Brian Borcherdt
{{Short description|Canadian musician (born 1976)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Brian Borcherdt
| image = Brian Borcherdt.jpg
| caption = Brian Borcherdt performing in Montreal, 2005
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|08|31}}
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| origin = Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
| instrument = Vocals, guitar, keyboards
| genre = Alternative country, folk rock, electronic
| occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer
| years_active = 1994–present
| label = Dependent, Hand Drawn Dracula, Polyvinyl
| associated_acts = Hot Carl, Trephines, Burnt Black, By Divine Right, Junior Blue, Holy Fuck, Dusted
| website = {{URL|handdrawndracula.com/artists/brian-borcherdt}}
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Brian Borcherdt (born August 31, 1976) is a Canadian musician who has been both a solo artist and a member of Burnt Black, Trephines, Hot Carl, By Divine Right, Holy Fuck, Lids, and Dusted.
As a teenager growing up in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, he founded independent music collective and record label Dependent Music.{{cite web |url=http://handdrawndracula.com/artists/brian-borcherdt |title = BRIAN BORCHERDT - HAND DRAWN DRACULA}}
Chipmunks on 16 Speed
Chipmunks on 16 Speed or chipmunkson16speed (stylized in lower case) is a 2015 musical project by Brian Borcherdt, in which he plays various Alvin and the Chipmunks songs and covers on vinyl, and slows them down to 16 revolutions per minute, slow enough that the vocals no longer sound sped up.{{Cite web |last=Boles |first=Benjamin |date=2015-10-31 |title=Brian Borcherdt slows down Alvin and the Chipmunks songs |url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/slowing-down-alvin-and-the-chipmunks-songs-is-oddly-compelli/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=NOW Magazine |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313031147/https://nowtoronto.com/slowing-down-alvin-and-the-chipmunks-songs-is-oddly-compelli |archive-date=2022-03-13}} Most of the songs come from The Chipmunks album Chipmunk Punk, and the album covers for the project are also adapted from its cover art.
Borcherdt's work has been described as gothic rock, new wave, and post-punk,{{Cite web |last=Networks |first=Hornet |date=2022-03-16 |title=The Best Goth Album of the '80s Was Actually Sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks |url=https://hornet.com/stories/goth-alvin-best-goth-albums/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Hornet |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Brilliant Slowed Down 80s Pop Hits by Alvin & the Chipmunks |url=https://kottke.org/22/03/brilliant-slowed-down-80s-pop-hits-by-alvin-the-chipmunks |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=kottke.org |date=March 17, 2022 |language=en}} or a combination between sludge metal and pop,{{Cite web |date=2015-11-03 |title=Slowed-Down Alvin And The Chipmunks Makes Great Sludge Pop |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1841679/slowed-down-alvin-and-the-chipmunks-makes-great-sludge-pop/news/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Stereogum |language=en}} while Borcherdt himself described it as "heavy", "beautiful", and "poetic". A SoundCloud playlist made for the project, titled Sludgefest, was reuploaded to YouTube and now has over 3 million views.
Borcherdt had discovered the concept as he began to play with Holy Fuck, after experimenting with the records on a turntable, and then found a suitcase turntable that could play at extremely slow speeds.
Discography
= Solo albums =
== The Remains of Brian Borcherdt ==
- Moth (2002)
- The Remains of Brian Borcherdt (2003)
- The Remains of..., Volume 2 (2004)
- Torches/ Ward Colorado Demos (unfinished recordings from 2005 to 2006)
== Brian Borcherdt ==
- Coyotes (2008)
== Chipmunks on 16 Speed ==
- Vol. 1 (2015){{Cite web |title=chipmunks on 16 speed |url=https://chipmunkson16speed.bandcamp.com/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=chipmunks on 16 speed |language=en}}{{Cite web |title="Call Me" (Blondie Cover) |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17796-chipmunkson16speed-call-me-blondie-cover/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
- Vol. 2 (2015)
= Collaborative albums =
== Burnt Black ==
- Happy (1994)
- Nervous Wreck (1996)
- A Demonstration (1997)
- Burned out (1999)
== Trephines ==
- Trephines (2001)
== By Divine Right ==
- Sweet Confusion (2004)
== Holy Fuck ==
- Holy Fuck (2005)
- Holy Fuck EP (2007)
- LP (2007)
- Latin (2010)
- Congrats (2016)
- Deleter (2020)
== Dusted ==
- Total Dust (2012)
- Blackout Summer (2018)
- III (2021)
References
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External links
- [http://handdrawndracula.com/artists/brian-borcherdt Record label website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100531030057/http://blog.citysonic.tv/category/artists/holy-fuck/ City Sonic: Holy Fuck Film]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121204083448/http://www.talkrocktome.com/brian-borcherdt-holy-fuck-hes-totally-dusted/ An interview with Brian Borcherdt: Holy Fuck, he’s totally Dusted!] September 14, 2012
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Category:Canadian indie rock musicians
Category:Canadian rock singers
Category:Canadian rock guitarists
Category:Canadian male guitarists
Category:People from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Category:By Divine Right members
Category:21st-century Canadian guitarists
Category:21st-century Canadian male singers
Category:Canadian male singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters
Category:Musicians from Nova Scotia
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