Gotye

Belgian-Australian musician

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2024 Gotye collaborates with Fisher and Chris Lake on 'Somebody (2024)', featuring Sante Sansone and Kimbra, which receives Gold certification from BEA and RMNZ
2020 Appeared on Jackmann's track 'All or Nothing' from the EP 'Whatever Doesn't Kill You, Just Makes You Bored'
July 3 2020 Released 'Live at The Songroom' live album, featuring The Basics and Monty Cotton, released digitally through The Three Basics label in digital download and streamed audio formats.
November 2019 The Basics released their fifth studio album, B.A.S.I.C.
2018 Gotye won Best Australian Contemporary Concert at the Helpmann Awards for 'Gotye Presents a Tribute to Jean-Jacques Perrey'
2018 Recorded a live album for a web series with The Basics and Monty Cotton.
August 2018 Co-wrote an original verse and was sampled in Broods' single 'Eyes a Mess', using his earlier hits 'Hearts a Mess' and 'Eyes Wide Open'.
July 2018 De Backer's partner Maud gave birth to their daughter, Léonie.
June 2018 Mentioned plans for a fourth studio album, which would include a tribute to Perrey.
March 2 2018 Collaborated with Les Campbell on the album 'Pulling the Stitching Out', released digitally through Xcon Records.
February 13 2018 Performed Circuit Breakers: Gotye Presents a Tribute to Jean-Jacques Perrey at Roulette's Mixology Festival 2018 in New York with Ondioline Orchestra.
2017 Featured on The Night Game's track 'The Outfield'
May 2017 Launched Forgotten Futures record label, with the first release being a compilation of rare and previously unreleased Jean-Jacques Perrey recordings.
2016 Released an a cappella version of 'Sometimes It Snows in April'
2016 Collaborated on two tracks: 'The Way You Talk' with Bibio from the album A Mineral Love, and 'Heart's a Mess' with R.T.P. Da Dream from M.V.P. Champion King Dream
November 22 2016 De Backer debuted his Ondioline Orchestra in New York, paying tribute to Jean-Jacques Perrey.
2014 De Backer announced there would be no new Gotye music, while maintaining the possibility of future projects. Continued active with The Basics, releasing The Lucky Country album.
2014 Gotye performed with Tex Perkins and Nicky Bomba in support of The Thin Green Line Foundation. He also launched Spirit Level, an independent record label with Tim Shiel, signing American band Zammuto.
2013 Gotye featured on Spender's 'Hotel Home' track from the Modern Pest EP
2013 Gotye releases singles 'State of the Art', 'Ghosts' (with Yum Cha Sessions), and 'Quasimodo's Dream' (with Perfect Tripod)
2013 Gotye released 'Video Mirrors', a companion video album to his studio album 'Making Mirrors', through the label Samples 'n' Seconds in digital download format.
2012 Gotye releases additional singles 'Easy Way Out' and 'Save Me' from the Making Mirrors album
2012 Single 'Somebody That I Used to Know' topped Billboard's year-end Hot 100 chart and peaked in thirty-one countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
2011 Multiple music videos released including 'Don't Worry, We'll Be Watching You', 'State of the Art', and 'Bronte', directed by various filmmakers
2011 Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know' featuring Kimbra becomes a massive international hit, reaching #1 in multiple countries and achieving multiple platinum certifications, including 22× Platinum in Australia
August 19 2011 Released third studio album 'Making Mirrors' through Eleven label, which became a major commercial success, reaching #1 in Australia and achieving multiple international platinum and gold certifications.
2010 Gotye releases 'Eyes Wide Open' from the album Making Mirrors, which achieves ARIA Gold certification

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