Usuku lokuvela komculi odumile emhlabeni wonke uGauthier nguMeyi 21, 1980. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi inkanyezi esizayo wazalelwa eBelgium, edolobheni Bruges, yena uyisakhamuzi Australian.
Lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-2 kuphela ubudala, umama nobaba banquma ukuthuthela edolobheni lase-Australia laseMelbourne. Ngendlela, lapho ezalwa, abazali bakhe bambiza ngokuthi uWouter De Bakker.
Ubuntwana nobusha uGauthier
Ngenkathi ngifunda esikoleni samabanga aphansi, umculi wesikhathi esizayo wezingoma ezidumile akazange ajabulele ukuthandwa okukhulu kontanga yakhe. Cishe zonke isayensi wanikezwa ngaphandle kobunzima, wayengomunye wabafundi abahle kakhulu ekilasini lakhe, futhi mhlawumbe ngisho nesikole, lapho umfana wayehlale ehlazekile futhi ehlekisa ngaye.
Kodwa-ke, ngokusobala, kusukela esemncane, u-Wouter De Bakker, efunda ukuthi "umzabalazo wokusinda" uyini, waba lukhuni impilo yakhe yonke.
Phakathi kwabangane abangavamile, kodwa abazinikele, bomfana kwakubizwa ngokuthi uWally. Ngisho esemncane, umfana waqala ukuthanda umculo, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi wayengenayo imfundo yakudala.
Waqala ukuqonda umlingo womculo ngokushaya izigubhu. Lapho esekhulile, yena nezingane zakhe ezintathu zesikole bahlangana ndawonye eqenjini lomculo, balibiza ngokuthi i-Downstares.
Abafana ngokwabo baqhamuke nomculo, baqamba izingoma. Umsebenzi wabo wathonywa kakhulu yi-Depeche Mode, uPeter Gabriel, uKate Bush. Iqembu lentsha lalidume kakhulu edolobheni laseMelbourne.
Abalandeli abaningi kanye nabachwepheshe bomculo wekhwalithi beza emakhonsathini abo, ayevame ukuhlelwa emahholo amakhulu ekhonsathi eMelbourne. Ngeshwa, ngemva kokuphothula kwabafana esikoleni, iqembu lomculo lahlukana.
Ukuqala komsebenzi kaGotye yedwa
Kusukela ngo-2000, u-Wouter De Bakker waqala ukusebenza eyedwa. Irekhodi lokuqala lalo mculi laqoshwa nguyena esebenzisa imishini yakhe yasekhaya yomculo. Yiqiniso, ukushicilelwa okusemthethweni kwe-albhamu kwenzeka ngemva kweminyaka emithathu kuphela. Yaphuma ngaphansi kwegama elithi Boardface.
Ngendlela, umlando wokuvela kwegama lesiteji elithi Gauthier uthakazelisa kakhulu. Iqiniso liwukuthi ebuntwaneni, umama wabiza uWouter Walter (ngendlela yesiFulentshi), yingakho akhetha igama elingelona iqiniso elithi Gauthier.
Kusukela ngo-2002, inkanyezi yase-Australia ibiyilungu le-Basics, omunye wabasunguli bayo owayengumculi wesigingci uChris Schroeder.
Leli qembu lalidume kakhulu hhayi eMelbourne kuphela, kodwa nakwamanye amadolobha ase-Australia. Yiqiniso, Gauthier akazange akhohlwe umsebenzi wakhe solo. UWouter De Bakker unqume ukubiza icwecwe lakhe lesibili elithi Like Drawing Blood.
UGauthier ukweleta usizo ngokuqopha kwakhe uFrank Tetaz, umdidiyeli owaziwayo e-Australia owathuthukisa amaqembu nabaculi abasebasha, abanamakhono, kanye no-DJ ababesebenza esiteshini somsakazo esidumile sase-Australia i-Triple J. Babengabokuqala ukudlala ingoma ehamba phambili ka-Wouter. izingoma emoyeni.
Ngenxa yo-DJ, abalaleli bomsakazo bakulesi siteshi bangene shí ezingoma zikaGauthier. Ngo-2006, i-disc yesibili yomculi wase-Australia yaklonyeliswa nge-albhamu engcono kakhulu emsakazweni, kanye nesimo se-"platinum". Ingoma eyayidume kakhulu kwakuyiculo elithi Learnalilgivinanlovi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ingoma eshisa izikhotha ephuma ku-albhamu ethi Hearts a Mess ayizange idume kancane. I-albhamu iphinde yaqokelwa imiklomelo eminingi yomculo yase-Australia ehlonishwayo, phakathi kwayo ebaluleke kakhulu kuGauthier ama-ARIA Music Awards, asungulwa yi-Australian Recording Industry Association.
Iqiniso elithakazelisayo liwukuthi e-United States of America i-albhamu yakhululwa ngokusemthethweni ngemva kweminyaka engu-6 kuphela ukukhululwa e-Australia.
Shiya u-Wouter De Bakker
Ngo-2004, umama nobaba kaWouter De Bakker banquma ukuthengisa indlu yabo futhi bathuthela kwenye ingxenye yaseMelbourne (eseNingizimu-mpumalanga yeMelbourne). Ngokwemvelo, umculi ngokwakhe wahamba nabazali bakhe.
Ngemuva kwalokho, uthathe ikhefu elifushane emsebenzini wakhe wokudala futhi wakhulula iqoqo lezingoma ezixube kabusha ezivela kumarekhodi amabili okuqala okwenza iMirror.
Ukukhululwa kwe-disc esemthethweni elandelayo yomculi wase-Australia uGauthier, "abalandeli" bakhe abaningi balinde isikhathi eside - yathengiswa kuphela ngo-2011 ngaphansi kwegama elithi Ukwenza Izibuko.
Ingoma eshisa izikhotha ye-albhamu yesithathu kaWouter bekuyingoma ethi Somebody That I Used o Know, eyaqoshwa kanye noKimbra waseNew Zealand. I-hit ayizange idume phakathi kwezilaleli zase-Australia zomculo wekhwalithi kuphela, kodwa naphakathi kwabathandi bomculo kwamanye amazwe amaningi.
Iciko manje
Kuze kube manje, uGauthier ukhiphe amarekhodi amathathu asemthethweni. Naphezu kwenani elincane lama-albhamu aqoshiwe, uGautier uthole inani elikhulu lemiklomelo ehlukene, waqokwa kaningi emiklomelweni yomculo wase-Australia.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uqokwe kuma-Grammy kanye ne-MTV Europe Music Awards. Lo mculi uhlala e-Australia, usebenza ekwakhiweni kwerekhodi elisha, uqoqa irekhodi labantu emidlalweni yakhe eminingi.
