Gotye (pronounced: ‘Gaultier’, like Jean-Paul, the French clothes designer) is a singular find. A Belgian-born, but Australian based, singer, songwriter and sampler, christened Wouter De Backer, (but known to friends as Wally).
Gotye's sophomore album Like Drawing Blood won Triple J’s, and also the Australian Independent Records, Album of the Year. Whilst Gotye picked up the Australian Music Prize award for outstanding potential and he won the Australian Recording Industry Award (ARIA) for Best Male Artist. All incredible achievements for an artist who recorded the album in his bedroom by night whilst working as a librarian by day.
