8/14 Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know @

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This is the bio bit
Explosion!
Explosion of bacon!
P.S. I will have a new album soon. No mattresses were used in the making. It'll be really...ahhm, geez. How do I match the start of that bio...um, it'll be really good. And the sounds are, like, really...good. On it. And stuff
The slightly more serious bit (in a convenient Q&A format):
Who are you?
Gotye (pronounced "gore-ti-yeah"). Music-making mutant.
Real name?
Wally (born Wouter) De Backer
What's this new single called?
Eyes Wide Open
Tell me a story?
Alright.
While on tour in the Australian outback with my rock'n'roll band The Basics a couple of years ago, I found myself in Winton, Queensland with three days to kill in between gigs. After the inevitable soft toys and teaspoons collection of the Waltzing Matilda Visitor Centre had been fully explored it seemed there was little but Weekend at Bernie's II on the motel's Austar channel to kill time until we pressed on towards Longreach.
That is, until the lady at the reception mentioned the Winton Musical Fence.
Wow- what's that all about?
The Winton Musical Fence is a musical instrument installation designed and constructed by Graeme Leak, a percussionist and instrument builder from Melbourne.
Five massive metal strings attached to fence posts, and connected to a wooden resonant chamber. It goes "thwack" and "boinngg" in a remarkably pleasing way when struck. It's in the middle of nowhere
What does this have to do with your new Gotye song?
Well, I'd brought a portable stereo recorder with me on tour for just such chance encounters with interesting sound sources, and so it wasn't long before I was on the outskirts of Winton in near pitch-darkness beside a vast, flat expanse with only blurry truck stop lights sleeping in the distance, marvelling at the musical instrument described above. A piece of plastic pipe conveniently left nearby was all I needed before I was bashing away on various strings, wooden beams and fixings, capturing samples that eventually became the bassline underpinning the new song Eyes Wide Open
Isn't this the same as what you did on the last couple of Gotye records? Sampling stuff, and using those sounds to make your tracks...
The process I used on previous Gotye albums involved a lot of sampling of old records, cassettes and videos etc. There was no field recording
Is that all that's different?
No. There is a lot more live playing on Eyes Wide Open than on any previous Gotye song.
Although I've been playing drums for over 15 years, I'd never recorded a live drum part for a Gotye song (it was always programming drum machines or editing samples into new drum parts).
Also, I set up a new home studio on the top floor of a big barn my dad built on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Much of Eyes Wide Open was recorded there after the initial fence samples from Winton started the song off
Did you do everything yourself?
No ma'am. I wrote the song, sang all the vocals, played drums, percussion, keyboards and produced the track.
But I also had invaluable contributions from Michael Hubbard (pedal steel guitar), Gareth Skinner (whale-like harmonic sound effects on cello), Lucas Taranto (bass guitar) and importantly, Francois Tetaz (additional production work and mixing)
I read somewhere (probably your bio) that there's also an ambitious film clip for Eyes Wide Open?
That's right. It's directed and animated by Brendan Cook at PictureDrift Studios (who created the amazing visuals for the song Hearts A Mess, from my previous record) and it has time travel in it.
It also features major contributions from Darcy Prendergast at DeePee Studios who designed, constructed and painstakingly stop-time-animated some haunting clay characters that traverse the landscapes of the film clip in longboats.
This all sounds pretty good!
I hope so. I worked really hard to make it sound good (the bio, that is)

[@wojo4hitz]

Very very welcome! :D So glad you found it!

[@GustavoPereira-tb1xs]

Que bueno estilo

[@wojo4hitz]

I had to stand in front of the venue with a sign until someone sold me a ticket so that I could get in... but it was worth it!

[@atmosk9991]

I like Kimbra, she's cute.

[@tubesuf]

We'll share this msg with her, and let you know what she thinks. Hang on

[@wojo4hitz]

hahaha... true! and yeah, she's just being a stage performer! ;)

[@Syiey1]

it is just me or did they really sang this song quite faster than usual?

[@firestarter1041]

No, it isn't. Is it just me*, did they really sing*.

[@madjack3956]

More cowbell needed.

[@Stellarffxi]

yeah, they should have done a sound check or something to get her level right.. definitely a little off..

[@myungyaz]

these 2 type of people i would have crush on at school

[@ronaldguerrero7803]

Maldita cancion legendaria no me canso de escucharla

[@goethe3225]

X2

[@wojo4hitz]

Ouch dude, that is kind of mean! She has a great voice and is a crazy artist!

[@janervintagalag6745]

2020?

[@argaprbswra6799]

Im in 2021 brother

[@stuartsiglain3972]

So am I 👍😎🇺🇸

[@pressleplaybutton]

I still cant believe how far this songs gone :o

[@youlax25]

Porque tan pocos comentarios ?

[@bigem3889]

i love how they didn't even change it up for the live version. amazing. super jealous i didn't go to this one..

[@ramiromunizfernandez8445]

De todos modos vivan los veranos negros significan trabajo y dinerito bueno para mi familia

[@lupegarciachavez5579]

AMO ESA CANCIÓN!!!!!!

[@mony8935]

I love how it actually looks like they are fighting-

[@veagnav4055]

Mandame mensaje cuanto cobras x cantar en leon gto 5 meses fines de semana

[@stuartsiglain3972]

I love the way the audience sang...on key.

[@HimynameisBuckbeak]

perfect performance. although i think Kimbra could have sung closer to the mic maybe but definitely worthy of going on my ipod

[@wojo4hitz]

I took videos at Tower Theater last night! Think I got a good one of this song! (Except for maybe the drunk girl next to me...) Check it out! My view wasn't as good as at the 9:30 Club, but it was all right.

[@xxYOURBIJOUxx]

anyone else notice she had her dress on back to front?

[@OliverShark]

Omg 😂

[@deedee-es4vg]

No the back I round and deep , so it's the back.

[@xxYOURBIJOUxx]

deedee 123 but the shoulder straps had the ring at the front that you alter the length with. They are always at the back on every woman’s type of garment.

[@deedee-es4vg]

@@xxYOURBIJOUxx yes they're usually on the back. But the back is also deep and round. And the front seems straighter than the back. I think it was not a good dress. Bad design. Even she looked uncomfortable in it.

[@ramiromunizfernandez8445]

Me encanta es genial ,me hizo soportable un verano negro de trabajo ,me daba ánimos para enfrentarme a tantras ocupaciones

[@loveisthelaw20042004]

the audience singing and screaming sucks.

[@heyescusemee3954]

He looks so handsome 😍

[@Peter-yf3vq]

I love you Kimbra you're just so sweet

[@MsMORDECAI888]

the audience singing ruined the song!! >:(

[@malloryluc]

I love this! Thanks for putting this up!

[@snowbunny77488]

i love this song

[@wojo4hitz]

Haha cool! Honored to be on your ipod. ;)

[@redshiftgalaxy3718]

The Grammy award-winning song, writer, singers, composer __ this is precious.

[@melissafagan5920]

May 2019?

[@ollaamnon9111]

Perfect goal couple

[@ModernWarhead94]

we can hear the crowd, he can't, that is why he has ear pieces so he can hear the instruments and perform on par, he wouldn't be thinkin "Oh Please shut up and let me sing" i'm sure he hates the song (hearing it so often and playing it so often), but trust me, i know from playing in a band, it's an amazing feeling having people you don't know sing your song

[@alexah9757]

No he would not say that he is to kind

[@tasha0099]

@@alexah9757 How would you really know?

[@wojo4hitz]

totally is!

[@standoughope]

I just wish the crowd would shut the fuck up and listen to the artists! Awesome upload, sounded great. =)

[@ready4anyting]

this song without clothes on is like drinking alcohol free beer

[@kenzdavis4621]

who hurt the crowd

[@mihaelvonic8515]

Than you're first comment make sense!

[@randommaskguy]

This song is so great.

[@fernandezmel5068]

I would really hate to pay to go to a concert to have a lot of people singing in my ear louder than the artist :{ dunno my thoughts

[@rriiiiiidd]

We pay to sing along with Gotye We ain’t same bruh

[@rriiiiiidd]

This ain’t gotye’s song. This is our song. We feel it. And then we cannot resist ourselves from singing

[@fernandezmel5068]

@@rriiiiiidd did you miss the part of MY THOUGHTS

[@rriiiiiidd]

I see “ dunno my thoughts “ . If you DON’T know your thoughts then I can’t help much here xD .

[@Mamacita771]

Hmm...is that really liam neison on crack?

[@mihaelvonic8515]

I think you're gay...

[@DeepuraRM]

I'm in love.