Patrick Gauthier (born February 27th, 1953) is a French progressive rock keyboardist and composer, most well-known for his work with Heldon and Zeuhl founders Magma.

First playing occasional informal gigs and studying philosophy at the university in Nanterre, he instead eventually felt drawn towards the world of synthesizers and began pursuing music full-time, joining fellow student Richard Pinhas to form Schizo in 1971, which later unfolded into the progressive electronic band Heldon, for which he has since played on the majority of their catalogue.

September 1975 he was asked by Magma vocalist Klaus Blasquiz, whom he had known since his childhood, to join the band; his first stay with them lasted a year, featuring in studio solely on the album Üdü Ẁüdü, after which he, along with bassist Bernard Paganotti, moved on to found Weidorje, at the same time returning to Heldon.
After the premature end of Weidorje due to a failed tour in 1979, he began to branch out, collaborating with artists such as Odeurs and Jacques Higelin, whom he followed on a tour through Africa, and repeatedly reappearing on Richard Pinhas's solo works.

With the release of Bébé Godzilla in 1981, to much critical acclaim, he finally debuted his own solo career. The album features a large and impressive lineup consisting of many musicians popular within the scene at the time, among which were included a lot of Heldon, Weidorje and Magma members such as Benoît Widemann, Clément Bailly, Kirt Rust and Christian Vander himself.

Gauthier would also go on to participate in Vander's band Alien and rejoin Magma on multiple occasions, most significantly from 1982-1983 for their final tours until the 1990s and for the Les voix run of the band thereafter.
Since the 90s, he has most commonly been a session musician. He has also since released four more albums of his own, most recently Dans l'entrelacs des roses-píerres in 2023, which, like his previous work, features Bernard Paganotti and his children Himiko and Antoine (also ex-Magma) on bass and vocals respectively. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.