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.

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
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 at the 2008 MPC Championship
Mu interview (Red Bull Music Academy, 2005)
Mu with Bongmaster - Cuba Street Carnival - 2007
DJ Fitchie talks about rehearsal to recording (2020)
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
Joe Dukie & Fitchie - Seconds official video (2002)
Mu in the early 1990s
Photo credit: Sarah Hunter
Groove Guide, May 2010
Fat Freddys Drop DJ Mu and Dallas on Tagata Pasifika TVNZ
Mu and Akakoa “Koa” Williams
Photo credit: John Pell collection
Mu of Fat Freddy's Drop and the Mighty MPC
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 with his MPC
Photo credit: Photo by Nick Kingstone
Mu at Roundhead Studios, Auckland, iTunes Sessions, 2014
Photo credit: Photo by Mark Williams
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