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Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy. Energetic Happy Hypnotic. Romantic Sad Sentimental. Sexy Trippy All Moods. Number 1 single; the first Australian artist to reach Number 1 in the U. Gotye announced a world tour in May where he'll take in many new parts of the world. The Australian newspaper identified Gotye in its "top 50 most influential Australians in the arts" list; the selection was largely based upon the success of the "Somebody That I Used to Know" song [54 ] and the publication described the composition as "one of the most successful songs in Australian music history".

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Best Male Artist. Los Premios 40 Principales. Teen Choice Awards. Not to mention, it also peaked at number 1 on the singles charts in Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK and Germany, and 46 other countries. Its music video is currently sitting on 1.

This was the last time he toured as Gotye, and the last body of original music music released by Gotye. Not driven by any form of monetisation, disgruntled by the worlds constant force of advertisement, in a interview with news.

I generally never want to sync my music for products. If someone wants to use it commercially I look at what the budget is and the creativity of the project. Taking his stage name from "Gaultier", a name his mother used to call de Backer, the Belgian-born artist moved to Australia with his parents at the age of two. Even from an early age, teachers at Parade College in Bundoora knew that de Backer was "something special".

We knew quite early on that he was something special, musically," Parade music director Martin Macaulay said. Following his schooling, the promising drummer made a name for himself as one of the most innovative acts on the Australian music scene when he arrived in the mids. A handful of EPs which received strong support from stations such as Triple J culminated in the release of his debut album Boardface, then it was his album Like Drawing Blood which drew critical acclaim and cemented Gotye as an artist to watch with his fantastic single Heart's a Mess.

All the while, de Backer continued to play drums for indie band The Basics which toured Australia relentlessly and released a string of albums with modest success. His live shows became "must see" as the multi-instrumentalist re-created his vast soundscapes live and it became apparent that this was more than a cult following, taste-makers around Australia started a love affair with de Backer.