Brian Borcherdt
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.
Brian Borcherdt
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- Name
- Brian Borcherdt
- Born
- 31 August 1976
- Occupation
- Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer
- Nationality
- Canada
- Fields
- alternative country
- Education
- Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School
- Known for
- sludgefest
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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.
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Brian Borcherdt (born 1976) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. The musician studied at Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School.
Works include sludgefest. Genres include alternative country.
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• Name — Brian Borcherdt • Born — 31 August 1976 • Origin — Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada • Instrument — Vocals, guitar, keyboards • Genre — Indie rock, post-punk • 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 — handdrawndracula.com/artists/brian-borcherdt
Chipmunks on 16 Speed
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. 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, or a combination between sludge metal and pop, while Borcherdt himself described it as "heavy", "beautiful", and "poetic". A SoundCloud playlist made for the project, titled Sludgefest, was reuploaded to YouTube and gained over 3 million views, but has since been removed, with numerous re-uploads of the playlist still remaining online. 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.
The Remains of Brian Borcherdt
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
Brian Borcherdt
• Coyotes (2008)
Chipmunks on 16 Speed
Chipmunks on 16 Speed
• Vol. 1 (2015) • Vol. 2 (2015)
Burnt Black
Burnt Black
• Happy (1994) • Nervous Wreck (1996) • A Demonstration (1997) • Burned out (1999) • Heretical (2026)
Trephines
Trephines
• Trephines (2001)
By Divine Right
By Divine Right
• Sweet Confusion (2004)
Holy Fuck
Holy Fuck
• Holy Fuck (2005) • Holy Fuck EP (2007) • LP (2007) • Latin (2010) • Congrats (2016) • Deleter (2020)
Dusted
Dusted
• Total Dust (2012) • Blackout Summer (2018) • III (2021)
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- 1.BRIAN BORCHERDT - HAND DRAWN DRACULA.
- 2.Boles, Benjamin. Brian Borcherdt slows down Alvin and the Chipmunks songs. NOW Magazine. 2015-10-31.
- 3.Networks, Hornet. The Best Goth Album of the '80s Was Actually Sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks. Hornet. 2022-03-16.
- 4.Brilliant Slowed Down 80s Pop Hits by Alvin & the Chipmunks. kottke.org. March 17, 2022.
- 5.Slowed-Down Alvin And The Chipmunks Makes Great Sludge Pop. Stereogum. 2015-11-03.
- 6.chipmunks on 16 speed.
- 7."Call Me" (Blondie Cover). Pitchfork.
- 8.Alex Hudson, "Brian Borcherdt Reunites Burnt Black for New Album, Halifax Show". Exclaim!, January 20, 2026.
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