NICK MURPHY
MISSING LINK
New Collection of Tracks Bridging The Sonic Shift Between
Chet Faker and Nick Murphy
Missing Link EP Out Today via Downtown Records / Interscope
http://smarturl.it/MissingLink
Hear “Your Time” Produced By KAYTRANADAHere
& “Forget About Me” Here
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Listen To Murphy’s Interview from Zane Lowe’s Beats1 Show Talking About His Name Change, New Music & More – http://apple.co/2qnNqAo
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Extensive North American & International Headline Tour Announced
New York-based Australian producer & musicianNick Murphy has announced Missing Link, a new collection of tracks that bridge the sonic shift between Chet Faker and Nick Murphy. The 5-song EP is out today via Downtown Records / Interscope and available to stream / order here:http://smarturl.it/MissingLink.
Murphy will also bring his dynamic live show to stages across the globe through the end of the year, announcing an extensive world tour that features headline shows in North America, Australia and Europe. U.S. dates include this Friday’s show at Red Rocks with Bonobo, a headline performance at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium, an appearance at NYC’s Panorama Festival, and more. Murphy will also perform an exclusive residency at Sydney Opera House for Vivid LIVE next month. For tour details and to purchase tickets, visit http://missing.li/nk.
Missing Link opens with the first single “Your Time,” a moody, older recording featuring production from KAYTRANADA that just premiered as a World Record on Zane Lowe’s Beats1 show. Hear the track and interview with Lowe here. The EP continues to move through Murphy’s sound evolution from the voiceless distortion of “Bye” to the grand, escalating track “Forget About Me”—also premiered today on Lowe’s show—and “Weak Education,” the dance-influenced track closer. It’s the sound of Murphy exhaling.
The EP is Murphy’s first release since announcing last fall that he’ll record and perform under his given name and step away from his Chet Faker moniker. “Chet Faker was me trying to prove something to myself,” says Murphy. “But my tastes are pretty dynamic and I realized I’ve spent time resisting that. Now I want to put everything in. It’s not conceptual anymore. It’s just me, and it made sense to show that in a name. It feels like a rediscovery.”
After announcing the name change last fall and releasing two well-received tracks—“Fear Less” and “Stop Me (Stop You)”—he notes, “This huge wave came out and I broadened the framework. Instead of having to make finished tracks, I could just explore. That felt like the missing link between where I was and where I’m going now.” The Missing Link EP is a snapshot of that wave in motion. It is the ‘missing link’ between who he was as an artist and what’s next for him.
The trailer for the Missing Link EP, co-directed by Murphy and New York-based Australian filmmaker and musician Johann Rashid, was released last week and teases some of the EP’s forthcoming visual accompaniment. Watch the trailer here: http://youtu.be/yz4hf1qV73k. Murphy also recently released a short video interview with collaborator Dave Harringtonwhere he discusses the name change, creating his new music and more:http://youtu.be/KWNTwX5bfTA.
MISSING LINK TRACK LISTING
- Your Time (produced by KAYTRANADA)
- Bye
- I’m Ready
- Forget About Me
- Weak Education
DIGITAL ASSETS
“Your Time” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNXIwuzHbzg
“Forget About Me” –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NYRV1q2eUs
Nick Murphy Interview with Zane Lowe / Beats1 – http://apple.co/2qnNqAo
Stream / Purchase Missing Link here:http://smarturl.it/MissingLink
NICK MURPHY TOUR DATES
May 11 Denver, CO – Club Vinyl (DJ set)
May 12 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks (w/ Bonobo)
May 13 Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival
Jun 01 Sydney, Australia – Vivid LIVE, Sydney Opera House
Jun 02 Sydney, Australia – Vivid LIVE, Sydney Opera House
Jun 03 Sydney, Australia – Vivid LIVE, Sydney Opera House
Jun 13 Ibiza, Spain – Pacha (DJ set)
Jun 17 Barcelona, Spain – Off Sonar (DJ set)
Jun 23 Salt Lake City, UT – Bonanza Camp Out Music & Arts Festival
Jul 29 New York, NY – Panorama Music & Arts Festival
Aug 17 Pardes de Coura, Portugal – Pardes de Coura Festival
Sep 10 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Sep 15 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Sep 18 Boston, MA – The Royale
Sep 22 Montreal, QC – Le Métropolis
Sep 25 Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
Sep 27 Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
Sep 29 Chicago, IL – The Riviera Theatre
Oct 09 Vancouver, BC – The Vogue Theatre
Oct 13 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
Oct 14 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
Oct 16 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
Oct 19 Los Angeles, CA – The Shrine Auditorium
Oct 20 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Oct 21 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
Oct 25 Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory
Oct 26 Austin, TX – Moody Theater @ ACL Live
Oct 28 Live Oak, FL – Suwannee Hulaween Music & Arts Festival
Nov 22 Berlin, DE – Columbiahalle
Nov 23 Cologne, DE – Live Music Hall
Nov 24 Zurich, CH – Komplex 457
Nov 26 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
Nov 27 Brussels, BE – Cirque Royal
Nov 29 – Paris, FR – Bataclan
Dec 02 Manchester, UK – Albert Hall
Dec 05 London, UK – Troxy
