Gotye
Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Gotye is the musical project of Wally DeBacker, a Melbourne musician. He has released two albums independently: Boardface (2004) and Like Drawing Blood (2006), the latter of which was entirely made in bedrooms around Melbourne.
Biography
Born in Belgium but raised in Australia, Walter (real name Wouter) has been making music since his teens, first in moody local rock band Downstares, a fixture at underage shows in the North-East suburbs of Melbourne for a few years. When that band dissolved Wally started focusing on his solo project, cut'n'paste tunes that eventually would come under the moniker of 'Gotye'.
He is also one-third of Melbourne indie-pop band The Basics.
As Gotye, his public exposure, like many alternative Australian musical acts, comes largely from youth radio station Triple J.
His first single, "Learnalilgivinanlovin" from Like Drawing Blood, was released in August, 2006.
Gotye's second album Like Drawing Blood was featured by Triple J in May 2006 [1] and was voted Number 1 in the listeners poll of the Best Album of 2006 [2]. The album, was also nominated for a J Award that year [3]. Two tracks from that album, "Learnalilgivinanlovin" and "Hearts a Mess", were rated 94 and 8 respectively in Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2006[4].
In September 2006, Gotye was nominated for an Australian Recording Industry Music Award (ARIA award) for best independent release for his album Like Drawing Blood [5].
Also in 2006 Gotye won 'Most Outstanding New Independent Artist' at the inaugural Australian Independent Record (AIR) Chart Awards [6] and Like Drawing Blood is amongst nine shortlisted finalists in the 2006 Australian Music Prize[7].
Origins Of 'Gotye'
Wally was embarking on a project that was, in his own words, "about refiguring past things (old vinyl sounds) with my own ideas". It therefore seemed appropriate to draw on his past for inspiration for the project's name. Wouter, Gotye's real name, from Flemish translates into French as Gaultier (or Gautier or Gauthier). Wally's mum used to call him Gaultier as a pet name. Drawing on this and choosing his own spelling gives us 'Gotye'.
Gotye is pronounced "gore-ti-yeah". (IPA: /ˈgotije/)
Triple J presenter Richard Kingsmill is rumoured to have called his firstborn child William Gotye Kingsmill.
Gotye is also an acronym for game-of-the-year-edition; a re-release of a popular computer or video game.
Discography
Albums
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Boardface
(2004) -
Like Drawing Blood
#39 (Australia);
(21 May, 2006)
Singles
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Learnalilgivinanlovin
(2006)
References
External links
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