Chet Faker Is Now Going By Nick Murphy
Chet Faker, the Melbourne, Australian born musician known for smooth R&B inspired electro grooves was born Nicholas James Murphy. Yet when Faker started to perform music he came across some problems in regards to the name. There was already another artist with the same name that was more established, which led to confusion. Some people showed up to his shows thinking he was the other Murphy. So, in homage to Jazz legend Chet Baker, getting his pun game up and avoiding any confusion with other similarly named artist (kinda still did that tho), he choose the name Chet Faker. Faker who initially went viral in 2011 with a luscious remix of Blackstreet's "No Diggity," released his first EP, Thinking in Textures in 2012, another EP in 2013 titledLockjaw, and one more EP with Marcus Marr titled Work in 2015. Faker's debut studio album Built on Glass was released in 2014. And now Chet Faker, having made a name for himself, will be going back to the name Nick Murphy. Murphy made the announcement via Twitter, saying that his upcoming record will be released under the new (old) name. Scroll down to catch Chet Faker Nick Murphy tour dates.
\u201cits been half a decade since I started releasing music as Chet Faker and all of you have been the driving force behind the music since.\u201d— NM (@NM) 1473368485
\u201ctheres an evolution happening and I wanted to let you know where its going.\u201d— NM (@NM) 1473368492
\u201cthe next record will be under my own name, Nick Murphy. Chet Faker will always be a part of the music. This is next.\u201d— NM (@NM) 1473368507
Chet Faker Nick Murphy Shows:
October 27th @ Pitchfork Music Festival, Paris, France
November 9th @ O2 Academy Brixton, London, United Kingdom