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''Night Ripper'' is the third studio album by American musician Girl Talk, released on May 9, 2006 by Illegal Art. The album, composed almost entirely of samples taken from other artists' music, falls under the mashup genre. It also features minor amounts of original instrumentation recorded by Girl Talk himself. He constructed ''Night Ripper'' whilst working as a biomedical engineer, dividing time between both of his occupations. The album was originally produced as one seamless piece of music before subsequently being broken into individual tracks. The album was produced by Girl Talk in seven to eight months and mastered by Jonathan Schenke. Illegal Art initially released ''Night Ripper'' as a digital download on their website, later making the album available on other sites and shipping the album to select record stores due to strong demand. None of the samples used on the album were cleared prior to release, causing several online retailers to pull the album from their listings. ''Night Ripper'' was later re-released for download on the Illegal Art website through a new "pay what you want" pricing system. ''Night Ripper'' received generally positive reviews from critics, who commended Girl Talk's choice of samples and his efficiency at layering them together to create new tracks. It appeared in numerous publications' year-end lists of the best albums of 2006. The album has been described as Girl Talk's breakthrough album, helping boost his reputation and leading several artists to commission him for remix work. ==Background and production== The second studio album by Girl Talk (born Gregg Gillis), ''Unstoppable'', marked a shift away from the glitch style of his debut ''Secret Diary''. While still retaining the sample-based nature of ''Secret Diary'', ''Unstoppable'' focused more on beatwork as well as structuring and layering samples into full tracks. The album's stylistic change was brought about by Girl Talk's experiences performing live, which influenced him to "make the music more accessible and push the party vibe."〔 Following the release of ''Unstoppable'', he spent an additional two years touring before beginning work on his third studio album.〔 Described by Girl Talk as "a record that reflects () own personal music tastes," ''Night Ripper'' features over 300 samples of other artists' songs, spanning several decades and genres. Commenting on the process of choosing samples to use, he explained: "I'll just hear something on the radio or at a party and go ahead and sample it off a CD or record or download it. I sample loops and breaks and vocal clips all the time. So I've been cataloguing samples for years, I have this massive library. Songs come out so it's never ending." The entirety of ''Night Ripper'' was produced using a WAV digital audio editor, with Girl Talk manipulating samples by chopping, layering and transitioning them.〔 He also recorded original synthesizer and keyboard instrumentation for certain tracks. The album was created by Girl Talk as one long piece of music, which he subsequently split into individual tracks.〔 He was also working as a biomedical engineer at the time, obliging him to divide his time between his day job and his music career, including production of the album.〔 It took seven to eight months for Girl Talk to complete work on the album. Subsequent audio mastering was done by Jonathan Schenke. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Night Ripper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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