Chris Letcher | |
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Born | Durban, South Africa |
Genres | Indie folk, baroque pop, experimental, film score |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1998–present |
Labels | Sheer, Warner/Chappell |
Website | www |
Chris Letcher is a South African singer-songwriter and film composer based in London and Johannesburg.
He has played with Urban Creep. Two of his albums made South Africa's Mail & Guardian "20 Best CDs of the Decade by South African Artists" list. [1] Frieze, his 2007 album, is listed for that year in the Sunday Times Albums of the Decade. His second solo album, Spectroscope, was named 2011 album of the year. [2]
He wrote the scores for Claire Angelique's debut feature film, My Black Little Heart, [3] the BBC production of Women in Love , and director Ntshavheni Wa Luruli's film, Elelwani . [4] which was shown at the Berlinale Film Festival 2013. [5] He also composed the score for the BBC film, Challenger, which stars William Hurt. [6] Letcher co-scored the film Black South-Easter in 2013 with Sub Pop's Spoek Mathambo.
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