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 Holy Fuck is a Canadian electronica band from Toronto. They were a part of Dependent Music, a music label and artist collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 2004 until its closing. They were then a part of the Young Turks label and in ...

, Lids, and Dusted. As a teenager growing up in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, he founded independent music collective and record label

Dependent Music Dependent Music was a Canadian independent record label, owned and operated by the artists that were a part of the collective. Dependent Music was formed by Brian Borcherdt in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1994. Artists who have released material ...

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

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, slow enough that the vocals no longer sound sped up. 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

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, or a combination between sludge metal and pop, while Borcherdt himself described it as "heavy", "beautiful", and "poetic". A

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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) * ''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

* ''

'' (2005) * '' Holy Fuck EP'' (2007) * '' LP'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''Congrats'' (2016) * ''Deleter'' (2020)

Dusted

* ''Total Dust'' (2012) * ''Blackout Summer'' (2018) * ''III'' (2021)

References

External links

Record label website

City Sonic: Holy Fuck Film

An interview with Brian Borcherdt: Holy Fuck, he’s totally Dusted!
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