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Fat Freddy’s Drop founder and member Christopher Ta’aloga Faiumu is being remembered as a gracious person and ‘talismanic’ ...
Chris Faiumu, the founder of the band Fat Freddy’s Drop has died. More widely known as Mu and DJ Fitchie, he was the man ...
Chris Faiumu, the founder of the band Fat Freddy's Drop has died. More widely known as Mu and DJ Fitchie, he was the man ...
Better known to fans as Mu or DJ Fitchie, Faiumu was the producer and creative heartbeat behind the Wellington group’s ...
Chris Faiumu, founder of one of Aotearoa’s most successful bands, died suddenly in Wellington this week. He leaves a rich musical legacy. Christopher Ta’aloga Faiumu was better known ...
Faiumu founded Fat Freddy’s Drop with friends, trumpeter Toby Laing and vocalist Dallas Tamaira, in Wellington, New Zealand in 1999. Chris was also the founder of New Zealand record label The Drop. A ...
Mu's Fat Freddy's Drop bandmates described his musical contributions as “talismanic” and his passing as marking a “seismic ...
New Zealand band Fat Freddy's Drop is made up of — as they say — "Maori musicians, a Samoan beat master and a Kiwi horn section." NPR's Guy Raz speaks with band members Chris Faiumu and Toby ...
King Kapisi first met 'Mu' while recording demos at a Wellington radio station in the 1990s.