Girl Talk’s Gregg Gillis Entertains Paris Hilton, 50 Cent, LL Cool J, and Cee-Lo at Blender Magazine’s MTV Video Music Awards After Party; Works on Remixes for Beck, Teddybears and Others; Announces More Tour Dates.
Girl Talk rocked out in front of a star-packed audience at NYC's swanky Asian restaurant Tao as part of the post-MTV Video Music Awards festivities on August 31st. The line to get into Blender Magazine’s evening hosted by 50 Cent and LL Cool J wrapped around the block. In addition to the madness of Girl Talk’s Gregg Gillis, Cee-Lo was on hand to perform a few Gnarls Barkley songs and members of G-Unit, snowboarding gold medalist Shaun White, and several Wayans brothers all came out to shake their asses with the masses.
In all, Gillis had quite the jetsetter weekend, as he had just returned from playing a sold out show in London with Beck who recently commissioned a couple of remixes of his song “Cell Phone’s Dead” from the Pittsburgh boy wonder, one using original instruments and one with samples. Gillis is also scheduled to remix Iggy Pop collaborators Teddybears, Wichita Records' Swedes Peter Bjorn and John, and Warp Records' Grizzly Bear as well.
Of course, Gillis closed the UK show with his very special cover of Nirvana’s “Scentless Apprentice”, which the fine folks at Pitchfork were so nice to post a version of from the recent Girl Talk show in Chicago. Most folks are shocked when Gillis whips out this awesome cover, and even more shocking is the fact that this sample-heavy dude actually doesn’t sample all the time – quite a bit of Night Ripper is actually the artist’s own creation. Take that copyright lawyers!
As Gillis starts to appear world-famous, reality sets in. Gillis remains a biomedical engineer by day, which actually helps him make his music.
He explains, “It's funny because I use minimal software to make my music - a .wav editor and a calculator for my beats to make sure everything falls on mathematical precision. If you were just mapping this out visually, it works by math. I guess it's slightly engineering influenced.”
Hey, it all adds up. Paris Hilton loves math.
Girl Talk On Tour:
09/16 New London, CT I Am Festival
09/23 Houston, TX Proletariat
09/29 New York, NY Irving Plaza
10/06 Decatur, GA Azul
10/07 New Orleans, LA Shiloh
10/12 Orlando, FL Club Firestone
10/13 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
10/14 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder
10/20 Toronto, ONT Spin Gallery
10/27 Ithaca, NY Appel Commons
10/28 Washington, DC Black Cat Backstage
11/01 New York, NY Mercury Lounge (Fanatic CMJ Showcase)
11/10 Portland, OR Holocene
11/11 San Francisco, CA Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
12/01 Morgantown, WV 123 Pleasant Street
12/02 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
12/08 Melbourne, AUS Meredith Music Fest
12/09 Melbourne, AUS The Order of Melbourne
Artists appearing on Night Ripper include:
2 Live Crew, 2Pac, 50 Cent, 69 Boyz, ABBA, Paula Abdul, Aerosmith, Amerie, Annie, Arrested Development, David Banner, Rob Base, Bel Biv Devoe, George Benson, Better Than Ezra, Beyonce, Black Box, The Black Crowes, Black Eyed Peas, Black Rob, Black Sheep, Boredoms, Boston, Bow Wow, Boyz II Men, The Breeders, Chris Brown, Bun B, Busta Rhymes, Calloway, Candyman, Mariah Carey, Cassidy, Chicago, Ciara, Clipse, Phil Collins, Nikki Costa, Crime Mob, D12, D4L, DJ Assault, DJ EZ Rock, Dem Franchise Boyz, Digable Planets, Diplomats, Dinosaur Jr., Dr. Dre, Jermaine Dupree, Elastica, Missy Elliot, Eminem, The Emotions, En Vogue, Fabolous, Fall Out Boy, Fatman Scoop, The Five Stairsteps, Fleetwood Mac, Folk Implosion, FoFighters, G-Unit, The Game, Garbage, Genesis, Andrew Gold, Al Green, Peter Gunz, Hall and Oates, Sophie B. Hawkins, Honey Drippers, Hum, Donnie Iris, J-Kwon, JJ Fad, Jay-Z, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Public, Elton John, Mike Jones, Junior Mafia, KRS One, Kansas, Kelis, Alicia Keys, LCD Soundsystem, LL Cool J, Lady Sovereign, Laid Back, Lil Jon, Lil Wayne, Lil Webbie, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Lord Tariq, Ludacris, M.A.R.R.S., M.I.A., Madonna, Main Ingredient, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Marky Mark, Paul McCartney, Michael McDonald, George Michael, Mobb Deep, Mark Morrison, ‘NSync, Nas, Nate Dogg, Naughty by Nature, Nelly, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nine Inch Nails , Nirvana, Noreaga, Notorious B.I.G., Oasis, P. Diddy, Pavement, Phantom Planet, The Pharcyde, Pharrell, Pilot, The Pixies, Positive K, Public Enemy, Punjabi MC’s, Purple Ribbon All-Stars, The Rentals, Smokey Robinson, S.W.V., Salt N Pepa, Juelz Santana, Seals and Croft, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Slim Thug, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Britney Spears, Billy Squier, Gwen Stefani, T.L.C., James Taylor, Tears for Fears, Technotronic, Three 6 Mafia, Timbaland, Trillville, Trina, The Verve, The Waitresses, Paul Wall, Warren G, Weezer, Kanye West, Whispers, Wings, Steve Winwood, Stevie Wonder, Wreckx-N-Effect , X-Ray Spex, Ying Yang Twins, Young Gunnerz, Young Jeezy.
Night Ripper Tracklisting:
01. Once Again
02. That's My DJ
03. Hold Up
04. Too Deep
05. Smash Your Head
06. Minute by Minute
07. Ask About Me
08. Summer Smoke
09. Friday Night
10. Hand Clap
11. Give and Go
12. Bounce That
13. Warm It Up
14. Double Pump
15. Overtime
16. Peak Out
On The Web:
www.girl-talk.net www.illegalart.net www.myspace.com/girltalkmusic 
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