about Theo Crous & Bellville Studios
Theo Cous is a musician, producer & 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 Chis Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave) on his recent visit to South Africa.
Over the past 15 years his production work with top SA bands and musicians such as the Parlotones, Prime Circle, Mafikizolo, Malaika, Karen Zoid, Freshlyground 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 30 albums over the past 15 years – singles from all these albums have reached the top ten on various national charts, 29 of which have been nominated in different categories for SAMA's( South African Music Awards), 8 of which have won SAMA's. 8 of these records have reached gold status, 2 records reached platinum status and 1 reached double platinum status.
Theo also works as a composer for the advertising industry for clients such as PEP, CASTROL, VOLKSWAGEN and WINDHOEK LAGER for agencies such as Ogilvy Cape Town, Zoom Advertising, Network BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi and Jupiter Drawing Room. His latest commercial for Golf Gti/ Ogilvy- Cape Town, won a gold statue award at the London International Advertising Awards for “best music”.
He primarily works on Protools and allot of analog gear!
Theo has a love for vintage mic's and 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. We do offer an AFTER HOURS program to facilitate bands who wish to record a record at a reduced rate. For more info regarding after hours, contact Charlie Murder.
If you would like to get in touch with us regarding record production or commercial composition, please feel free to contact me.
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Mark Haze
Hailing from Cape Town, South Africa, Mark Haze has earned a reputation for being one of the hardest working, most energetic and entertaining live acts in the country.
Formed in 2001 his band consists of: Mark Haze (lead vocals & guitar), Bjorn Faree (guitar & backing vocals), Gareth Haze (drums & backing vocals) & Brian Lee (bass & backing vocals).
His musical style draws influence from bands such as Metallica, Queen, Seether, The Beatles, Motley Crue, My Chemical Romance, The Used and many more.
Mark Haze started singing at a very young age, the first instrument he ever played was the Piano in primary school (Bellpark Primary), not long after he started teaching himself how to play guitar at home. When he started high school (Settlers High) he took Music (HG) as a subject and studied classical guitar at the Bellville Academy of Music.
Instruments he can play; Guitar, Piano, Drums as well as a bit of; Trumpet, Harmonica and more…
He started his first band, ‘Novus’ the day he left school and has since played for bands; ‘Liquid Sky’, ‘Electric Monkey’, ‘The Threads’, and ‘The Mob’.
Then in 2001 he started his own band, which was first named ‘Fireborne’ , shortly after they renamed themselves ‘12th Avenue’, which is the street their rehearsal studios were in, so it reminds them of where they started. Bjorn Faree and Mark Haze started the band; they’ve have had a few lineup changes since. In 2005 Mark’s brother Gareth Haze joined and in 2010 Brian Lee was welcomed to the band.
Mark has always dreamed of being a full time musician and after being the runner-up in Season 7 of Idols South Africa, that dream has finally come true. Mark and the members of his band love music and think that Rock ‘n Roll will save the world!
