Olivier Mellano

Olivier Mellano
Birth name Olivier Mellano
Born (1971-07-21) 21 July 1971
Genres Pop rock, New music
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, writer
Instruments Guitar, singing
Years active 1987–present
Labels

Idwet

Naïve Classique

Website www.oliviermellano.com

Olivier Mellano (born 21 July 1971) is a French musician, composer, improvisator, writer and a guitarist who has played in more than fifty groups since the beginning of the nineties. He alternatively works on pop-rock projects and on compositions including symphonic orchestra,17 electric guitares, harpsichord, organ, voice or string quartet.

Life and career

Over the past twenty years composer, author and guitarist Olivier Mellano has collaborated with more than fifty pop, rap and rock groups including Psykick Lyrikah, Mobiil,[1] Bed, Laetitia Shériff and Dominique A. His recent work has appeared in cinematic, theatrical, dance and literary contexts. In 2006 his landscape began to include new music and his recording "La Chair des Anges" was released on the Naive Classique label. He gives "cine-concerts" at venues around the world and acts as coordinator for collective project such as "L'Ile Electrique" , "Superfolia Armaada", or "Ralbum". He also improvises as a soloist or in duets with Boris Charmatz, Robin Guthrie, Bertrand Chamayou, André Markowicz, Claro, François Jeanneau, John Greaves and many other artists. In 2012, on commission from the Brittany Symphony Orchestra, he composed the triptych " How we tried a new combination of notes... "[2] premiered at the Rennes opera with the Brittany Symphony, conducted by Jean-Michaël Lavoie, Valérie Gabail, soprano, the Pink Iced Club 12 electric guitars, MC Dälek, Simon Huw Jones, Black Sifichi... He is currently working on his second book, has composed and performed music for the Handke/ Nordey play "Par les Villages" and is now back in the world of sonic rock with his solo album " MellaNoisEscape ".[3]

Discography, musical creation and other appearances

Olivier Mellano discography

Contributor to these records

John Greaves

Régis Boulard

Psykick Lyrikah

Jaromil

Robert Le Magnifique

DPU

XmasX

Laetitia Sheriff

Dominique A

Betty Ford Clinic

Mobiil

Nestor Is Bianca

Bed

Fred Vidalenc

Compilation

Mudflow

Françoise Breut

Refree (Espagne)

Miss Mary Mack

Polar

Lamour

Sloy

The Guilt

Wasis Diop

Yann Tiersen

Miossec

Santa Cruz

Bruno Green

Vein

Complot Bronswick

Rrose Selavy

Venus De Rides

Other studio appearances

Goldfrapp (GB) single Strict Machine remix Daniel Presley (unreleased), Les Marquises (remix), Moon Pilot, Loup Barrow, Martha Jane (Be), Dominic Sonic, Maujard, Little Rabbits (NYC project), Frandol (Roadrunners), Gallous, Core Dump, Betty Ford Clinic, Bikini Machine...

Film scores

Feature films

Short films

Documentaries

Musician in

Theatre compositions

Live performances with movies (ciné-concert)

Music for choregraphic works

Works

References

  1. Gilles Renault (14 November 2001). "Mobiil and his friends". Liberation (in French).
  2. Sylvain Siclier (5 December 2012). "Olivier Mellano dans ses oeuvres et à domicile". Le Monde (in French).
  3. Johanna Seban (13 June 2014). "Olivier Mellano nous livre un disque tumultueux avec "MellaNoisEscape"". Les Inrockuptibles (in French).

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