The date of the appearance of the world famous singer Gauthier is May 21, 1980. Despite the fact that the future star was born in Belgium, in the city of Bruges, he is an Australian citizen.
When the boy was only 2 years old, mom and dad decided to emigrate to the Australian city of Melbourne. By the way, at birth, his parents named him Wouter De Bakker.
Childhood and youth Gauthier
While studying in elementary school, the future performer of popular songs did not enjoy great popularity among his peers. Almost all sciences were given to him without difficulty, he was one of the best students in his class, and maybe even school, for which the boy was constantly humiliated and made fun of him.
However, apparently, already from early childhood, Wouter De Bakker, having learned what a “struggle for survival” is, became hardened for the rest of his life.
Among the rare, but devoted, friends of the boy was called Wally. Even at an early age, the boy began to be interested in music, despite the fact that he had no classical education.
He began to comprehend the magic of music with drumming. At an older age, he and his three schoolmates got together in a musical group, calling it Downstares.
The guys themselves came up with music, composed songs. Their work was greatly influenced by Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush. The teenage group was very popular in the city of Melbourne.
A lot of fans and just connoisseurs of quality music came to their concerts, which were often organized in large concert halls in Melbourne. Unfortunately, after the guys graduated from school, the musical group broke up.
The beginning of Gotye's solo career
Starting in 2000, Wouter De Bakker started working on a solo project. The singer's first record was recorded by himself using his own musical home equipment. True, the official publication of the album took place only three years later. It came out under the name Boardface.
By the way, the history of the appearance of the stage name Gauthier is very interesting. The fact is that in childhood, my mother called Wouter Walter (in the French manner), which is why he chose the pseudonym Gauthier.
Since 2002, the Australian star has been a member of The Basics, one of the founders of which was guitarist Chris Schroeder.
The group was very popular not only in Melbourne, but also in other Australian cities. True, Gauthier did not forget about his solo career. Wouter De Bakker decided to call his second album Like Drawing Blood.
Gauthier owes help for his recording to Frank Tetaz, a well-known producer in Australia who promoted young, talented groups and singers, as well as to DJs who worked on the popular Australian radio station Triple J. They were the first to play Wouter's best songs on the air.
Thanks to the DJs, the radio listeners of the station literally got hooked on Gauthier's compositions. In 2006, the Australian singer's second disc was awarded the best album on the radio, as well as the status of "platinum". The most popular song was the song Learnalilgivinanlovi.
In addition, the hit from the album Hearts a Mess became no less famous. The album was also nominated for several prestigious Australian music awards, among which the most important for Gauthier was the ARIA Music Awards, established by the Australian Recording Industry Association.
An interesting fact is that in the United States of America the album was officially released only 6 years after its release in Australia.
Step Up by Wouter De Bakker
In 2004, Wouter De Bakker's mom and dad decided to sell their house and move to another part of Melbourne (South East of Melbourne). Naturally, the singer himself moved with his parents.
After that, he took a short break in his creative career and released a collection of remixes of songs from the first two Making Mirrors records.
The release of the next official disc of the Australian singer Gauthier, his numerous "fans" have been waiting for quite a long time - it went on sale only in 2011 under the name Making Mirrors.
The most hit composition of Wouter's third album was the song Somebody That I Used o Know, which was recorded together with Kimbra from New Zealand. The hit became popular not only among Australian listeners of quality music, but also among music lovers in many other countries.
Artist now
To date, Gauthier has released three official records. Despite the relatively small number of recorded albums, Gautier received a significant number of different awards, he was repeatedly nominated for Australian music awards.
In addition, he was nominated for Grammy and MTV Europe Music Awards. The singer lives in Australia, is working on the creation of a new record, gathers a record number of people at his numerous performances.
