[M1 — 06:00 | SOVIET MISSILE COMMAND] [Cold minimal electronics. Electrical hum, ticking clock, ONE Polivoks oscillator. No drums.] [All male dialogue dry, deep, robotic and SPOKEN. No theatrical delivery.] [MALE 1 — DEEP RUSSIAN] Доброе утро, товарищи. (Good morning, comrades.) [MALE 2 — ROBOTIC] Доброе утро. [MALE 3] Системы готовы. (Systems ready.) [MALE 4] Чай готов? (Is the tea ready?) [MALE 1 — DEADPAN ENGLISH] Negative. [MALE 1 — DEADPAN ENGLISH] Negative. The kettle is broken. [PAUSE] Again. [V1 — MINIMAL MOTORIK] [Simple mono bass and dry kick enter] Six o'clock, another day Underground, far away Four good comrades dressed in grey Waiting for commands all day [MALE VOCODER — MONOTONE] РА-КЕ-ТА РА-КЕ-ТА КО-МАН-ДА МОСК-ВА [MALE 1 — SPOKEN] Missiles ready. Tea unavailable. [HBC 1 — DRY ROBOTIC STUTTER] РА-РА-РА-РАКЕТА МО-МО-МО-МОСКВА ПО-ПО-ПО-ПОЛИВОКС [Same simple beat. No additional percussion.] Nine o'clock, a truck arrives Soviet industry survives Four large boxes, factory sealed Top secret cargo now revealed [ENGINEER — RUSSIAN] Товарищ командир! Запчасти прибыли! [COMMANDER — SPOKEN] Excellent. Open the boxes. [PAUSE] What the hell is this? [ENGINEER] Поливокс, товарищ командир. [COMMANDER] I ordered missile components. [ENGINEER] Yes, Comrade Commander. [COMMANDER] Can it launch missiles? [ENGINEER] Нет. [PAUSE] But listen. [SOLO — ONE POLIVOKS | 8 BARS] [Exposed analogue melody. Slow resonant filter sweep. No other leads.] [FEMALE VOCODER — LOW, MECHANICAL] Поливокс, Поливокс, Поливокс, Поливокс, Поливокс, Поливокс, Поливокс, Поливокс,Поливокс, Поливокс, Поливокс, Поливокс,Поливокс, Поливокс, Поливокс, Поливокс, [COMMANDER — LONG PAUSE] Interesting. [HBC 2 — PRECISE, SPARSE VOCODER] ПО-ПО-ПО-ПОЛИВОКС РА-РА-РА-РАКЕТА ЭЛЕКТРО-ЭЛЕКТРО СТАНЦИЯ! ПОЛИ-ПОЛИ-ПОЛИВОКС МОСКВА-МОСКВА Fourteen hundred, afternoon Something strange fills every room Oscillators, voltage rise Four commanders hypnotised [ENGINEER — EXCITED BUT CONTROLLED] Comrade Commander! We have discovered resonance! [COMMANDER] Is it dangerous? [ENGINEER] Possibly. [COMMANDER] Excellent. Continue. [ONE POLIVOKS — LONG DESCENDING GLISSANDO] [ENGINEER — RUSSIAN] Частота повышается! [MALE 2] Контроль потерян! [COMMANDER] What is happening? [ENGINEER] The synthesizers are synchronising! [COMMANDER] With what? [ENGINEER — QUIETLY] Each other. [LONG SILENCE] [COMMANDER] Is that permitted? [ENGINEER] There is nothing in the manual. [COMMANDER] Then it is permitted. [HBC 3 — FOUR ROBOTIC VOICES, SEQUENTIAL NOT SIMULTANEOUS] СИН-СИН-СИНТЕЗАТОР ПО-ПО-ПО-ПОЛИВОКС ЭЛЕКТРОСТАНЦИЯ! ОДИН! ДВА! ТРИ! ЧЕТЫРЕ! [THIRD POLIVOKS ENTERS — 8 BARS] [Three sparse interlocking melodies. Slow filter movement. No new percussion.] [DEEP MALE VOCAL GLISSANDO] [Voice slowly descends, morphing into Polivoks tone] [M4 — 18:00 | REPORT TO MOSCOW] [Same motorik pulse. ONE military telephone rings. Music stops.] Eighteen hundred, Moscow calls Four strange sounds behind the walls Central command demands to know Why the missiles make this show [TELEPHONE CLICK] [MOSCOW — DEEP RUSSIAN] Докладывайте! [COMMANDER — FORMAL] Comrade General. We have received the equipment. [MOSCOW] Is the installation operational? [COMMANDER] Not exactly. [MOSCOW] Explain. [COMMANDER] We have developed a new frequency-based defence system. [MOSCOW] Is it effective? [COMMANDER] Extremely. [MOSCOW] Demonstrate. We have discovered resonance! [COMMANDER] Is it dangerous? [MOSCOW — LONG PAUSE] Comrade Commander. This is remarkable. [COMMANDER] Thank you, Comrade General. [MOSCOW] How many installations can produce this sound? [COMMANDER] Only ours. [MOSCOW] Unacceptable. [PAUSE] Equip every missile base. [TELEPHONE DISCONNECTS] [LONG SILENCE] [ENGINEER] Comrade Commander? [COMMANDER] Yes? [ENGINEER] What about the missile spare parts? [COMMANDER] Tomorrow. [PAUSE] [ENGINEER] And the kettle? [COMMANDER] Priority [ONE LONELY TELEPHONE BEEP] [END — SILENCE]
