abstract:Plunderphonics is a term coined by composer John Oswald in 1985 in his essay Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative. It has since been applied to any music made by taking one or more existing audio recordings and altering them in some way to make a new composition.
Inspired by experimental plunderphonics pioneers such as John Oswald and Negativland, Gillis began Girl Talk in an effort to put pop music into a new context.