[LISTEN] Chet Faker - In-Between

Chet Faker is a musician based in NYC, and currently the city is under more than a foot of snow, so what does he do? Make music! Here's a new cut called "In-Between" which has some Asian flavours going on as well as commentary from a weather broadcast.

It's also free to download if you fancy it!

[LISTEN] Marcus Marr & Chet Faker - The Trouble With Us

Marcus Marr & Chet Faker have both collaborated on a track called "The Trouble With Us", and it's basically summer crammed into a 4 minute long track. Bluesey guitar licks, bouncy drum beats and some slick electronic production has made this track into one you know you're going to love from the first ten seconds.

Taken from the forthcoming EP "Work", which is released on the 4th of December 2015 on Detail Records.

 

 

[LISTEN] Chet Faker - Killswitch

This is "Killswitch", a Japanese bonus track on Chet Faker's début album "Built On Glass", the very same that got to #1 in the Australian album charts. This cut is much like most of his album, downtempo electronic beats combined with Chet's gorgeous vocal melodies and some brilliant keys going on in the background.

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[LISTEN] Chet Faker - 1998 (feat. Banks)

After some cracking sets at festivals like Glastonbury, Chet Faker's popularity rating is at a all time high if you go by the praise for his sets on twitter and facebook. He's also revealed a brand new track called "1998" which features the brilliant Banks on vocal duties on the second half of the song. The track is actually a re-working but the new version gives the listener more depth, with Bank's swooning vocals adding an extra dimension to it.

The track is released today, pick it up via iTunes - link below.

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Essential Field Day 2015 (Saturday) Playlist

Festival season is fast-approaching. Therefore, Field Day 2015 is fast-approaching. The 'inner' city festival takes place over the weekend of the 6th and 7th of June, and boasts some of the biggest names in alternative music This year the festival boasts a more diverse lineup than ever before, with the likes of internationally recognised acts such as Caribou, Chet Faker and Django Django, to lesser known bands such as Astronomyy and Jagaara, who are looking to make some traction. Set in the East London mecca that is Victoria Park, the festival brings you the best in indie, alternative, house and disco, along with a bit of African, rock, and electro-pop just to make sure. This festival is the epitome of multi-genre ambiguity.

With the Saturday acting as the main attraction (at a price of only around £55), punters have a wide range of acts to choose from. In recent years, the festival has expanded to a weekend format, where the Sunday is focused around a headline act - this year, Ride. However, with a day packed full of artists too (including Mac Demarco, Savages and Diiv to name a few), the weekend is the most attractive package at only £83 a head. You couldn't find a better bargain if you ask me.

Being an annual pilgrim, I seriously advise you to visit Field Day this year, or at least at some point in the near future. Grab a ticket and don't miss out.
Great people, great setting, great vibes, great music.

That's all I have to say for now. But please check out my essential Field Day playlist (for the Saturday) below. It compliments this great weather we are having quite well.

Written by - Richard Maver

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Gig Review… Chet Faker @ The Coronet, London, 20th November 2014

The sold out concert took place at London’s Coronet, one of the most beautiful event halls in London. The old theatre was packed with more than 2900 people, all waiting for one man: Chet Faker.
The man of the hour showed once again that he is a lifeblood musician through and through.
Starting the concert on his own, with no band no backvocals and no producers, it was just the Australian singer behind his arrangement of keyboards and mixing desks. He seems to have no need for any audiovisual distractions, simply using plain lights, changing colours.
It was a show, concentrated on just one man, immediately enthralling the whole audience. Faker's passion for pure electronic soul was in the air and defined the atmosphere in the room. After some five songs Chet Faker was accompanied by his band. A classic lineup: a guitar-player, a bass-player and a drummer. They shared with us an unreleased track and a cover of Jeff Buckley’s “I want someone badly”. Calming the audience down a bit with this track, Chet Faker again caused big cheers with the all time favourite: Blackstreet’s “No Diggity”, another track which showcases his talent for covers. The room was dipped in red light and people absorbed the electronic beats while singing along.
Celebrating his third year of success as a musician, Chet Faker played “Love & Feeling”, which not only shows his precision for beat dropping and loops, but also his remarkable voice, which got under the listeners skin.

He continued with his track “Blush”, from his first record “Built on Glass”. I couldn’t hide my goosebumps and dived completely into the sphere of soulbeats and vocals.
The artist -signed to Downtown Records- finished his impressive concert with “Talk is Cheap”. On his own, just playing the keyboard and filling the hall with his voice: Pure and clean.
His hugely striking performance can only be described as intense with the only complaint being the rather short duration of the concert.
Chet Faker gets under your skin. You can feel his passion for music, his hard work and how he loses himself in the music. A simple one man show, which blows more than 2900 people away. Real, pure and passionate. Chet Faker is a credit to his icon, jazz musician Chet Baker.


by Judith Müller