Beethoven’s 9th Symphony x 22.15 = Very, Very Slow Classical Music
Leif Inge, an idea-based artist from Norway, stretched Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to last 24 hours without any pitch distortion. “[The source music] lasts approximately 65 minutes, hence the applied expansion-factor is about 22.15.” This rendition, entitled ‘9 Beet Stretch,’ is unrecognizably slow, creating an entirely different mood than that of the iconic original. The magnified notes are pleasurable in the most cogitative way.
Luckily for us, the ‘9 Beet Stretch’ is being broadcasted 24/7 through a continuous audio feed. Listen in!
Sources: Park4DTV and Soundblog
Long and slow music seems to be in high demand! Check out the 639 year long organ piece in Germany and the 1,000 year long Tibetan singing bowl composition in London.
Are there any other long musical scores out there?
I turned this on while simulateously playing the “Longplayer” piece (the 1000 year long Tibetan singing bowl thing).
The result was surprisingly catchy.
A little slow, though.
Just a little.
Great idea Ben! I’m off to try it now…
I’ve got Longplayer playing in Windows Media Player and ‘9 Beet Stretch’ playing in iTunes. This is so cool!
Dance music for snails!