Justin Bieber Gets Slow

Aug. 20, 2010

By Liz Colville info

Liz is a writer and editor based in the Bay Area.

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When you slow down Justin Bieber’s “U Smile” by 800%, you get a song so unrecognizable that some commenters on Gawker purported it to be an entirely different song called “Echoes Across the Astral Wasteland” by a band called Photon Wave Orchestra. That should clue you into what this masterpiece created by Nick Pittsinger actually sounds like: no, not a slow jam––it’s way too slow for that. More like an ambient track you might hear while getting a massage or doing yoga. (Gawker compares it to Animal Collective!)

Pittsinger and Gawker insist that the bizarre but quite beautiful track Pittsinger created, using a free program called Paulstretch, is indeed a new version of “U Smile,” not a Photon Wave Orchestra song. Or an Animal Collective song. Or a Sigur Rós song. Some people find the Bieb’s voice to be the most soothing sound in the world, but for those who don’t, this 35-minute transformation of it might successfully get you through the rest of your Friday. TC mark

J. BIEBZ – U SMILE 800% SLOWER by Shamantis

Here’s a YouTube fan video of the original “U Smile” for comparison’s sake:

Via Gawker.
Photo credit: Screenshot from Justin Bieber’s video for “Love Me” via Vevo.

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  • Dan

    Amazing

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  • Dan_3frey

    Let's hope Sigur Ros sped up 800% doesn't sound like Justin Biber

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