Spiritchaser are a South African
musical duo best known for 2011 number one South African hit single "These Tears"
co-produced and written with UK artist Est8
and licensed to
Sony Music Entertainment (Africa) in 2011 and featured on
Now! That's What I Call Music 56 (South Africa).
The record spent over 38 Weeks in the South African ‘Media Guide Top Ten retaining number one spot for over an 8 week period.
This led to a tour of South Africa playing on the same bill as South African DJ
Black Coffee live at The
Vodacom Unlimited Experience in Durban on Friday, 16 December 2011.
The piano from "These Tears" was subsequently used by
Johannesburg
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born and
SAHHA nominated music producer ''Makwa'' in
Kwesta's follow-up 2018 number one hit record in South Africa called
Spirit
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which was Certified Platinum by
RISA and nominated for the
South African Music Awards
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.
"These Tears" was also used in the
CBS television series ''
Ringer
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'' in 2012.
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South African musical duos
Deep house musicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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