Gotye is the musical project of Wouter "Wally" DeBacker, a Melbourne musician. He has released two albums independently: Boardface (2004) and Like Drawing Blood (2006), the latter of which was entirely made in bedrooms around Melbourne. In 2007, Gotye released a remix album Mixed Blood on which tracks from first two albums are remixed by various artists and producers.

Gotye is 25-year-old Wally De Backer. He plays drums, percussion and piano, and he writes, sings and produces tracks at his home, currently in Victoria, Australia. Gotye’s sound is a melting pot of samples from sources far and wide, mixed with Wally’s vocals and home recorded sounds to form original songs that are as likely to channel ’80s New Romantic pop or ’60s Motown soul as they are to be experiments in kooky turntablism or progressive trip-hop landscapes. The results are songs that