10/14 Gotye - Heart's a Mess @

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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)

[@nirbo_739]

This man is a freaking genius.

[@lucaslayton3974]

A true artist. Not a singer, an entertainer or a performer pretending to be an artist. A true artist, in every sense.

[@joncaiden9496]

i dont mean to be so offtopic but does anybody know a tool to log back into an Instagram account..?
I was stupid lost the account password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me.

[@sethreginald5542]

@Jon Caiden Instablaster ;)

[@joncaiden9496]

@Seth Reginald i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and im trying it out atm.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@joncaiden9496]

@Seth Reginald It worked and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy:D
Thank you so much you really help me out :D

[@sethreginald5542]

@Jon Caiden you are welcome :D

[@deenraja]

First time, I watched him play,
Second time, I closed my eyes and let it play
and it goes on!
My Heart's a Mess to this song!

[@michelerandall123]

Wally and his comrades are the best team. They are wonderful talented people.

[@redshiftgalaxy3718]

The number of instruments around him, the timing, the detail and synchronisation, along with amazing voice. The passion... wow

[@mariejo7408]

Yes there just great

[@danibaniz]

I love gotye, I hope he's doing great.

[@ankakya]

I love when he closes his eyes while singing this.

[@wojo4hitz]

yep, it was sold out! i went to the venue and stood outside with a sign that said "does anyone have a ticket?" until someone sold me a ticket. ;) there is no such thing as a sold out show!

[@christyvolosin6795]

lol. I love his eyes, period. There's just something so hot about a guy with gorgeous green eyes that makes music like this.

[@rj_ramon]

What an incredible artist

[@wojo4hitz]

hehe i love his attention to the mini bell ;)

[@SubiVee]

Thanks so much for posting.. I love his sound.. down to every detail he replicates it live.. I'm in love~

[@mariejo7408]

A true Artist And intertainer. Great music beautiful voice and good looking Band. I wish them all the best and a comeback. Take care of yourself and stay save 💋🇩🇪🇧🇪💯

[@kzwag24]

such a powerful voice, such a talented musician

[@AngieEnz84]

Lovely. Really fun to watch him go back and forth with all those instruments and gadgets.

[@Halemari26]

When he yells desperate to connect I want to die because it sounds so sexy & irresistible...

[@thetoastman.37]

I love this guy

[@Syiey1]

Yeah so true! When he yells that I'm like "yes! yes! Let me connect with you!!!!!!" :P

[@wojo4hitz]

you're welcome! and you're right, he totally does...

[@brisacaleodoscopio]

Adoro ver o jeito como ele canta e toca simplesmente perfeito!

[@tuffanie]

so talented such a blessing you the ear

[@Kanjeevsxew]

I love this song and he sounds great live :D

[@Keyakina]

really like the crowd! Crowbs are allot of times booring

[@audreymles]

He is a true musician!! I love Gotye!

[@TheLoveKillers]

Amazing

[@mingo7777]

AMAZING !!!!

[@elzbietapiszczatowska7028]

I love this song ;)

[@CurlySpleen]

brilliant

[@iiEzekiel]

Chills.

[@rampage222555]

thats certainly an interesting way to play songs live.

[@bernlin2000]

Gorgeous

[@piawidlund2116]

Ooooooohmigosh I think I'm in love

[@happyreaper9892]

I knew I'm in love.. 😍

[@danibaniz]

same hehe

[@rolanschneider5182]

Great done ✔

[@christyvolosin6795]

Me too!

[@gangstamagicsr]

i get goose bumpps ahah

[@elzbietapiszczatowska7028]

Kiedy planujecie koncert w Polsce? ;) :*

[@Kathysings123]

GOTYE IS SO HOT

[@christyvolosin6795]

He's just so incredibly hot.

[@kantofreeme4672]

Hooked

[@cocoloso06]

the crowd is singing harder than he is...lol

[@Syiey1]

wow the crowd are so noisy....

[@azurtierna]

wally is hot and i like it c u in oct

[@MsMORDECAI888]

SEXY!!!!

[@wojo4hitz2]

definitely not!