Mu

aka DJ Fitchie, Chris Faiumu, Christopher Ta’aloga Faiumu


Known professionally as Mu, Chris Faiumu was a pivotal player in the Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington music scene for over two decades and the key innovator behind an identifiably unique sound that attracts a global audience. He also helped change the way musicians deliver music to their audience.

A first-generation Samoan-New Zealander from working-class suburb Wainuiomata in Wellington’s Hutt Valley, he was the youngest of five kids. He spent his high-school days at Scots College, a fair distance from home.

Mu interview (Red Bull Music Academy, 2005)
Members of Fat Freddy’s Drop arriving at Fabric, London for the first show of the band’s debut European tour 2003. L-R Hopepa aka Joe Lindsay, DJ Fitchie aka Chris Faiumu, Jetlag Johnson aka Tehimana Kerr, Fulla Flash aka Warren Maxwell, Tony Chang aka Toby Laing.
Photo credit: Sarah Hunter
Mu with Bongmaster - Cuba Street Carnival - 2007
The Mo’ Show meets Fat Freddy’s Drop in Amsterdam, 2003 ahead of Three Piece Suit show at Melkweg. L-R Rhythm Slave Mark Williams, MC OJ aka Otis Frizzell, Joe Dukie aka Dallas Tamaira, DJ Fitchie aka Chris Faiumu
Photo credit: Sarah Hunter
Mu of Fat Freddy's Drop and the Mighty MPC
DJ Fitchie talks about rehearsal to recording (2020)
DJ Fitchie aka Chris Faiumu, beat making on the MPC in an improvised studio in a lounge in Tooting, South London, Fat Freddy’s Drop's home base for six weeks.
Photo credit: Sarah Hunter
Mu in the early 1990s
Photo credit: Sarah Hunter
Mu with his MPC
Photo credit: Photo by Nick Kingstone
Mu at the 2008 MPC Championship
Fat Freddys Drop DJ Mu and Dallas on Tagata Pasifika TVNZ
Mu and Akakoa “Koa” Williams
Photo credit: John Pell collection
Mu at Roundhead Studios, Auckland, iTunes Sessions, 2014
Photo credit: Photo by Mark Williams
A portrait of Mu, published by Fat Freddy's Drop to mark his passing in July 2025.
Photo credit: Fat Freddy's Drop Facebook page
Joe Dukie & Fitchie - Seconds official video (2002)
Groove Guide, May 2010
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