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gotye


Wally De Backer a.k.a Gotye

BIOGRAPHY

Gotye is Wally De Backer. He plays drums, percussion and piano, and he writes, sings and produces tracks at his home, in Mentone, Victoria, Australia. Gotye’s sound is a melting pot of samples from sources far and wide, mixed with Wally’s home recorded sounds to form original songs that are as much influenced by the ’80’s British electro of Depeche Mode and mock-lounge pop of Roxy Music, as the scratchy sounds of old noir soundtracks and majestic orchestras of John Barry and Henry Mancini.

The cut’n'paste approach of hip-hop djs also figures prominently in the arrangements, inspired especially by the musicality of San Francisco’s finest sample- composers, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist. The results are songs that both reference and incorporate styles and sounds of the past, while showcasing Wally’s unique songwriting in a broad web of sonic environments. Wally songs display the diversity of his listening interests, incorporating sounds from a wide spectrum of sources. They encompass a variety of styles, tempos and textures in their mix of organic and electronic sources, experimenting with form and tone while nevertheless clearly exhibiting Wally’s love of pop music (in any of its manifestations and mutations over the last half a century).

Check out Gotye at Myspace www.myspace.com/gotye or www.gotye.com

MP3 DOWNLOADS

GOTYE RELEASES

ARTIST GOTYE
TITLE Mixed Blood
LABEL Samples And Seconds
RRP $27.95 (AUD)

ARTIST GOTYE
TITLE Learnalilgivinanlovin
LABEL Samples And Seconds
RRP $4.95 (AUD)

ARTIST GOTYE
TITLE Like Drawing Blood
LABEL Samples And Seconds
RRP $27.95 (AUD)
ARTIST GOTYE
TITLE Boardface
LABEL Samples And Seconds
RRP $19.95 (AUD)

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