Name: Girl Talk
Genre: Electronic
Day: Saturday

Wikipedia sez: “Girl Talk is the stage name of electronic music producer Gregg Gillis. He has released three CD albums on Illegal Art and vinyl releases on 333 and 12 Apostles. He specializes in sample-based remixes where he cuts up at least a dozen elements from different songs to create a new song. His live show is known for its antics, as he is often seen jumping up and down, half naked, gyrating around his laptop.”

It doesn’t seem like that long ago, but I remember when I really was into mashups, checking GYBO every day to hear someone stick Missy Elliot’s Get Your Freak On with something else that didn’t really work well together. Eventually I listened to less and less until I stopped listening to them completely. Then while driving home one day, I heard a track from Night Ripper and was stunned. Song into song over song weaved with song featuring song. Girl Talk managed to put a mash-up album that had never been at such a level before (except for The Kleptones’ A Night at the Hip-Hopera which was nowhere near as good as Night Ripper). Girl Talk has copped a fair bit of flack on the Coachella boards over his talent, and I admit that if I had to choose between seeing Girl Talk live or DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist live I’d choose the latter every time, but if his past performances are anything to go on Girl Talk will put on a high-energy show pumped full of radio friendly hits.

Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella: Yes

Read on to view Girl Talk live videos…

Girl Talk - Live on New Years Eve (Chicago, Il. Entire Show)

Girl Talk - Live in Pittsburg