Created and coordinated by artist Mauricio Reyes (Cycom),  the 9 Beet Stretch 2.0: Meta Tones is an exploration of the properties of time and acoustics. It is about the design and construction of sound structures built according to the law of chance. It is also about time transformation, musicology, and acoustics. It pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. It is explained broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, institutionalized compositional, performing, and aesthetic conventions. It contains elements of indeterminate music, in which the composers can introduce the elements of chance or unpredictability concerning their compositions. Artists approach a hybrid of diverse styles or incorporate unorthodox and unique elements without any rules beyond the taste or inclination of the musician(s) involved.

Compositional practices for this project employ limited or minimal musical materials. Prominent features include repetitive patterns or pulses, steady drones, consonant harmony, and reiteration of musical phrases or smaller units. It includes features such as phase shifting, resulting in what is termed phase music, or process techniques that follow strict rules, usually described as process music. The approach is marked by a non-narrative, non-teleological, and non-representational approach, and calls attention to the activity of listening by focusing on the internal processes of the music.

The complete version of the 9 Beet Stretch 2.0: Meta Tones Et Symphonia Extenta will be offered during our Kickstarter campaign.  It will include special objects and items available ONLY during the Kickstarter campaign. Some of these items include bookmarks, special production notes sent ONLY to participant musicians, poster files, logos, postcards especially designed by Adi Newton and Mykel Boyd, and free CDs.