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MUSIC REVIEW

Gotye finds strength in numbers

By Marc Hirsh

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 02, 2012

Wouter de Backer could easily follow the live example of someone like Imogen Heap, one performer all alone on stage, in command of an array of triggered loops, samples and synthesizers. Instead, he opted to be a part of a band Thursday at the House Of Blues. And even though only one of his compatriots (bassist Lucas Taranto) had any involvement in the recording of his latest album “Making Mirrors,’’ Gotye sounded like a unit perfectly in synch with itself.

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