolation that have always been at the heart of the work of mara's torment. Crossing a wide range of emotional terrain, "tactile" is the latest net release from ping things.
"tactile" by mara's torment is available for free download as a 68.5 Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright rik maclean 2008, and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission.If you enjoy the work of mara's torment, please feel free to subscribe to the mara's torment podcast.
If you like "tactile", be sure to check out "mt96061" and "the barrier of skin" by mara's torment, both available at ping things!
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Download "Where did we come from defcon?" by Ortiz for free!
I'm very pleased to announce "Where did we come from defcon?" by Ortiz is the latest release from the ping things net label. Available for free download, "Where did we come from defcon?" is an inspired collection of tracks that cover a wide range of sounds and styles. Blending familiar melodic elements with loops and processed sounds, Laurier Brown of Ortiz has crafted a fascinating and exciting set of tracks that pays homage to existing styles while simultaneously staking new ground in the electronic genre. From the chilled opening of "Comfort Setting", through the haunted looped phrases and patterns of "A Hungry Ghost Ain't Got No Love" to the closing pulse and drone of "Familiar Pattern", "Where did we come from Defcon?" is an engaging release that ping things is honored to be able to present.
"Where did we come from defcon?" by Ortiz is available for free download as a 78Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with artwork suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright Laurier Brown 2008, and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission.
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I am absolutely ecstatic to be able to share with you a brand new and exclusive digital EP by Nunc Stans! "Land" is the latest net release from ping things and is now available for free download. Many of you will be familiar with the work of Nunc Stans as one of the many projects from the brilliant and talented Anthony Paul Kerby, and will no doubt share in my excitement over this latest collection of tracks.
"Land" is a stunning work that captures the sound of Nunc Stans at a turning point where drone-based sensibilities blend seemlessly with melodic work to create a stunning sonic environment for the listener to explore. Influenced by the stark beauty of Northern Canada, Kerby has created a set of aural landscapes that inspires and delights from the cold drones of opener "Before the Colors Deepened", through the sparse melodies and underlying urgency of "Journey of a Thousand Days", to closing track "Ice Field" with it's beautiful humming tones and found sounds.
"Land" by Nunc Stans is available for free download as a 69Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with front cover and tray card art suitable for printing. The music on this release is copyright Anthony Paul Kerby, 2008 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission. If you like the work of Nunc Stans, check out Anthony Paul Kerby's website at http://www.dataobscura.com/apk where you'll be able to find out more about Kerby's work.
I'm thrilled to inform you that the latest net release from ping things is now available! "Aqua" by Andrew Duke is a long form abstract electronic piece exploring themes of loss and ritual. Fluid and emotive, "Aqua" is another fine work from one of Canada's premier electronic artists.
"Aqua" by Andrew Duke is available for free download as a 72Mb Zip file containing the full release in high quality 256kbps mp3 format along with front cover and tray card art suitable for printing in both .jpg and .psd formats . The music on this release is copyright Andrew Duke 2008 and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission. If you like the work of Andrew Duke, check out his website at http://www.andrew-duke.com
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"The Perfect City" by Phil Ogison
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ping things is proud to present the second release from the ping things net label! "The Perfect City" by Phil Ogison
is a sparkling collection of music that captures the essence of the metropolitan ideal, painting an aural picture
of a bright future in a utopian lifestyle. A fine example of melodic ambience, "The Perfect City" is a stunning disc from start to finish.
Phil's guitar work throughout is a study in ambient beauty, emotive fretwork that is by turns elated,
pensive, mournful and more.
By agreement with the artist, "The Perfect City" is no longer available through ping things.
ping things is proud to present the very first release from the ping things net label! "Les Landes" by Spatial
Correlation is a beautiful collection of minimal dreampop from one of my very favorite artists.
On "Les Landes", Ryan Hagerman of Spatial Correlation creates pieces of great
beauty and wonder where tones float together seemlessly and silence is just as important as the notes it surrounds.
From the opening track "scene" with its sparse introduction and subtle use of percussion, through "edit" which
sweeps and flows just underneath your perception, to the subtle charms of "breathe", one can't help but be swept
away in a wave of bliss that grows and deepens as the disc continues. The delicate strains of "borealis", the
hypnotic rhythms of "riga", you can't help but get lost in this disc, hypnotized, mesmerized, beguiled.
"Les Landes" by Spatial Correlation is available for free download as a 75Mb Zip file containing the full release in high
quality 256kbps mp3 format along with front and back cover art suitable for printing. The music on this release
is copyright Ryan Hagerman 2008 and and may not be used or reproduced without the artist's express permission. If you like the work of Spatial Correlation, check out his website at
www.myspace.com/spatialcorrelation
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