Girl Talk performing at Auckland City Limits Photo: Raymond Sagapolutele
With his insatiable appetite for Top 40 chart fodder and tireless championing of fair use laws, Pittsburgh DJ and producer Girl Talk remains a powerful proponent of mash-up culture, a scene in which songs and samples are sliced and diced into new forms in quick succession, challenging both attention spans and copyright laws.
Girl Talk mashed up the party at the inaugural Auckland City Limits, armed with a new bank of source material. Before taking the stage he revealed some of his party-starting secrets to Sam Wicks:
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Artist: Girl Talk
Song: Play Your Part (Pt. 1), No Pause, Here's the Thing, Play Your Part (Pt. 2)
Composer: G.Gillis
Album: Feed the Animals
Label: Illegal Art
Artist: Girl Talk
Song: All Day
Composer: G.Gillis
Album: Triple Double, Get It Get It
Label: Illegal Art
