Rubin says that he wanted Illuminations to be the favorite of Groban's fans, but would also appeal to people who didn't like the singer. "As he did with Johnny Cash's career, he seems to find ways to get to the essence of an artist and help them redefine who they are," Moon says. But if anyone could get Groban out of what Moon calls his "romance-novel-in-a-song box," it'd be Rubin. Rubin doesn't have a specific sound, Moon says. Moon says the idea intrigued him, though he had never previously paid much attention to Groban's records. The album is produced by none other than Rick Rubin, who mostly known for his work with Beastie Boys, Run-D.M.C., Slayer, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. On the other end is Josh Groban's Illuminations. "But there are moments in it where you go, 'Wow, this guy is really aiming to bring something to a crescendo,' and then, toward the end, he really makes it feel like he's summing up." "I'm not sure that it's any more than an interesting novelty really well executed," says Moon. Conceived as a full 71-minute experience, All Day is a lot to absorb. Tom Moon says he thinks Girl Talk's mash-ups work, particularly noting how Gillis massages the bits of music by slowing down a voice or speeding up a track. "It's the musical equivalent of the Appletini." "It's things that you wouldn't think would go together, but do," says Moon. In any given sequence, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Bananarama and Genesis can appear mixed and mashed together. "This project involves something like 370 discrete, individual samples that have been found, so far. "It creates a double world or triple world in some cases," says Moon.
Gregg Gillis, the man behind Girl Talk, takes bits and pieces of music from artists such as Jackson 5, massages them into computer software, and then lays a hip-hop track on top of it. Music critic Tom Moon joins All Things Considered host Melissa Block to talk about both albums.įirst up is Girl Talk's new mash-up, All Day: the 71-minute release is available as a free download. One has sold many albums on the strength of his operatic pipes and the other is the king of the monster mash-up.
There were two big music releases this week from artists on the opposite ends of the spectrum.
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