Theo Crous is a musician, producer and engineer with vast experience and knowledge of the music industry. He is a member of SA's leading Rock group Springbok Nude Girls, as well as being a part of the alternative Afrikaans duo, Kobus! He's made guest appearances on many albums and played live with many international acts such as INXS, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys and The Offspring to name a few
. He also made a guest appearance with Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave) on his recent visit to South Africa. Over the past 19 years his production work with top SA bands and musicians such as the Parlotones, Prime Circle, Karen Zoid and Chris Chameleon has earned him a reputation for quality work and established him as one of South Africa's most respected musicians and producers. He's produced and engineered over 45 albums over the past 19 years – singles from all these albums have reached the top ten on various national charts, 30 of which have been nominated in different categories for SAMA's( South African Music Awards), 8 of which have won SAMA's. 10 of these records have reached gold status, 4 records reached platinum status and 2 reached double platinum status. Theo has also worked extensively with Kevin Shirley( Iron Maiden, Joe Bonamassa, Led Zeppelin, Beth Hart) on various album productions, like the multi award winning album Jeckle and Hyde by Prime Circle featuring the hit singles “Breathing” and “ Turning in my Sleep”. Theo has recently been invited to study with Michael Brauer(Mix Engineer:Coldplay, John Mayer,) at La Fabrique Studios in France. Parlotones single, Honey, off the album, Journey through the shadows, reached nr 37 on the Billboard Heatseaker Charts in 2012. Theo also works as a composer for the advertising industry for agencies such as Ogilvy, Zoom Advertising, Network BBDO, Saatchi and Saatchi, Draft FCB and Jupiter Drawing Room. Theo's music for the Golf Gti commercial(Ogilvy- Cape Town), won a gold statue award at the London International Advertising Awards for “best music”. Theo composed the music for the Johnny Walker “ Haile Gebrselassie' commercial, that won the prestigious Diageo Award for best commercial worldwide. Theo co-composed the music for the Allan Gray - Lengend commercial, that won the Loerie Grand Prix of 2011 as well as a Bronze Lion at Cannes 2011. He primarily works on Protools and lots of analog gear! Theo has a love for vintage equipment and vintage guitars. The studio is primarily used as a facility for his work as a producer on records or commercials. This studio does not offer any facility to record demo's or to be hired out commercially.
