"The guitars on this mysterious tribute album have had their pitch tuned down to a low, thick squelch, the drum beats are slow and punishingly thudding, and the vocals, while sung in a sweet tenor, have a strange, almost lobotomised quality to them."
"When played at 16rpm, the album's high, pitch-shifted vocals are returned to something like the register they were recorded in, but the instruments, which weren't shifted to a higher pitch like the vocals, become glacially, gelatinously slow."
"Borcherdt captured some of Chipmunk Punk's slowed-down tracks, along with other Chipmunk covers and originals, and whacked a couple of volumes of compilations on SoundCloud (and later Bandcamp) under the project name Chipmunks on 16 Speed."
The album, created by Brian Borcherdt, features sludgy, doomy covers of late-70s songs performed by the Chipmunks. Borcherdt used a 16rpm turntable to slow down the original recordings, resulting in a unique sound. The project, named Chipmunks on 16 Speed, has gained cult status over the years, going viral on social media platforms. The slowed-down tracks return the vocals to their original register while the instruments become glacially slow, creating a disorienting yet intriguing listening experience.
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