Salon.com > greg gillis http://www.salon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 00:22:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Girl Talk says next album will be “harder hitting” than previous ones http://www.salon.com/2013/01/02/girl_talk_says_next_album_will_be_harder_hitting_than_previous_ones/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/02/girl_talk_says_next_album_will_be_harder_hitting_than_previous_ones/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13159977 In an interview published today on MTV Hive, music producer and mashup artist Greg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, revealed plans for his next album, which he says "sounds more inspired by traditional production." And although Gillis may arguably be more mainstream than electronica great DJ Shadow, his upcoming work will emulate the music producers who came before him. "It’s especially difficult using samples but the classic heroes of that world, the DJ Shadows, have it; it’s just immediate. So that’s always what I’m aiming for," he says.

Girl Talk on his next challenge:

I feel like the next level for me isn’t adding live instruments, it’s using samples in a different way. I’m diving into slightly more obscure samples and using popular samples in different ways and cutting them up a bit more. I’m taking a break from touring and for the first time ever I’m making music that’s not concerned with the live show, [which] is liberating. Working on it gets me so fired up. I’ve been obsessed with it. A lot of these ideas have been piling up for years.

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