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Australia’s current golden boy of mellow electro-pop is not just a brooding bedroom musician. He also knows how to work a crowd and a set list
It would have been simple for Chet Faker – real name Nick Murphy – to take the easy road with his current tour. After four years slogging away as an independent artist, he’s suddenly become the golden boy of mellow-electronic-pop, his achievements are splashed across the internet, and his four-song-strong Hottest 100 haul elevated his street credibility with even the coolest of critics.
Yet instead of lazily riding the success wave, Faker seems to be making a statement: he’s not just a brooding musician creating songs that are best experienced on a hot, slow night in the dim light of someone else’s bedroom. He’s an artist, and – somewhat surprisingly – a showman.
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by Chloe Papas via Electronic music | The Guardian
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