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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I played the trombone in high school. I know what you’re thinking: squeaky-voiced Jack running through a few scales on his big brass slide? Hello Ladies... But honestly the fact that my instrument was ...

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.