Ranar bayyanar shahararren mawakin duniya Gauthier shine Mayu 21, 1980. Duk da cewa a nan gaba star aka haife shi a Belgium, a cikin birnin Bruges, shi dan Ostiraliya ne.
Lokacin da yaron ya kasance kawai shekaru 2, mahaifiya da uba sun yanke shawarar yin hijira zuwa birnin Melbourne na Australia. Af, a lokacin haihuwa, iyayensa sun sa masa suna Wouter De Bakker.
Yara da matasa Gauthier
Yayin da yake karatu a makarantar firamare, mai yin wakokin da suka shahara a nan gaba bai ji daɗin farin jini sosai a tsakanin takwarorinsa ba. Kusan duk ilimomin da aka ba shi ba tare da wahala ba, yana daya daga cikin mafi kyawun dalibai a ajinsa, watakila ma makaranta, wanda yaron ya ci gaba da wulakanta shi da yi masa ba'a.
Duk da haka, a fili, tun daga farkon yara, Wouter De Bakker, ya koyi abin da ake nufi da "gwagwarmayar rayuwa", ya zama taurare ga sauran rayuwarsa.
Daga cikin rare, amma masu sadaukarwa, abokan yaron an kira Wally. Ko tun yana karami, yaron ya fara sha’awar waka, duk da cewa ba shi da ilimin gargajiya.
Ya fara fahimtar sihirin waƙa da ganga. A lokacin da ya tsufa, shi da abokan karatunsa uku sun taru a ƙungiyar kiɗa, suna kiranta Downstares.
Su kansu mutanen sun fito da kida, sun hada wakoki. Yanayin Depeche, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush ya yi tasiri sosai akan aikin su. Ƙungiyar matasa ta shahara sosai a birnin Melbourne.
Magoya baya da yawa da masu sana'ar kade-kade kawai sun zo wurin kide-kiden nasu, wadanda galibi ana shirya su a manyan dakunan kide-kide a Melbourne. Abin baƙin ciki, bayan da samarin sauke karatu daga makaranta, da music kungiyar watse.
Farkon aikin solo na Gotye
Tun daga shekara ta 2000, Wouter De Bakker ya fara aiki akan aikin solo. Rikodin na farko da mawakin ya yi shi ne da kansa ta hanyar amfani da kayan aikin gidan kida nasa. Gaskiya ne, buga littafin album ɗin ya faru ne kawai bayan shekaru uku. Ya fito da sunan Boardface.
Af, tarihin bayyanar da sunan mataki Gauthier yana da ban sha'awa sosai. Gaskiyar ita ce, a lokacin yaro, mahaifiyata ta kira Wouter Walter (a cikin Faransanci), wanda shine dalilin da ya sa ya zaɓi sunan Gauthier.
Tun daga 2002, tauraron Australiya ya kasance memba na The Basics, daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa wanda shine guitarist Chris Schroeder.
Ƙungiyar ta shahara ba kawai a Melbourne ba, har ma a wasu biranen Ostiraliya. Gaskiya, Gauthier bai manta game da aikinsa na solo ba. Wouter De Bakker ya yanke shawarar kiran kundi na biyu kamar Zana Jini.
Gauthier yana da taimako don rikodinsa ga Frank Tetaz, sanannen furodusa a Ostiraliya wanda ya haɓaka matasa, ƙwararrun ƙungiyoyi da mawaƙa, da kuma DJs waɗanda suka yi aiki a shahararren gidan rediyon Australiya Triple J. Su ne na farko da suka fara wasa mafi kyawun Wouter. waƙoƙi a kan iska.
Godiya ga DJs, masu sauraron rediyon tashar a zahiri sun kamu da abubuwan da Gauthier ya yi. A shekara ta 2006, faifan mawaƙa na Australia na biyu ya sami kyautar mafi kyawun kundi akan rediyo, da matsayin "platinum". Waƙar da ta fi shahara ita ce waƙar Learnalilgivinanlovi.
Bugu da kari, buga daga album Hearts a Mess ya zama ba ƙaramin shahara. An kuma zaɓi kundin don lambobin yabo na kiɗa na Australiya da yawa, daga cikinsu mafi mahimmanci ga Gauthier shine lambar yabo ta ARIA, wanda Ƙungiyar Masana'antar Rikodi ta Australiya ta kafa.
Wani lamari mai ban sha'awa shi ne cewa a cikin {asar Amirka, an saki kundi a hukumance shekaru 6 bayan fitowar shi a Australia.
Mataki Up by Wouter De Bakker
A cikin 2004, mahaifiyar Wouter De Bakker da mahaifinsu sun yanke shawarar sayar da gidansu kuma su ƙaura zuwa wani yanki na Melbourne (Kudu maso Gabas na Melbourne). A dabi'a, mawaƙin kansa ya motsa tare da iyayensa.
Bayan haka, ya ɗauki ɗan gajeren hutu a cikin aikinsa na ƙirƙira kuma ya fitar da tarin remixes na waƙoƙi daga farkon rikodin Making Mirrors guda biyu.
Sakin diski na gaba na mawaƙin Australiya Gauthier, yawancin "magoya bayansa" sun daɗe suna jira - an fara siyarwa ne kawai a cikin 2011 a ƙarƙashin sunan Making Mirrors.
Abun da ya fi bugu na kundi na uku na Wouter shine waƙar Wani Wanda Nayi Amfani da shi o Sani, wanda aka yi rikodin tare da Kimbra daga New Zealand. Wasan ya zama sananne ba kawai a tsakanin masu sauraron kiɗa na Ostiraliya ba, har ma a tsakanin masu son kiɗa a wasu ƙasashe.
Mawaƙi yanzu
Har zuwa yau, Gauthier ya fitar da bayanan hukuma guda uku. Duk da ƙananan adadin da aka yi rikodin, Gautier ya sami adadi mai yawa na kyaututtuka daban-daban, an zaɓe shi akai-akai don lambobin yabo na kiɗan Australiya.
Bugu da kari, an zabe shi don Grammy da MTV Europe Music Awards. Mawaƙin yana zaune a Ostiraliya, yana aiki akan ƙirƙirar sabon rikodin, yana tattara adadin mutane masu yawa a wasanninsa da yawa.
