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Alain-Martin Richard at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-03
The following is a transcription of the Alain-Martin Richard set at Ultimatum, Friday, May 3rd, 1985 at the Foufounes Electriques. Richard is a multidisciplinary artist, editor and critic from Quebec, Canada, active since the late 70s, touring and presenting at festivals and events across North America, Europe and Japan. Previously, he was a member of the defunct international collective The Nomads and of INTER/Le Lieu from Quebec City. More recently, he has been involved with the collective Les Causes Perdues and Folie/Culture, having co-created the poetic game, "Lʹatopie textutelle est une cause qui se perd". He co-edited Performance in/au Canada 1970-1990 with Clive Robertson, the book Territoires Nomades and various catalogues and publications on art and performance. His experimental practice questions the social and the everyday, postmodernism, space and identity.
Annotations
00:00 - 00:07
Room noise [chatter and Setting and Tech: Music].
Foufounes Electriques
00:07 - 00:07
Cuts out, silence.
Recording
00:07 - 00:09
Speaks [unintelligible].
Alain-Martin Richard
00:09 - 00:11
OK.
Alain-Martin Richard
00:11 - 00:14
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
00:14 - 00:25
Bon, il s’agit d’un texte qui est un texte charnel, traite par ordinateur. A la partition, vois imprimante toast melba et popsicle.
Alain-Martin Richard
00:25 - 00:42
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
00:42 - 00:50
Vocalizations and overlapping speech.
Recorded Sound
00:50 - 00:59
Percussion [underscores Recorded Sound].
Music
00:59 - 01:08
Vocalizations and overlapping speech continue, percussion underscore drops out.
Recorded Sound
01:08 - 01:16
Electronic mix [synth melody, electric drums, distorted speech, smashing sound effect].
Music
01:16 - 01:25
Vocalizations and overlapping speech.
Recorded Sound
01:25 - 01:34
Electronic mix resumes.
Music
01:34 - 01:34
Click.
Recorded Sound
01:34 - 01:39
Vocalizations and overlapping speech.
Recorded Sound
01:39 - 03:09
Performs piece, speaks, drones, and pants [underscored by vocalizations, overlapping speech, and electronic mix].
Alain-Martin Richard
03:09 - 03:26
Distorted speech and vocalizations.
Recorded Sound
03:26 - 03:32
Electronic mix [synth melody, electric drums, screaming sound effect, distorted speech].
Music
03:32 - 03:37
Vocalizations and overlapping speech.
Recorded Sound
03:37 - 04:49
Continues piece.
Alain-Martin Richard
04:49 - 04:55
Electronic mix.
Music
04:55 - 04:57
Vocalizations.
Recorded Sound
04:57 - 05:38
Continues piece, speaks, drones, and groans [underscored by vocalizations, overlapping speech, and electronic mix].
Alain-Martin Richard
05:38 - 05:42
Vocalizations and distorted speech.
Recorded Sound
05:42 - 05:49
Electronic mix [electric drums and chimes, and distorted speech].
Music
05:49 - 05:59
Vocalizations and scratching sound.
Recorded Sound
05:59 - 07:24
Continues piece, speaks, drones, grunts, and pants [underscored by vocalizations, scratching sound, screams, and other electronic sounds].
Alain-Martin Richard
07:24 - 07:27
Cuts out, silence [possible tape change].
Recording
07:27 - 07:45
Continues piece, growls, speaks, and vocalizes [underscored by vocalizations, distorted speech, and electronic mix].
Alain-Martin Richard
07:45 - 07:56
Vocalizations, distorted speech, drum beat, rhythmic speech, clicking sounds, scratchy sound.
Recorded Sound
07:56 - 08:04
Electronic mix [organ, slurping sounds, lip smacking sounds, piano, synth, smashing sound effect].
Music
08:04 - 09:42
Continues piece, grunts, drones, vocalizes, pants, and giggles [underscored by vocalizations, distorted speech, slurping sounds, lip smacking sounds, and electronic mix].
Alain-Martin Richard
09:42 - 10:05
Applause [overlaps with scratchy sound effect].
Audience
10:05 - 10:08
Scratchy sound effect fades out.
Recorded Sound
10:08 - 10:10
Cuts out, low buzz.
Recording
10:10 - 10:10
[End of recording].
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