Gregg Gillis

[Image: Dove Shore]

Most Creative People 2009

Gregg Gillis

Mashup Artist

Mashup artist

Gregg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, has done more than any other musician to legitimize the mashup as a genre, especially at his ecstatic live shows.

Gregg Gillis On The Web

Stories about Gregg Gillis

How Girl Talk Mashes Up the Music Biz

The post-modern DJ’s latest album took 373 samples–B.I.G! Cream! Bananarama!–and 2.5 years to make. Along the way, he also remixed the rules of the music industry.

How Girl Talk Mashes Up the Music Biz

How Girl Talk Mashes Up the Music Biz

The post-modern DJ’s latest album took 373 samples–B.I.G! Cream! Bananarama!–and 2.5 years to make. Along the way, he also remixed the rules of the music industry.

How Girl Talk Mashes Up the Music Biz

Exclusive Infographic: A Dizzying Guide to Girl Talk’s Remix Genius

Infographic: Girl Talk’s Latest Mashup Masterpiece Deconstructed

Infographic: Girl Talk’s Latest Mashup Masterpiece Deconstructed

Impact

Don’t believe the Business Roundtable has changed until its CEOs’ actions match their words

New York City’s school buses will now be automatically routed and tracked using Via’s algorithm

These tiny magnetic springs melt microplastics into nothing

Creativity

‘Matrix 4’: Everything we know so far (and what we’re dying to know)

The Museum of Ice Cream is returning to New York City with a permanent location

Kanye’s ‘Star Wars’-themed homeless shelter could get the Death Star treatment

Co.Design

This ingenious sleep kit turns any sofa into a bed

Ikea is quietly changing its brand again—for a very good reason

Inside Microsoft’s plan to fix America’s broken voting system

Work Life

You had a fight with your best friend at work. Now what?

This is how internships are shaping the future of work right now

This ‘unproductive’ activity can actually help you get more done