In 1941—twenty years after the début of the theremin, but twenty-six years before the début of the Moog—the French poet and musician Georges Jenny built and patented the Ondioline, a proto-synthesizer ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the video, Gotye can be seen with Kimbra appearing naked while standing in front of a canvas that gets colored with different ...
A light guitar strum—sampled from Brazilian maestro Luiz Bonfá’s “Seville”—oscillates back and forth, before merging with a spare xylophone solo. Hushed, melancholic vocals disrupt the hypnotic ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These days, it's impossible to scroll without hearing Doechii's "Anxiety" creeping up on Us — and that melody sounds eerily ...
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Whatever Happened To The One-Hit Wonder Gotye?
Gotye might be the pure definition of a one-hit wonder outside of his native Australia. But 13 years after "Somebody That I Used to Know" stormed the charts across the world, the musician ...
For many, it seemed like Gotye came out of nowhere. The folksy, Australian indie-rock artist (né Wally de Backer) has captivated U.S. listeners with his irresistible, nuanced breakup song, “Somebody ...
A couple of weeks ago, as I sat in the living room of my Brooklyn apartment, I heard a familiar xylophonic riff reverberating from a car's subwoofers on the street. I thought, "Is someone really ...
Not since pop duo Savage Garden hit the top spot in 2000 with I Knew I Loved You has an Australian reached the highly coveted No.1 position in the tricky US market. Gotye, AKA Wouter (Wally) De Backer ...
Wouter 'Wally' De Backer, known by his stage name Gotye, immigrated to Australia from Belgium when he was two years old his family settled in Melbourne. De Backer learnt to play many different ...
This has been a landmark year for Wouter “Wally” De Backer, better known to music fans by a pet name that his mother used for him as a child—Gotye. After releasing his third full-length album, titled ...
Sometimes, breaking through is just a matter of being different. Consider the song at the top of Billboard's Hot 100 this week, Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know' (Featuring Kimbra). It's spare, ...
Aided by a "Glee" cover and the singer's appearance on "Saturday Night Live," the song sells a whopping 542,000 downloads. By Gary Trust Fueled by a “Glee” remake and his appearance on “Saturday Night ...
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