Girl Talk

This sample artist leads a secret double life

Gregg Gillis, who moonlights as Girl Talk, mixed music from more than 150 artists for his latest CD.

By Joan Anderman

Globe Staff / January 19, 2007

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There are more than 300 songs on Girl Talk's third CD, "Night Ripper." Sounds outrageous, we know, even considering that Gregg Gillis, the 25-year-old biomedical engineer who moonlights as Girl Talk, is a DJ, or a mash-up artist, or -- his preferred term -- a sample-based act. The opening track on "Night Ripper," which clocks in at just under 2 ... (Full article: 837 words)