Girl Talk Mashup Visualized

By Jake • November 23rd, 2010 • 4 Comments

So, don’t worry this is all SFW.

Girl Talk (a.k.a. Gregg Gillis) is one of Illegal Art’s artists. Illegal Art is a label that is “pushing the limits of sample-based music”.

Girl Talk (@GTInsider) released a fifth album, All Day, earlier this month, and there has been a fair amount of positive noise about it. First off, it’s freely available as a download.

And, like nerdcore, the sampling genre is uniquely geeky. As a side note, you might wonder, as I did, how Girl Talk can produce albums comprised of otherwise copyrighted work without getting sued into oblivion. Here’s your answer from SXSW earlier this year.

I just finished the album, which is distributed in tracks, but meant to be heard as a whole, and I have to say it was pretty freaking awesome.

There’s something fresh (and blasphemous) about mixing various styles into something new. The whole experience tells a story.

Anyway, I finally broke down and paid attention to Girl Talk because of this post covering a visualization that shows what songs are playing.

Girl Talk mashup breakdown visualized

I highly recommend listening with this mashup. It helps your ear find the tracks you recognize, and it identifies ones you don’t for later reference.

Good stuff.

I’ve seen a ton of artist projects like this find an audience online and shared some of them here. So, win for the internets as a creative outlet.


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  • uvox

    Wow, I love Girl Talk. I can’t believe you mentioned this! Saw Greg Gillis when he came to Dublin about 18 months ago. I first came across him thanks to a feature on NPR, and bought Feed The Animals immediately. Always playing it. (It’s one big copyright suit waiting to happen, sure)

  • http://theappslab.com Jake

    His work is awesomely addictive. I haven’t had time to watch the bit from SXSW, which addresses the copyright question. If anything, he drives people to consume more music of varied types, but I wouldn’t expect RIAA to buy into that argument.

  • uvox

    Someday, maybe, he’ll perform at OOW…:)

  • http://theappslab.com Jake

    If only. That would tempt me sorely to try to make the Treasure Island event.