Nick Murphy, the Australian artist who releases electronic music as Chet Faker, once told Interview he was heavily influenced by the iconic, Motown-stuffed The Big Chill soundtrack. The ...

INDIO >> Chet Faker’s symphonic wonderland came at a perfect moment on the second night of Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. Just as the temperatures were cooling at the Outdoor Theatre, the ...

After catapulting to stardom with a haunting cover of Blackstreet's "No Diggity" in 2011, Nick Murphy (known then by his alias Chet Faker) appeared to have everything. The Australian singer-songwriter ...

When hype grows around a new artist, it often can seem as if emanating from the moon or a secret government lab or the mind of some behind-the-scenes puppet master. Much like Chet Faker at the moment, ...

What’s in a name change? Melbourne-born songwriter Nick Murphy made his breakthrough five years ago, under the name Chet Faker (a play on jazzman Chet Baker, whom he admires). He switched back to his ...

Though Faker does draw on many similar arrangements, tonal characteristics and jazz influences shared by other electronica artists, these similarities do not detract from how enjoyable the album is.

Australian electronic musician Chet Faker has been releasing singles and EPs on the web for a few years, attracting a fair bit of attention for his popular cover of Blackstreet's "No Diggity." Faker ...