9 Beet Super Stretch
Back in 2002, Scandinavian sound artist Leif Inge created a version of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony that was digitally stretched to be 24 hours long. Which is to say that the music played very, very slowly, but Inge somehow processed the sound to eliminate distortion and pitch shifting. He called his creation "9 Beet Stretch."
There used to be streaming versions of this online, but apparently no more. I couldn't get the stream on Inge's website to work. However, there are some brief samples of 9 Beet Stretch on YouTube, such as this one:
But even though you may not be able to listen to a 24-hour version of Beethoven's Ninth, it is possible to listen to an even longer, slower 24-DAY version of it. Earlier this year, someone (who hasn't revealed their identity) created a "9 Beet Super Stretch" and posted the entire thing, as a free streaming download, on bandcamp.com. Next someone needs to create a 9 Beet Super-Duper Stretch which could be, what, 24 weeks long?
I wonder what it would sound like if you took the 24-day version of the symphony and sped it up to play in one hour?
You can check out a brief sample of 9 Beet Super Stretch below:
There used to be streaming versions of this online, but apparently no more. I couldn't get the stream on Inge's website to work. However, there are some brief samples of 9 Beet Stretch on YouTube, such as this one:
But even though you may not be able to listen to a 24-hour version of Beethoven's Ninth, it is possible to listen to an even longer, slower 24-DAY version of it. Earlier this year, someone (who hasn't revealed their identity) created a "9 Beet Super Stretch" and posted the entire thing, as a free streaming download, on bandcamp.com. Next someone needs to create a 9 Beet Super-Duper Stretch which could be, what, 24 weeks long?
I wonder what it would sound like if you took the 24-day version of the symphony and sped it up to play in one hour?
You can check out a brief sample of 9 Beet Super Stretch below:
Comments
The 24 hour version reminds of some of the background chorale used on the soundtrack in "2001."
I also had to get a quick listen to the normal speed version to refresh my memory of how it sounded.
I also had to get a quick listen to the normal speed version to refresh my memory of how it sounded.
Posted by KDP on 07/05/16 at 12:54 PM
It looks like the screen in the video shows people who have passed out from boredom while waiting for the next note.
Posted by Virtual on 07/05/16 at 01:31 PM
I had the same thought the first time I heard the 24 hour version, that when György Ligeti wrote Atmospheres (the eerie choral work used in 2001) he must have been imagining a slowed down "Ode to Joy" chorus.
The 24 DAY version sounds like an example of drone music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_music
The 24 DAY version sounds like an example of drone music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_music
Posted by Tom Hartley on 07/05/16 at 01:38 PM
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Try this one, Proms 2012, West-Eastern Divan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJQ32q2k8Uo
Try this one, Proms 2012, West-Eastern Divan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJQ32q2k8Uo
Posted by Richard Bos on 07/08/16 at 05:05 AM
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