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Alan Lord at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-01
The following is a transcription of Alan Lord’s performance at Ultimatum I, Wednesday, May 1st, 1985 at the Foufounes Electriques. Alan Lord is the festival organizer and creator of Ultimatum. He is a Canadian musician, writer and engineer, and was a member of the bands Vex, the Marauders, Vent du Mont Scharr and Alan Lord & the Falling Men. An important figure for Montreal’s alternative punk scene, he is featured in Erik Cimon’s documentary "Mtl Punk -- The first wave" (2011). During his Ultimatum set, he performed four song-poems, including "Ignoring the Future Today'' and "Too Much Money" with accompanying electronic music tapes by Jean-Luc Bonspiel and computer graphics videos done by Boris Wanowitch. The Ultimatum LP features “Ignore the Future Today” with music by Jean-Luc Bonspiel and words and vocals by Alan Lord.
Annotations
00:00 - 00:18
Chatter.
Audience
00:18 - 00:19
Cuts out, low static.
Recording
00:19 - 00:21
Chatter resumes.
Audience
00:21 - 00:25
Cuts out, low static.
Recording
00:25 - 00:30
Rustling [possibly someone playing around with the microphone].
Unknown
00:30 - 00:40
Chatter resumes.
Audience
00:40 - 00:41
OK on peut y aller.
Alan Lord
00:41 - 00:50
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
00:50 - 00:51
Glass clinking.
Unknown
00:51 - 01:01
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
01:01 - 01:02
Video de m’y pousses [possibly].
Alan Lord
01:02 - 01:07
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
01:07 - 01:40
Bass, electric drums, electric keyboard.
Music
01:40 - 03:09
Performs "Too Much Money", sings [English] [underscored by bass, electric drums, and electric keyboard].
Alan Lord
03:09 - 03:45
Bass, electric drums, and electric keyboard.
Music
03:45 - 04:47
Continues "Too Much Money".
Alan Lord
04:47 - 04:53
Applause.
Audience
04:53 - 04:57
Merci pour la meilleure sonneau qu’avant [speech overlaps with applause].
Alan Lord
04:57 - 05:27
Bass, electric drums, and electric keyboard.
Music
05:27 - 06:54
Performs piece, speaks rhythmically [English] [underscored by bass, electric drums, and electric keyboard].
Alan Lord
06:54 - 07:28
Bass, electric drums, electric keyboard.
Music
07:28 - 08:44
Continues piece.
Alan Lord
08:44 - 08:47
Applause.
Audience
08:47 - 08:49
C’etait Philippe Soupault [speech overlaps briefly with beginning of next piece]
Alan Lord
08:49 - 09:20
Electric drums, synth, and other electronic sounds.
Music
09:20 - 11:43
Performs piece, sings [English] [underscored by electric drums, synth, and other electronic sounds.
Alan Lord
11:43 - 11:44
Merci, merci [speech overlaps with end of music].
Alan Lord
11:44 - 11:46
Applause and cheers.
Audience
11:46 - 11:50
Cuts out, light static [possible tape change].
Recording
11:50 - 11:55
Applause and cheers resume.
Audience
11:55 - 11:58
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
11:58 - 12:05
Electric drums and synth.
Music
12:05 - 12:22
Musique du Boys du Severe qui vont jouer Vendredi soir… et a la voie Josee Thibeault vendredi soir ici meme au… au Foufounes Electriques [over top
Alan Lord
12:22 - 12:30
Electric drums, synth, electric keyboard.
Music
12:30 - 16:20
Performs "Ignoring the Future Today", speaks rhythmically [English] [underscored by electric drums, synth, and electric keyboard].
Alan Lord
16:20 - 16:24
Continues "Ignoring the Future Today", underscore drops out.
Alan Lord
16:24 - 16:25
Thank you.
Alan Lord
16:25 - 16:35
Applause and cheers.
Audience
16:35 - 16:35
Silence.
Recording
16:35 - 16:46
Merci, merci, merci, merci. Il faut comprendre que, il faut comprendre que j’aimerais ca pouvoir ecrire en francais, mais j’ecris en anglais, bon,
Alan Lord
16:46 - 16:56
Applause and cheers.
Audience
16:56 - 16:56
[End of recording].
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