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Daniel Guimond at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-01
The following is a transcription of Daniel Guimond’s performance at the Ultimatum Festival I, Wednesday, May 1st, 1985 at the Foufounes Electriques bar and performance space in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Guimond performs poetry with underlying electric music, recorded sounds, and vocals in English and French. Guimond is a writer and multidisciplinary artist from Montreal. Some of his publications include the novel Pourquoi cela n'arrive qu'a moi ? (1999) and four poetry collections (1997, 1991, 1989, 1978). In his work High Friends in Low Places (2022), Alan Lord mentions Guimond’s punk zine SCRAP and his poetry which he performed while “being whipped” (p.52).
Annotations
00:00 - 00:35
High pitched ringing and background percussion.
Music
00:35 - 00:44
Silence [cuts out].
Recording
00:44 - 01:20
Performs poem [English] [underlying, overlapping vocals can be throughout in English and French].
Daniel Guimond
01:20 - 02:14
Silence [possible tape change].
Recording
02:14 - 02:20
Hums and audio feedback.
Tech
02:20 - 04:35
Continues piece.
Daniel Guimond
04:35 - 06:20
Continues piece, music starts [sounds of electronic instruments accompanying Guimond and underlying french, english vocals].
Daniel Guimond
06:20 - 06:23
Microphone feedback and shuffling.
Tech
06:23 - 06:30
Silence.
Foufounes Electriques
06:31 - 07:25
Melodic beat [rhythmic sounds, vocals overlap].
Music
07:25 - 11:00
Beat continues, pre-recorded speaker starts to perform poetry [English].
Music
07:55 - 07:56
Microphone tap.
Tech
07:56 - 10:49
Performs piece [French][on top of music and recording].
Daniel Guimond
10:49 - 10:50
Loud buzz transforms into electronic beat.
Music
10:50 - 12:28
Continues piece.
Daniel Guimond
12:28 - 14:39
Underlying pre-recorded English speaking gets louder.
Music
14:39 - 14:56
Continues piece [electronic beat and underlying vocals fade out].
Daniel Guimond
14:56 - 15:00
Water sounds.
Recorded Sound
15:00 - 14:56
Resumes piece.
Daniel Guimond
15:18 - 15:33
Water sounds.
Recorded Sound
15:33 - 15:37
Resumes piece.
Daniel Guimond
15:37 - 15:43
Water sounds [violent bubbling].
Recorded Sound
15:43 - 15:44
Resumes piece.
Daniel Guimond
15:44 - 15:45
Water sounds [possibly man drowning].
Recorded Sound
15:44 - 15:47
Resumes piece.
Daniel Guimond
15:47 - 15:51
Water sounds [gushing].
Recorded Sound
15:51 - 15:55
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
15:55 - 16:00
Loud ringing, underlying percussions.
Music
16:00 - 18:27
Performs piece [French] [a second speaker performs].
Daniel Guimond
18:27 - 18:29
On recommence d’ici un peu.
Daniel Guimond
18:29 - 20:03
Resumes piece.
Daniel Guimond
20:03 - 20:11
J’ai pas [unintelligible], c’est correct. Incor–j’ai meme pas eu le temps de le tapper. [Starts to resume performance] Incontenable. Non. Ouais.
Daniel Guimond
20:11 - 21:40
Resumes piece [electronic music begins with underlying English vocals].
Daniel Guimond
21:40 - 22:56
Electronic music gets progressively louder. Various sounds [synthesizer, electric guitar, vocals (unintelligible)].
Music
22:56 - 22:57
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
22:57 - 32:23
Modulating vocals and various sounds [blown out synthesizer,cut up tracks, lasers].
Music
32:23 - 32:25
Silence [possibly stopped recording].
Recording
32:25 - 32:25
[End of recording].
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