ROBERT RICH • LiVE
 


THE AMBiENT PiNG PRESENTS
ROBERT RICH • LiVE at HOLY TRiNiTY

SATURDAY APRiL 29th 2006 • 8PM
Church of the Holy Trinity • Trinity Square, Toronto
 south-west of Dundas & Yonge • behind the Eaton Centre

Doors open at 7.30PM • Performance at 8PM
$20 • Tickets available at THE AMBiENT PiNG, soundscapes and Rotate This

Ambient music pioneer Robert Rich gives his second-ever Toronto performance on April 29th, in a solo concert of
his distinctive instrumental electronic music -- playing
flutes and lap steel guitar, along with analog synthesizer,
 keyboards and computers.
Featuring selections
from his new CD
"Electric Ladder"
as well as forays
into earlier works
and improvisation,
his music will be accompanied by
a film by artist
Daniel Colvin,
as well as custom
laser projections.


Since releasing his
first album in 1982, Robert Rich has
released over two
dozen more, helping
to define the genres
of ambient music,
dark-ambient,
tribal and trance.
Rich uses home-made acoustic and electronic instruments, microtonal tunings,
and computer-based signal processing to sculpt his unique sonic environments, an approach dating back to 1976
when he built his first synthesizer, at the age of 13.
His all-night Sleep Concerts, performed in the 80s,
became legendary in the San Francisco area and
beyond. In 2001 he released the 7-hour audio DVD "Somnium", a studio distillation of the Sleep Concert experience, and possibly the longest continuous piece
of music ever released. His two collaborations with
Steve Roach, "Strata" (1990) and "Soma" (1992),
both charted for several months in Billboard.

Robert Rich is without a doubt one of the most
fascinating electronic musicians of our time. This
rare Toronto appearance (in the beautiful setting
and great acoustics of the Church of the Holy Trinity) promises to be a treat!

As an added bonus, arrive at 7.30PM to experience
dreamSTATE's waveforms quadraphonic soundscape
installation which will be playing before and between sets.

For further information or to arrange a telephone
interview with Robert Rich please contact:

Jon Spencer at 416-504-5282
Email: Jamie Todd
www.theambientping.com

Robert Rich website
Robert Rich Hi-Res Photographs
Robert Rich Sound Files

THE AMBiENT PiNG PRESENTS
ROBERT RICH • LiVE at HOLY TRiNiTY
SATURDAY APRiL 29th 2006 • 8PM
Church of the Holy Trinity • Trinity Square, Toronto
 south-west of Dundas & Yonge • behind the Eaton Centre

THE AMBiENT PiNG presents live performances by
the finest ambient, chillout, improv and experimental
music artists from Toronto and around the world.

Every Tuesday evening THE AMBiENT PiNG presents
AMBiENT PiNG TUESDAYS, a weekly social sound/art
event, at HACiENDA • 794 Bathurst Street at Bloor.
(NW corner, upstairs, across from the Bathurst subway)
www.theambientping.com