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Steve Montambault at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-01
The following is a transcription of Steve Montambault’s performance at Ultimatum, Wednesday, May 1st, 1985. The Ultimatum festival pamphlet lists Montambault’s performance as "Poesie Sonore" or "Sound Poetry". The recording features electronic sounds, poetry, vocal performances and microphone distortions.
Annotations
00:00 - 00:01
Light static.
Recording
00:01 - 02:16
Performs piece, recites poetry with distorted voice [English and French] [underscored by electronic sounds and recorded voices].
Steve Montambault
02:16 - 02:27
Applause.
Audience
02:27 - 02:41
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
02:41 - 02:42
Scratching sound.
Unknown
02:42 - 02:49
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
02:49 - 08:41
Performs piece, recites poetry with distorted voice [French] [underscored by electronic sounds].
Steve Montambault
08:41 - 08:50
Applause.
Audience
08:50 - 08:51
Shouts something [unintelligible].
Audience
08:51 - 08:56
Applause [continues].
Audience
08:56 - 09:02
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
09:02 - 09:03
Chord rings out [possibly synth, keyboard, other instrument or recorded sound].
Tech
09:03 - 09:07
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
09:07 - 13:41
Performs piece, recites poem with distorted voice [English] [occasional electronic sounds].
Steve Montambault
13:41 - 13:45
Applause and laughter [possibly recorded, possibly coming from audience].
Unknown
13:45 - 17:29
Continues piece, recites poem with distorted voice [English] [underscored by electronic music, electronic sounds, and recorded voices].
Steve Montambault
17:29 - 17:38
Sound cuts, light static, low buzz, very faint voice audible.
Unknown
17:38 - 17:39
Static buzz [possible tape change].
Recording
17:39 - 17:41
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
17:41 - 19:07
Various electronic sounds.
Music
19:07 - 22:48
Distorted speech in French and English over top of electronic music [possibly Montambault speaking live, possibly pre-recorded]. Recording
Unknown
22:48 - 23:04
Static.
Unknown
23:04 - 23:04
[End of recording].
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