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9 Beet Stretch is a playful title for a more mesmeric experience. Norwegian Leif Inge took Beethoven's 9th symphony (Ode to Joy and so forth), and stretched out the piece (which is somewhere between sixty and ninety minutes) to last twenty-four hours. You might, by reading that, have an idea of how it sounds. On the other hand, whatever is playing in your mind, it's slower than that.
Featured on WNYC's Radiolab, Inge was making his rounds in America with 9 Beet Stretch, after staying in Europe for several years. This episode of Radiolab followed listeners to an art house in California, where the piece was played in full, from 1AM to 1AM. The room was full of pillows and people who tried to describe the experience of listening to 9 Beet Stretch. The answers are amusing (if potentially nebulous), and I encourage you to check it out, if our earlier IF entry about the podcast hasn't already swayed you.
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