Girl Talk may not be your cup of tea. If you're too vested in the idea that traditional pop or rock music is a band with a singer, you're not alone. Regardless, you have to at least acknowledge how weird it is, that a guy working with a lap top and little else, is like a rock star. Just in terms of how music is made and what is possible. With only a load of music and a handful of software gizmos, Girl Talk (AKA Gregg Michael Gillis) makes mash ups so seamlessly, that if you don't recognize the sample, it is all but impossible to figure out what's what, and who's coming or going. I will tip my hat to him, and give him an "A" for effort and execution. That said (you knew it was coming), I'm a little more impressed with the old school supa-mashes of the Avalanches.
They did the same sort of thing roughly ten years ago, and where most (if not all) of Girl Talk's work is done digitally, the Avalanches did it the "old"-fashioned way, ripping vinyl, pops and all. And because their first album, "Since I Left You," had some 3,500 samples (much more than Girl Talk), it sounds thicker, more layered and less sterile. To put it into context, consider the Avalanches the sampling equivalent of Spector's Wall of Sound.
Girl Talk just released a new mix, which can be downloaded for free at Illegal Art. (in one mix or individual mixes). And at AllDaySamples.com, a fan site, you can see the samples annotated while the music streams. This of course almost elicited a "some people should really get a life" comment, until I reminded myself that here I was writing about it. (Guitars will return shortly...)
Girl Talk just released a new mix, which can be downloaded for free at Illegal Art. (in one mix or individual mixes). And at AllDaySamples.com, a fan site, you can see the samples annotated while the music streams. This of course almost elicited a "some people should really get a life" comment, until I reminded myself that here I was writing about it. (Guitars will return shortly...)
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Girl Talk - Down For the Count mp3 at The World ForgotGirl Talk - Make Me Wanna mp3 at The World Forgot
Girl Talk - All Day, full album download and individual mp3s at Illegal Art
Girl Talk - All Day samples annotated at AllDaySamples.com
The Avalanches - Since I Left You mp3 at Broken Silence
The Avalanches - With My Baby mp3 at Dipped In Dollars
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