Taking five outside his Glen Iris studio in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, melody-maker Chet Faker (Nick Murphy) is still trying to catch his breath. “Things have been very fast, and very full-on,” he says of his meteoric rise from bedroom noodler to SXSW lovechild and must-see act of early 2012. Two sold-out Toff shows with a third just added simply confirm the hype. After cutting his teeth in the house music scene for some years, Chet Faker’s cover of the Blackstreet track No Diggity hit #1 on Hype Machine in 2011. Deciding to disseminate assorted tracks online, the artist has since built a cult following. He’s had The Austin Chronicle raving about his debut seven-track EP, Thinking in Textures as well as his live performance, while BBC Radio 1 in London and local radio in Australia are all over him. Full story linkage.
Nick Argyriou 
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