9 Beet Stretch

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9 Beet Stretch, by Scandinavian sound artist Leif Inge, is a massive soundscape made of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. A source recording is digitally transformed so as to have a duration of 24 hours with no distortion of pitch. The work is presented as a 24-hour long sound installation / electroacoustic concert.

[edit] History

The initial production of 9 Beet Stretch was done in 2002 at Notam (Norwegian network for Technology, Acoustics and Music). It was redone at Notam in 2004, and the concert premiere was April 16th to 17th 2004 at Kupfer Ironworks, Madison, Wisconsin, under the production of Jeff Hunt of Table of the Elements. Among the venues it has been presented counts Wien Modern 06, Vienna; BizArt Art Center, Shanghai; Diapason Gallery, New York; Ultima International Festival of Contemporary Music, Oslo;964 Natoma, San Francisco. The Table of the Elements label will also release the complete piece on a forthcoming DVD.

It is available online in a number of audio formats, including a 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, webcast (see the Raudio link below).

[edit] External links

• 9 Beet Stretch
• Raudio Special :: 9 Beet Stretch
• Los Angeles Times (Mark Swed) on 9 Beet Stretch
• The Village Voice (Kyle Gann) on 9 Beet Stretch
• The New York Times (Ben Sisario) on 9 Beet Stretch
• ZDNetUK (Rupert Goodwins) on 9 Beet Stretch