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Geneviève Letarte at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-01
The following is a transcription of Genevieve Letarte’s performance at Ultimatum, Wednesday, May 1st, 1985. Letarte is an interdisciplinary artist from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, writing under various modes and capacities: she is the author of 4 novels, among them, Souvent la nuit tu te reveilles (2002) and Les Vertiges Molino (1996), a poet, singer and songwriter. Her most recent publication is a poetry collection entitled Mes Ailleurs (2020). Her performances often combine text, song and music, as does the following multimodal performance from Ultimatum ’85, which mixes sound, song and poetry. The Ultimatum LP features "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse" from this set, with electronic percussion by Bernard Poirier, music by Trafic D’Influences, synthesizer and trombone by Claude Saint-Jean, and word and voice by Genevieve Letarte.
Annotations
00:00 - 00:13
Static, crackling, subtle drumbeat.
Unknown
00:13 - 01:36
Distorted electric guitar, electronic sounds, trombone.
Music
01:36 - 02:53
Performs "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse", recites poetry and vocalizes [underscored by distorted electric guitar, electronic sounds, and trombone].
Genevieve Letarte
02:53 - 03:12
Electronic percussion, synth, electric guitar, and keyboard.
Music
03:12 - 07:55
Continues "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse", speaks rhythmically and sings [underscored by electronic percussion, synth, electric guitar, and keyboard].
Genevieve Letarte
07:55 - 08:12
Static, high-pitched ringing, low frequencies.
Music
08:12 - 08:57
Continues "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse", speaks [underscored by static, high-pitched ringing, and low frequencies].
Genevieve Letarte
08:57 - 09:17
Static, electronic sounds, high-pitched ringing, synth melody.
Music
09:17 - 10:37
Continues "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse" [underscored by high-pitched ringing and synth melody] .
Genevieve Letarte
10:37 - 11:02
Electronic sounds, synth.
Music
11:02 - 14:28
Continues "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse", underscore shifts [electric guitar, electronic ringing sounds, percussion, synth, bass, trombone].
Genevieve Letarte
14:28 - 14:47
Guitar, bass, trombone.
Music
14:47 - 17:49
Continues "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse", speaks and sings, underscore shifts [guitar, bass, trombone, keyboard, synth].
Genevieve Letarte
17:49 - 17:52
Cuts out, silence.
Recording
17:52 - 18:04
Synth, bass, trombone, cow bell.
Music
18:04 - 21:40
Continues "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse", speaks and sings [underscored by synth, bass, trombone, and cow bell].
Genevieve Letarte
21:40 - 21:49
Applause and cheers.
Audience
21:49 - 21:50
Merci.
Unknown Speaker
21:50 - 21:54
Applause.
Audience
21:54 - 22:02
Cuts out, low static and buzz.
Recording
22:02 - 22:02
[End of recording].
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