Gotye - myspace
Question - What happens when a Dutchman grows up in Australia?
Answer - he mispells a childhood nickname and turns it into pop splendour.
It has been a little over 24 hours since I was introduced to Gotye, but I keep coming back to his myspace and youtube links just to check out these really awesome grooves. There's an element of Peter Gabriel and even a little Dead Can Dance in his creations, but lurking in the background like Uluru at dusk is this unbelievably large rhythm which can only be described as utterly Australian. Fans of Xavier Rudd will know what I mean. Even though there isn't a didgeridoo anywhere on his publicly available material, the tracks live and breathe Australia.
Coupled with the incredible music though is an incredible visual experience. I'm not sure if it is something that he comes up with by himself, but the videos that have been made to accompany his tracks are mesmerizing. Whether it is hand puppets, ink blotches in water, or weird Tim Burton meets Pink Floyd style animations, your eyes and ears will be glued to the screen in front of you.
Let it not be said that buying a 17" screen laptop was a waste!
Go check him out.
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