Wednesday, June 11, 2008

beethoven's ninth ~ stretched

an “idea-based” artist named leif inge has taken beethoven’s ninth symphony and through some techno-magic has digitally manipulated it such that it takes twenty-four hours to play through in full. that he has done this without any distortion - pitch included - whatsoever, and rendered a truly beautiful piece of music that loses none of its majesty but acquires an entirely different presence through its adjusted timescale is a remarkable achievement.

i’m not sure that grumpypants would approve . . .
if you want to know about the thinking and technology behind this work then visit the harsmedia soundblog page dedicated to this project. if you would like to hear a ten minute sample from the beginning of the piece then you can visit this site. if you would like to listen to a streaming version of the piece then visit here. you might also like to read this excellent article.

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