Justin Bieber 800% Slower
What it is
A Justin Bieber song slowed down 800% with the PaulStretch program, turning a pop track into a long ambient drone.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to it as the canonical example of extreme audio stretching making pop music into something entirely different and relaxing.
- 2 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2012, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“I'm not even kidding. It's superb.”
Relaxing ambient piece made by stretching a pop song.
david-given, 2015-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch”
“For the lazy, here's the song mentioned”
The mentioned song stretched with paulstretch into fluid ambiance.
epsylon, 2013-06 · Recommendation · in “Music to Let you Concentrate”
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Topics: paulstretch, ambient, drone, time stretching, audio experiment
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