Justin Bieber Slowed Down 800%

J. BIEBZ – U SMILE 800% SLOWER by Shamantis

Some guy on Soundcloud called Shamantis took Justin Bieber and slowed him down %800. And it sounds great! Apparently taking strange pubescent elvis-ian boy pop divas and slowing them down produces glacially beautiful digital sludge. Who needs drugs?

He was gracious enough to put up a tutorial on how he did it too, which is a nice gesture. Expect to hear a lot more of these.

Now as great as this may be it cannot compete, in my mind with the original slowed down codeinated epics of people like DJ Screw, Michael Watts and the whole Houston screwed and chopped movement. Stuff like this:

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Learn more about DJ Screw in this short YouTube documentary:

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  • AKA

    Isn’t the whole point of screw that it’s also pitched-down? I loved the Bieber track, though…I think someone accurately compared it to Sigur Ros at some point in the comments.
    Also notable that this might be the first Soundcloud thing to go viral…glad to see them getting some visibility and not buckling under the load!
    Best, AKA

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  • Mattshadetek

    Yes, the pitched down thing is a big part of the screwed and chopped appeal, definitely. I just figured, while we’re talking about people slowing things down we had better give some respect to the architect and maybe turn some people on to the realness. I remember meeting these two hipster djs at an art function who were playing slowed down stuff and I came up and was like ‘oh awesome, dj screw blah blah’ and they were like ‘that’s not what we’re referencing’ I was very turned off. At least give credit to the people who started it whether you’re into that or not.

    Agreed it’s a big moment for Soundcloud though, I’m also happy to see them holding up under the load.