Night Ripper
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- Night Ripper
- 歌手：Girl Talk
- 語種：英语
- 時間：2007年08月
- 公司：Gronland Records
Girl Talk (born October 26, 1981) is the stage name of music producer Gregg Gillis. He has released three CD albums on Illegal Art and vinyl releases on 333 and 12 Apostles. He began making music while a student at Case Western Reserve University. He specializes in sample-based remixes where he uses at least a dozen elements from different songs to create a "new" song. At his early shows, Gillis became notorious for his exhibitionist antics on stage, spontaneously removing most or all of his clothing mid-performance.
Night Ripper is the third album by Gregg Gillis. It is composed almost entirely of samples taken from other artists' songs, plus minor original material by Gillis.
匹兹堡青年Gregg Gillis现年二十四岁，白天的正职是生物医学工程师，晚上则摇身一变成为私人派对与跳舞俱乐部里的DJ。
他曾在高中组了噪音摇滚乐队，可惜迟迟混不出名堂。于是干脆以Girl Talk为名行走江湖，透过拼贴技法将排行榜前四十名的畅销金曲萃取出碎拍与断句，将之混接成持续不断的听觉之旅。
他是DJ也是MC，只是他从不亲自下海，而透过采集来的声音样本替他进行饶舌。他不吝于表演时展示自身的笨拙舞姿，且每每在演出结束时脱个精光 – 这是他专属的霹雳舞步。做为Girl Talk第三张专辑，Night Ripper一共取样了一百六十七组艺人、超过两百五十首不同的歌曲。不论嘻哈名曲、独立摇滚之声、流行媚俗的芭乐歌或节奏蓝调经典，他将DJ的角色发挥地淋漓尽致。他除了与《嘻哈星球笔记》的作者皆来自大城市的中产郊区，更重要的，他们都是白人。而替他发行唱片的厂牌叫做“非法艺术”（Illegal Art）。
我们在Girl Talk身上看见了另一名白人青年一头栽入嘻哈文化的案例，他的成功也呼应了《嘻哈星球笔记》的几点中心论述: 全球网路的发达拉拔了一个个手无实权却热切等待着出头机会的嘻哈青年 - Girl Talk靠的正是在美国红透半边天的社群网站MySpace。此外，还有什么案例比这张拼贴了两百五十多首歌曲的专辑更能体现《嘻哈星球笔记》所倡导的嘻哈精神 – “人乃他人的造物”呢？