Alain-Martin Richard at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-03 - Audio Description
00:00
Room noise [chatter and music].
00:06
Cuts out, silence.
00:11
Room noise.
00:25
Room noise.
00:41
Vocalizations and overlapping speech.
00:49
Percussion [underscores Recorded Sound].
00:59
Vocalizations and overlapping speech continue [percussion underscore drops out].
01:08
Electronic mix [synth melody, electric drums, distorted speech, smashing sound effect].
01:16
Vocalizations and overlapping speech.
01:24
Electronic mix resumes.
01:33
Click.
01:34
Vocalizations and overlapping speech.
03:09
Distorted speech and vocalizations.
03:25
Electronic mix [synth melody, electric drums, screaming sound effect, distorted speech].
03:32
Vocalizations and overlapping speech.
04:49
Electronic mix.
04:55
Vocalizations.
05:38
Vocalizations and distorted speech.
05:41
Electronic mix [electric drums and chimes, and distorted speech].
05:48
Vocalizations and scratching sound.
07:23
Cuts out, silence [possible tape change].
07:44
Vocalizations, distorted speech, drum beat, rhythmic speech, clicking sounds, scratchy sound.
07:55
Electronic mix [organ, slurping sounds, lip smacking sounds, piano, synth, smashing sound effect].
09:40
Applause [overlaps with scratchy sound effect].
10:05
Scratchy sound effect fades out.
10:08
Cuts out, low buzz.
10:10
[End of recording].
Alan Lord at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-01 - Audio Description
00:00
Chatter.
00:18
Cuts out, low static.
00:19
Chatter resumes.
00:21
Cuts out, low static.
00:26
Rustling [possibly someone playing around with the microphone].
00:30
Chatter resumes.
00:41
Room noise.
00:49
Glass clinking.
00:50
Room noise.
01:02
Room noise.
01:06
Bass, electric drums, electric keyboard.
03:09
Bass, electric drums, and electric keyboard.
04:47
Applause.
04:56
Bass, electric drums, and electric keyboard.
06:54
Bass, electric drums, electric keyboard.
08:44
Applause.
08:49
Electric drums, synth, and other electronic sounds.
11:44
Applause and cheers.
11:46
Cuts out, light static [possible tape change].
11:50
Applause and cheers resume.
11:55
Room noise.
11:58
Electric drums and synth.
12:22
Electric drums, synth, electric keyboard.
16:19
Fades out.
16:25
Applause and cheers.
16:34
Silence.
16:46
Applause and cheers.
16:56
[End of recording].
Boys du Sévère at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-03 - Audio Description
00:00
Performs piece, vocalists speak rhythmically [French] atop electronic music.
03:31
Room noise.
03:33
Room noise.
03:34
Applause.
03:40
Tambourine, cowbell, and highhat hits.
03:43
Applause continues.
03:45
Silence [possible tape change].
03:46
Synthesizer.
03:48
Silence.
03:49
Man speaking [French].
03:52
Skips on a loop.
03:56
Room noise, chatter.
04:00
Resumes.
04:01
Room noise, chatter.
04:08
Resumes.
04:10
Room noise.
04:12
Resumes then skips on a loop.
04:17
Audio loop resumes.
04:19
Room noise.
04:20
Resumes.
04:24
Room noise.
04:30
Resumes then skips on a loop.
04:41
Room noise, chatter.
04:49
Audio loop resumes.
04:52
Resumes then skips on a loop.
05:01
Resumes then skips on a loop.
05:06
Room noise.
05:08
Resumes then skips on a loop.
05:16
Room noise, chatter.
05:19
Resumes then skips on a loop.
05:21
Room noise.
05:22
Audio loop resumes.
05:24
Room noise.
05:27
Resumes then skips on a loop.
05:36
Room noise, chatter.
05:41
Resumes.
05:44
Room noise.
05:47
Audio loop resumes.
05:56
Audio loop resumes.
05:57
Continues piece, vocalist speaks [French] over audio loop.
05:59
Whooping, soft clap, whistle [over top of recorded audio].
06:02
Audio loop continues.
06:08
Soft laughter.
06:11
Resumes then skips on a loop.
06:21
Continues piece, vocalist speaks [French] over top of audio loop.
06:25
Audio loop continues with microphone feedback.
06:29
Room noise.
06:32
Audio loop resumes.
06:36
Room noise.
06:37
Audio loop resumes.
06:47
Distant voice overlaps with audio loop.
06:48
Audio loop continues.
07:24
Continues piece, vocalist speaks [French] over recorded audio loop.
07:29
Power down sound.
07:29
Room noise.
07:44
Room noise.
07:49
Carnivalesque electronic music [synth, horns].
07:58
Performs “JESUS”, vocalists sing [French] in sync atop music.
08:31
Carnivalesque electronic music continues [electronic keyboard solo, guira, tambourine].
09:07
Continues piece, vocals resume atop music.
09:44
Carnivalesque electronic music continues.
10:17
Room noise.
10:18
Applause.
10:29
Room noise.
10:51
Rising and falling electronic beat [synthesizer, clapping].
11:22
Performs piece, vocalists speak rhythmically atop music.
12:49
Rising and falling electronic beat continues [no vocals].
12:56
Applause.
13:08
Room noise.
13:16
Drum hit.
13:17
Synthesizer and keyboard.
14:59
Room noise.
15:02
Applause.
15:15
Room noise.
15:17
Silence [possible tape change].
15:20
Performs piece, vocalist sings [French] over electronic music.
15:34
Microphone feedback, vocals and music continue.
17:07
Applause.
17:15
Electronic beat [electronic drums, synthesizer, electronic keyboard].
17:31
Performs piece, vocalist speaks rhythmically [Spanish] atop electronic beat.
17:33
Electronic beat continues.
17:40
Continues piece, vocalist resumes rhythmic speech.
17:43
Electronic beat continues.
17:49
Continues piece, vocalists speak and shout rhythmically [Spanish] atop music, echo effects.
18:57
Applause, coughing.
19:11
Room noise.
19:18
This is Alan Lord.
19:29
Shouts [Spanish].
19:33
Laughter.
19:36
Room noise.
19:44
Bon ben.
19:44
Voices speaking [unintelligible], echo.
19:46
Room noise.
19:53
Room noise.
19:54
Drum beat.
19:56
Glasses clinking, drumbeat continues.
19:56
Unintelligible speech, drum beat continues.
19:58
Alright [echoes], unintelligible speech continues [echoes].
20:02
Room noise.
20:07
Room noise.
20:10
Drum beat.
20:13
Room noise.
20:39
Room noise.
20:43
Soundboard sounds.
20:50
Room noise, chatter.
20:57
Electronic beat.
21:06
Electronic beat continues.
21:13
Electronic beat continues overlaid with electric guitar.
21:25
Performs piece, vocalist sings atop electronic beat [English].
21:40
Guitar gets louder then recedes, vocalist continues.
22:50
Electronic beat continues
24:22
Electronic beat continues [vocalists stop].
25:12
Applause [overlaps with electronic beat].
25:18
Cuts out, silence.
25:21
[End of Setting and Tech: Recording].
Colette Tougas at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-01 - Audio Description
00:00
Silence.
00:01
Chatter.
00:11
Chatter.
00:13
Performs "Clara La Brune", sings [French] [microphone feedback and audience chatter throughout].
00:27
Continues "Clara La Brune", speaks [French] [microphone feedback and audience chatter throughout].
00:36
Feedback interrupts performance.
00:41
Laughter.
00:44
Resumes "Clara La Brune" [microphone feedback and audience chatter throughout].
01:14
Feedback interrupts performance [subtle audience laughter].
01:18
Resumes "Clara La Brune" [microphone feedback throughout].
01:22
Feedback interrupts performance.
01:23
Chatter.
01:24
Resumes "Clara La Brune [microphone feedback continues and audience chatter throughout].
03:40
Laughter.
03:42
Coughs.
03:44
Laughter and unintelligible exclamation [two voices].
03:46
Resumes performance [audience chatter throughout].
03:51
Continues "Clara La Brune", sings [Italian] [audience chatter throughout].
04:09
Continues "Clara La Brune", speaks [French] [audience chatter throughout].
04:26
Continues "Clara La Brune", sings [Italian] [audience chatter throughout].
04:44
Continues "Clara La Brune", speaks [French] [audience chatter throughout].
05:13
Continues "Clara La Brune", sings [Italian] [audience chatter throughout].
05:31
Continues "Clara La Brune", speaks [French] [audience chatter throughout].
05:48
Continues "Clara La Brune", sings [Italian] [audience chatter throughout].
06:07
Room noise.
06:10
Continues "Clara La Brune", speaks [French] [audience chatter throughout].
08:25
Laughter and chatter.
08:28
Continues "Clara La Brune" [audience chatter throughout].
09:51
Laughter and chatter.
09:57
Continues "Clara La Brune" [audience chatter throughout].
11:09
Laughter and chatter.
11:17
Continues "Clara La Brune", speaks [English] [audience chatter throughout].
11:19
Laughs.
11:21
Continues "Clara La Brune", speaks [English] [audience chatter throughout].
11:48
Continues "Clara La Brune", scats [audience chatter throughout].
11:57
Continues "Clara La Brune", sings [English] [audience chatter throughout].
12:02
Blows raspberry.
12:03
Continues "Clara La Brune" [audience chatter throughout].
12:08
Continues "Clara La Brune" [audience chatter throughout].
12:15
Continues "Clara La Brune" [audience chatter throughout].
13:43
Chatter.
13:45
Applause and cheers.
13:59
Applause.
14:01
Continues "Clara La Brune", speaks [French] [audience chatter throughout].
14:56
Laughter.
14:58
Continues "Clara La Brune" [audience chatter throughout].
15:35
Laughter.
15:37
Continues "Clara La Brune" [audience chatter throughout].
16:37
Laughter.
16:39
Continues "Clara La Brune" [audience chatter throughout].
17:06
Continues "Clara La Brune", sings [French] [audience chatter throughout].
17:16
Continues "Clara La Brune", speaks [French] [audience chatter throughout].
17:25
Continues "Clara La Brune" [audience chatter throughout].
17:31
Continues "Clara La Brune", sings [French] [audience chatter throughout].
17:41
Continues "Clara La Brune", speaks [French] [audience chatter throughout].
18:07
Continues "Clara La Brune", sings [French] [audience chatter throughout].
18:17
Continues "Clara La Brune", speaks [French] [audience chatter throughout].
18:31
Continues "Clara La Brune", sings [French] [audience chatter throughout].
18:42
Applause and cheers.
18:56
Light static.
18:59
[End of recording].
Daniel Guimond at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-01 - Audio Description
00:00
High pitched ringing and background percussion.
00:33
Silence [cuts out].
00:44
Performs piece [recites English poem atop recorded overlapping French and English vocals, feedback hum present throughout].
01:10
Continues piece with low percussive sound in background.
01:20
Cuts out, static [possible tape change].
02:14
Static and electrical hum.
02:23
Continues piece.
02:30
Continues piece with low percussive sound in background.
04:38
Continues piece with musical underscore [electronic music].
04:42
Continues piece.
05:07
Continues piece with musical underscore [electronic music].
05:19
Continues piece.
06:19
Microphone feedback and shuffling.
06:22
Silence.
06:29
Melodic beat [rhythmic sounds, vocals overlap].
07:25
Beat continues, pre-recorded speaker recites poetry [English].
07:56
Microphone taps.
07:59
Performs piece [recites French poem atop music and recorded poetry].
10:46
Abrupt cut.
10:47
Room noise.
10:53
Static buzz transforms into electronic beat.
10:56
Continues piece atop electronic beat.
12:34
Recorded English vocals become more prominent atop recorded French vocals and electronic beat.
13:37
Recorded English and French vocals continue, electronic beat drops out.
13:40
Electronic beat resumes, recorded English and French vocals continue.
14:36
Continues piece.
14:56
Continues piece, electronic beat and recorded vocals fade out.
15:01
Room noise.
15:13
Cacophonous electronic sounds [water, scrubbing, dog yapping].
15:38
Continues piece, barely audible atop recorded water sounds [violent bubbling and gushing, possibly man drowning].
15:58
Water sounds resume.
16:09
Water sounds resume.
16:13
Cuts out, silence.
16:16
High pitched ringing sound and electronic beat.
16:31
Continues piece atop sporadic pre-recorded French vocals [occasional feedback].
18:29
Resumes piece atop sporadic pre-recorded French vocals.
20:18
Continues piece atop electronic music and pre-recorded English vocals.
21:40
Electronic music and pre-recorded vocals [music gets progressively louder, vocals are unintelligible].
22:50
Distorted electric guitar, synth, and other electronic sounds [blown out synth, cut up tracks, lasers].
24:05
Music continues with barely intelligible recorded vocals.
26:56
Cuts out, silence.
26:56
Ominous synth track, various electronic sounds, overlapping pre-recorded vocals [French and English].
30:44
Pre-recorded vocals continue interrupted sporadically by various electronic sounds.
31:02
Electronic beat enters, pre-recorded vocals and sporadic interruptions continue.
32:23
Cuts out, silence [possibly stopped recording].
32:29
[End of recording].
Denis Vanier at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-04 - Audio Description
00:00
Room noise.
00:04
Room noise.
00:08
Room noise.
00:14
Room noise.
02:13
Applause.
02:25
Chatter [unintelligible].
02:28
Speaks [unintelligible].
02:36
Oui je le veux. Je [maybe:film] le reste. Non, mais, esti… Si t'es pas capable, dis les pas [audience member responds throughout].
02:36
Speaks [unintelligible].
02:45
Laughter.
02:45
Laughter, room noise.
03:49
Room noise.
03:51
Applause.
04:00
Apres Marie, c'est l'electrolyse masculine. Ca c'est pas loin de ou ce qu'on est la. C'est a [unintelligable] [audience laughter throughout].
06:11
Distorted and clipped audio.
06:53
Distortion resolves.
07:19
Applause.
07:26
Room noise.
07:32
Audio cuts out, static.
07:35
Chatter.
07:41
Loud chatter.
07:48
Chatter continues, laughter.
09:24
Applause.
09:29
[End of recording].
Geneviève Letarte at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-01 - Audio Description
00:00
Static, crackling, drumbeat.
00:13
Drumbeat continues, distorted electric guitar, electronic sounds, trombone.
01:36
Performs "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse", recites poetry and vocalizes atop distorted electric guitar, electronic sounds, and trombone.
02:53
Electronic percussion, synth, electric guitar, and keyboard.
03:11
Continues "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse", speaks rhythmically and sings atop electronic percussion, synth, electric guitar, and keyboard.
07:54
Static, high- and low-pitched ringing.
08:11
Continues "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse", speaks atop static, and high- and low-pitched ringing.
08:57
Static, electronic sounds, ringing, synth melody.
09:17
Continues "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse" atop high-pitched ringing and synth melody.
10:37
Electronic sounds, synth.
11:01
Continues "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse", musical underscore shifts, electric guitar, electronic ringing sounds, percussion, synth, bass, trombone.
14:27
Guitar, bass, trombone.
14:46
Continues "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse", speaks and sings, musical underscore shifts, guitar, bass, trombone, keyboard, synth.
17:48
Cuts out, silence.
17:51
Synth, bass, trombone, cow bell.
18:03
Continues "Petite Nuage et Betelgeueuse", speaks and sings atop synth, bass, trombone, and cow bell.
21:40
Applause and cheers.
21:49
Applause.
21:53
Cuts out, low static and buzz.
22:02
[End of recording].
Herbert Huncke at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-05 - Audio Description
00:00
Applause.
00:25
Applause and cheers.
00:38
Shouts [possibly "plus fort!"]
00:39
Chatter.
01:04
Room noise.
01:55
Laughter.
09:35
Applause.
09:43
Applause.
10:49
Cuts out, light static.
10:51
Silence.
24:54
Applause.
24:56
Applause and cheers.
25:02
Applause and cheers continue.
25:10
Well wait a minute. Okay [over top of audience applause and cheers].
25:13
Applause.
25:23
Room noise.
25:28
Cuts out, rustling sound.
25:29
Static.
25:30
Silence.
37:07
Boos and shouts of disagreement.
37:12
Laughter.
40:51
Applause, muffled speech, and cheers.
41:32
Cuts out, light static.
41:35
[End of recording].
Jack V at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-01 - Audio Description
00:00
Light static.
00:04
Buzzing.
00:06
Performs "Poesie Guerriere", vocalizes, sings and recites text [French] atop recorded buzzing sound.
01:02
Ambient chords, distorted speech and vocals.
01:05
Applause overlaps with music.
01:08
Continues "Poesie Guerriere", recites poem [French] atop ambient chords, electronic instruments, various electronic musical sounds, guitar, drums, distorted vocals, regular vocals and various recorded sounds.
05:54
Continues "Poesie Guerriere", sings [French] atop guitar, drums, electronic instrument, and regular vocals.
06:08
Continues "Poesie Guerriere", recites poem [French] atop guitar, drums, electronic instrument, regular vocals, distorted vocals, distorted speech.
10:08
Continues "Poesie Guerriere", sings [French], music shifts, regular vocals and distorted vocals.
11:43
Continues "Poesie Guerriere", recites poem [French], music shifts, recorded speech and electronic sounds.
13:02
Bass, electric guitar, drums, and melodic buzzing sound.
13:36
Continues "Poesie Guerriere", recites poem [French] atop electric guitar, drums, and melodic buzzing sound.
13:45
Electric guitar, drums, bass, melodic buzzing sounds, and kazoo-like sounds.
16:51
Keyboard and marching percussion.
17:12
Continues "Poesie Guerriere", recites poem atop keyboard and marching percussion.
17:55
Keyboard, marching percussion, and electronic sounds.
20:21
[End of recording].
Jean-Paul Curtay at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-05 - Audio Description
00:00
Room noise.
00:01
Performs sound piece [mixture of live and recorded sounds: slamming, off-beat clapping, barking, laughter, human voices, stomping, mouth sounds, tapping, crackling].
03:07
Room noise.
03:17
Microphone feedback.
03:20
Room noise.
04:36
Performs sound piece [trickling sound].
04:43
Room noise.
05:42
Microphone feedback.
05:43
Room noise.
06:54
Room noise.
08:12
Speakers popping.
08:21
Speakers popping.
10:18
Room noise.
10:23
Applause.
10:40
Performs sound piece [accompanied by recorded sounds: computer noises, baby crying, humming, gurgling, horn, high pitched gibberish].
15:39
Silence [cuts out].
15:41
Resumes sound piece.
21:13
Room noise.
27:04
Microphone feedback.
27:08
Continues sound piece [accompanied by recorded sounds: whispering, gurgling, metallic grinding, bird calls, human voices].
27:10
Chatter and whistling.
27:14
Shouting [unintelligible] and laughter.
27:24
Performs sound piece [metallic trinkle sounds].
27:43
Applause.
27:48
Continues sound piece [louder, whispering].
28:00
Applause.
28:05
Fades out sound piece, sound quality more distant.
28:12
Room noise.
28:18
Microphone crackle.
28:32
Applause.
29:02
Chatter, soft clapping.
29:57
Napoleon Moffat’s "Framed" starts [piano music].
30:34
Film continues [speech: There are spaces that live within us. Spaces which occupy the frame. The transparency of their names. A terrible tragedy that haunts their walls. The revelation of their fiction. Of something which might of happened but that never really occurred].
31:01
Film continues [piano music].
31:46
[End of recording].
John Giorno Band at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-05 - Audio Description
00:00
Performs "(Last Night) I Gambled With My Anger And Lost", instrumental intro [drums, electric guitar, bass, synth].
03:36
Continues piece, John Giorno recites poetry [English] over top of the music.
05:23
Continues piece, instrumental [synth, bass, electric drums].
05:56
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
06:32
Continues piece, instrumental [guitar, electric drums, synth].
07:22
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
08:15
Continues piece, instrumental [synth, bass, electric drums].
08:39
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
10:46
Continues piece, instrumental [bass, guitar, synth, electric drums].
11:09
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
11:23
Continues piece, instrumental [electric drums, electric guitar, synth].
11:31
Cheers and applause.
11:34
Synth notes ring out.
11:36
Cheers and applause.
11:39
Cuts out, silence.
11:41
Static.
11:42
Performs piece [John Giorno recites poetry over top of electric drums and gravelly electronic sound].
11:51
Continues piece, instrumental [electric drums, gravelly electronic sound, bass].
12:07
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
12:20
Continues piece, instrumental [electric guitar, electric drums, bass, gravelly electronic sound].
12:34
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
12:55
Continues piece, instrumental [synth, bass, electric drums].
13:10
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
13:47
Continues piece, instrumental [synth, bass, electric drums].
14:00
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
15:00
Cheers and applause.
15:01
Bass note rings out.
15:03
Guitar, bass, and drums sounds ring out.
15:06
Cheers and applause continues.
15:09
Bass note rings out.
15:10
Bass note rings out.
15:12
Light thumping sound and distorted voice.
15:14
Room noise.
15:17
Bass note rings out.
15:18
Cymbal crash.
15:18
Room noise.
15:27
Electronic sounds.
15:39
Room noise.
15:45
Cuts out, silence.
15:46
Performs "Stretching it Wider" [John Giorno recites poetry over top of electric guitar, bass, and percussion].
15:57
Continues piece, instrumental [electric guitar, bass, and percussion].
16:17
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
17:32
Continues piece, instrumental [synth, bass, percussion, electronic sounds].
18:07
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
19:01
Continues piece, instrumental [synth, bass, percussion, electric guitar, electronic sounds].
19:21
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
19:51
Continues piece, instrumental [guitar, synth, percussion, bass].
19:57
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
20:41
Continues piece, instrumental [synth, percussion, electronic sounds, bass].
20:57
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
21:50
Cheers and applause.
22:04
Room noise.
22:14
Room noise.
25:02
Cheers and applause.
25:11
Synth notes ring out..
25:20
Loud scratchy sound.
25:21
High pitched sound.
25:24
Percussive sound rings out.
25:25
Room noise.
25:27
Percussive sound.
25:28
Scream.
25:29
Percussive sound.
25:31
Room noise.
25:32
Guitar chord rings out, echoes and becomes distorted.
25:34
Room noise.
25:35
Percussive sounds.
25:37
Room noise.
25:39
Reverberant bass note rings out.
25:41
Room noise.
25:51
Quiet squeak.
25:52
Room noise.
25:54
Rustling.
25:56
Room noise.
25:58
Guitar slide.
25:59
Room noise.
26:00
Percussive sounds.
26:02
Room noise.
26:06
Performs piece, instrumental intro [distorted reverberant electric guitar].
26:21
Continues piece, John Giorno recites poetry [English] over top of the music.
26:34
Continues piece, music shifts [synth added].
27:03
Cuts out, silence.
27:06
Continues piece [recitation, synth, electric guitar, electric drums, electronic sounds].
27:18
Continues piece, instrumental.
27:38
Continues piece, recitation resumes, music shifts [electronic percussion and synth].
27:53
Continues piece, music shifts [vocal stings] [recitation continues].
27:59
Continues piece, music shifts [synth and percussion only] [recitation continues].
28:10
Continues piece, music shifts [electric guitar only] [recitation continues].
28:23
Continues piece, music shifts [synth only] [recitation continues].
28:37
Continues piece, instrumental [synth and electric guitar].
28:48
Cheers, applause, unintelligible speech.
28:58
Percussive sound.
28:59
Applause and unintelligible speech continue.
29:00
Percussive sound.
29:01
Applause continues.
29:03
Percussive sounds.
29:06
Cuts out, rustling sound.
29:07
Buzzing and clicking sounds.
29:12
Electronic keyboard sounds, bass, and electric guitar notes ring out.
29:23
Room noise.
29:30
Percussive sound.
29:31
Room noise.
29:32
Percussive sound.
29:33
Room noise.
29:36
Percussive sound.
29:37
Room noise.
29:44
Performs piece, instrumental intro [electronic percussion, synth, electric guitar, electronic keyboard, electronic sounds, bass].
30:16
Continues piece, John Giorno recites poetry [English] over top of the music.
31:28
Continues piece, instrumental.
31:53
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
32:16
Continues piece, instrumental.
32:31
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
33:21
Continues piece, music shifts [volume fades then comes back in] [recitation continues].
33:27
Continues piece.
33:49
Continues piece, instrumental [guitar solo].
34:41
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
35:19
Continues piece, music shifts [synth only] [recitation continues].
35:35
Percussive sounds.
35:37
Cheers and applause.
35:39
Electric guitar chords rings out.
35:40
Applause continues.
35:42
Percussive sounds.
35:44
Cuts out, rustling.
35:45
Applause continues.
35:46
Room noise.
35:48
Guitar slide.
35:50
Electric guitar lick rings out.
35:55
Room noise.
36:06
Cheers, applause, and unintelligible yelling.
36:16
Cheers and applause.
36:21
Cheers and applause.
36:29
Cheers and applause.
36:32
Synth notes ring out.
36:35
Electric guitar notes ring out.
36:41
Guitar, synth, and drum sounds ring out.
36:46
Room noise.
36:48
Guitar chord rings out.
36:49
Room noise.
36:51
Dry guitar slide.
36:52
Room noise.
36:57
Page flipping sound.
36:58
Performs "Scum and Slime", instrumental intro [electric guitar, synth, bass, electronic percussion].
37:29
Continues piece, John Giorno recites poetry [English] over top of the music.
37:58
Continues piece, music shifts [recorded vocals echo recitation].
38:07
Continues piece, instrumental [electric guitar, synth, bass, electronic percussion, electronic sounds].
38:16
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
39:12
Continues piece, music shifts [recorded vocals echo recitation].
39:25
Continues piece, instrumental [electric guitar, synth, bass, electronic percussion, electronic sounds].
39:41
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
40:24
Continues piece, instrumental [electronic chimes, electric guitar, bass, synth, electronic percussion].
40:38
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
41:09
Cheers and applause.
41:12
Drums.
41:13
Cheers and applause.
41:18
Cuts out, low static buzz.
41:21
Silence.
41:24
Performs piece, instrumental intro [drums, shouting, unintelligible voices].
41:35
Continues piece, music shifts [electric guitar, synth, drums].
41:52
Continues piece, John Giorno recites poetry [English] over top of the music.
41:58
Continues piece, instrumental.
42:09
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
42:24
Continues piece, instrumental.
42:33
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
43:43
Continues piece, music shifts [drums only] [recitation continues].
43:48
Continues piece, instrumental [electric guitar, synth, percussion].
44:21
Continues piece, recitation resumes, music shifts [synth only].
44:45
Continues piece, music resumes, instrumental [synth and electric guitar].
44:55
Continues piece, recitation resumes.
45:04
Continues piece, music shifts [drums added] [recitation continues].
45:16
Continues piece, instrumental [drums, synth, and electric guitar].
45:31
Cheers and applause.
45:33
Right audio cuts out.
45:33
Cheers and applause [left audio only].
45:52
Right audio returns.
45:52
Cheers and applause.
45:59
Cheers and applause.
46:03
Applause and chatter.
46:22
Room noise.
46:25
Rustling, cuts out.
46:26
Silence.
46:28
[End of recording].
Josée Yvon at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-04 - Audio Description
00:02
Room noise.
00:13
Room noise.
00:17
Sounds of paper flipping.
00:21
Room noise.
00:34
Sounds of paper flipping.
00:39
Room noise.
00:43
Sounds of paper flipping.
00:47
Mic stand sound [low gurgle].
00:50
Mic stand sound [low gurgle].
00:51
Laughter, chatter.
00:59
Sounds of paper flipping.
01:04
Sounds of paper flipping.
01:08
Room noise.
01:14
Room noise [rustling].
01:25
Room noise [rustling].
01:42
Microphone sound.
01:43
Room noise [rustling].
02:02
Soft laughter.
02:04
Microphone sound.
03:00
Sounds of paper flipping.
06:22
Coughing
06:23
Room noise [sounds of paper flipping].
06:26
Laughter.
06:29
Laughter.
07:06
Wooping, laughter.
07:11
Laughter continues.
07:16
Murmuring.
07:21
Murmuring [laughter].
07:24
Sounds of paper flipping.
07:27
Laughter.
07:32
Applause, wooping, shouting [unintelligible].
08:02
Chatting [unintelligible].
08:09
Silence [possible tape change].
08:35
Laughter [applause].
09:30
Room noise [sounds of paper flipping].
11:25
Room noise [sounds of paper flipping].
11:30
Applause [laughter].
11:37
Wooping, applause.
11:44
Raucous applause.
11:55
Silence.
11:55
Room noise.
12:03
Laughter, chatter [unintelligible].
12:08
Coughing.
12:35
Laughter, coughing, chatter.
13:52
Room noise [sounds of paper flipping].
14:07
Room noise [sounds of paper flipping, distant chatter].
14:38
Laughter.
14:49
Laughter.
15:39
Laughter.
15:44
Laughter, applause, whooping.
16:05
Silence.
16:06
[End of recording].
Karl Jirgens at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-05 - Audio Description
00:00
Static and light clapping sound.
00:01
Cuts out, silence.
00:06
Room noise.
00:22
Chimes ring out.
00:34
Knocking sound.
00:34
Room noise.
00:50
Room noise.
01:03
Room noise.
01:20
Room noise.
01:27
Room noise.
01:34
Clinking noise.
01:35
Room noise.
01:38
Clicking sound.
01:39
Room noise.
01:42
Laughter.
01:43
Percussive sound.
01:44
Room noise.
01:45
Page flip sound.
01:48
Room noise.
02:56
Chatter and laughter.
03:36
Laughter.
04:32
Laughter.
04:34
Laughter.
04:37
Laughter.
04:38
Room noise.
04:50
Rapid squeaking.
06:08
Laughter.
07:02
Cuts out, static.
07:04
Silence.
07:10
Laughter.
07:21
Room noise.
20:22
Applause and cheers.
20:45
Cheers and applause.
20:56
Page flip sound.
20:58
Room noise.
21:00
Creaking sounds.
21:03
Room noise.
21:08
Room noise.
21:11
Laughter and applause.
21:15
Laughter.
21:16
Page flipping sounds.
21:48
Room noise.
22:52
Cuts out, static.
22:55
[End of recording].
Ken Decker at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-02 - Audio Description
00:04
Coughing.
02:46
Beeping.
03:56
Laughter.
04:07
Room noise.
04:08
Coughing.
04:09
Room noise [door creak, distant coughing].
04:47
Coughing.
05:45
Room noise [distant chatter].
06:11
Room noise [distant chatter, coughing].
07:00
Room noise.
08:28
Room noise.
08:55
Room noise.
09:02
Coughing, rustling.
10:32
Room noise [shuffling].
11:24
Laughter.
11:42
Coughing.
12:14
Room noise.
12:21
Coughing.
12:23
Room noise.
12:35
Room noise.
13:00
Laughter, distance chatter.
13:37
Room noise.
13:59
Room noise.
14:21
Room noise.
14:36
Room noise.
15:51
Soft laughter, chatter.
15:57
Silence [possibly end of tape].
15:59
[End of recording].
Mario Campo at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-01 - Audio Description
00:00
Electronic beat with modulations.
02:27
Room noise.
02:28
Rhythmic percussion [synthesizer modulations].
04:32
Microphone feedback.
04:33
Room noise.
04:38
Applause.
04:46
Room noise.
04:50
Room noise.
05:03
Rhythmic beat and bassline to "Arabesque" begin.
08:28
Coughing, applause.
08:38
Room noise [shuffling].
08:49
Rhythmic percussive beat [electric guitar overlay].
13:10
Applause [whistling].
13:23
Silence [possibly end of tape].
13:26
[End of recording].
Michel Lefebvre at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-01 - Audio Description
00:00
Guitar strumming.
01:26
Loud metallic sound.
01:53
Loud metallic sound [continues].
02:06
Loud metallic sound [continues].
02:21
Record pops, accordion. Wind sounds overlaid.
03:58
Low hum.
04:23
Collective recitation [instances of chanting, singing, speaker feedback, and electric guitar].
06:30
Whispering and multi-layered audio continues.
06:52
Whispers continue.
06:56
Electric guitar and rhythmic drums.
08:11
Feedback buzz [recorded murmurs, chimes].
08:55
Electric guitar and rhythmic drums continue.
11:41
Rhythmic bassline [drums and electric guitar].
11:44
Voice whispering [French].
12:04
Rhythmic bassline continues.
12:25
Multiple voices speaking [French][moaning].
13:30
Rhythmic music continues.
13:55
Clapping starts [overtop of bassline and multi-layered audio].
15:05
Bassline and multi-layered audio continues.
15:12
Chimes [overtop of bassline and multi-layered audio].
15:15
Bassline and multi-layered audio continues.
16:09
Room noise.
16:18
Collective whooping and clapping, rhythmic bassline begins.
17:02
Rhythmic bassline continues, drums, electric guitar starts.
18:54
Room noise [distant murmuring].
19:01
Hum [male voice, muffled].
19:12
Guitar strumming [muffled].
19:20
Audio surge, feedback.
19:23
Guitar strumming continues.
23:07
Room noise.
23:09
[End of recording].
Richard Martel at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-05 - Audio Description
00:00
Room noise [chatter].
00:05
Room noise [chatter].
00:06
Tapping sounds.
00:39
Rhythmic, metallic sound.
03:18
Applause.
03:22
Volume of recording dips [applause continues].
03:28
Silence.
03:37
Heavy breathing.
03:50
Performs "Insubordination" [heavy breathing, crackling, canned chatter, and laughter].
08:18
Blown out sound [crackle hum, fades out].
08:43
Applause.
09:01
Room noise.
09:13
Room noise.
09:25
Wave sounds.
09:35
Wave sounds continue [static, chatter].
11:47
Wave sounds continue [sound of a washing machine drum spinning, static, chatter].
12:58
Sounds of waves [continues].
13:01
Blown out sound [possibly violent wind, waves].
14:00
Blown out sound continues [ticking].
14:40
Distorted organ sounds.
15:38
Distorted organ sounds continues [man vocalizing].
15:52
Silence [cuts out].
15:54
Silence.
15:56
[End of recording].
Steve Montambault at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-01 - Audio Description
00:00
Light static.
02:16
Applause.
02:27
Room noise.
02:41
Scratching sound.
02:42
Room noise.
08:41
Applause.
08:49
Shouts something [unintelligible].
08:50
Applause [continues].
08:56
Room noise.
09:02
Chord rings out [possibly synth, keyboard, other instrument or recorded sound].
09:03
Room noise.
13:41
Applause and laughter [possibly recorded, possibly coming from audience].
17:29
Sound cuts, light static, low buzz, very faint voice audible.
17:37
Thump, static buzz [possible tape change].
17:39
Room noise.
17:41
Various electronic sounds.
19:07
Distorted speech in French and English over top of electronic music [possibly Montambault speaking live, possibly pre-recorded]. Recording
22:48
Static.
23:04
[End of recording].