Olivier Mellano

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 guitars, harpsichord, organ, voice or string quartet.

Life and career Over the past two decades, Olivier Mellano has collaborated with more than fifty pop, rap, and rock groups, including Psykick Lyrikah, Mobiil, Bed, Laetitia Shériff, and Dominique A. His work has recently extended into 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 Naïve Classique label.

Mellano performs "cine-concerts" at venues around the world and serves as coordinator for collective project such as "L'Ile Electrique", "Superfolia Armaada", and "Ralbum". He also improvises as a soloist or in duets with artists including Boris Charmatz, Robin Guthrie, Bertrand Chamayou, André Markowicz, Claro, François Jeanneau, and John Greaves.

In 2012, on commission from the Brittany Symphony Orchestra, he composed the triptych "How we tried a new combination of notes...", which premiered at the Rennes Opera with the Brittany Symphony under of the direction of Jean-Michaël Lavoie, featuring soprano Valérie Gabail, the Pink Iced Club (twelve electric guitars), MC Dälek, Simon Huw Jones, and Black Sifichi. He is currently working on his second book, has composed and performed music for the Handke/ Nordey play "Par les Villages", and has returned to the world of sonic rock with his solo album "MellaNoisEscape".

Discography

Solo Albums

La chair des anges (2007) Mellano: How we tried a new combination of notes to show the invisible or even the embrace of eternity (2012) MellaNoisEscape (2014) La jeune fille sans mains (The Girl Without Hands) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (2016) Heartbeat of the Death (MellaNoisEscape) (2018) Simple Women (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2020) L'Oiseau de Paradis (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2020) Pollock & Pollock (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2022) Cores - Music for Adrien M & Claire B (2023)

Collaborative Albums

Echox (Guitar Duets Series) (2015, with Noël Akchoté) Phobies (2016, with Marc Sens) One (2021, with Régïs Boulard & NO&RD) Alive (2022, with Mona Soyoc) After Us (2024, with Melaine Dalibert) TWOO (2025, with NO&RD & Regis Boulard)

Singles

No Land (2017, with Branden Perry & Bagad' Cesson) Overwhelming Joy (2018) Hearts (2022, with Moya Soyoc) Avatar (2022, with Moya Soyoc)

Filmography

Le jour de gloire... (2007) - Composer Reulf (2009) - Composer À contre-temps (2009) - Composer Vasco (2010) - Composer Love Like Poison (2010) - Composer Quelques ecchymoses (2012) - Composer How We Tried a New Combination of Light (2012) - Composer XI. la force (2013) - Composer Everyday Objects (2013) - Composer On the Road... (2015) - Composer The Existence According to Gabriel (2015) - Composer Miss Impossible (2016) - Composer The Girl Without Hands (2016) - Composer The Blind and the Cardinal (2017) - Composer Vibrato (2017) - Composer Histoire de Stefano (2018) - Composer Simple Women (2019) - Composer Paradise (2020) - Composer Pollock & Pollock (2021) - Composer Yugo (2021) - Composer Cloche petite, aux merveilles du pays (2022) - Composer Nuits blanches (2023) - Composer Dans la chambre (Upcoming, 2025) - Composer