Teide is a collaborative project between Oakland based singer-songwriter Alexa Melo and British film composer Tim Despic, creating songs and hooks out of cinematic soundscapes.

The idea of Teide started when Tim Despic (composer for Robert De Niro’s ‘Heist, Bruce Willi’s Precious Cargo and Piers Brosnan’s Final Score) flew from London to Los Angeles to work on a film score and one night in Hollywood witnessed Alex Melo and her band perform Pink Floyd’s 'Dark Side Of The Moon' live in it’s entirety. Not only was Melo performing lead vocals, she was also playing all of Dave Gilmour’s guitar solos.

Upon subsequently hearing the creativity of Melo’s own solo recordings, including her 2015 self titled debut release, Tim sent Alexa the foundations of some compositions with the curiosity of what might happen if she turned them in to songs and thus Teide was born.

With influences including the films scores of Ennio Morricone, Clint Mansell Trent Reznor along with the sounds of Bjork. Massive Attack, Portishead, London Grammar, XX, they create melodic and hook driven electronic pop infused with atmospheric soundscapes/electronic, soaring vocals, analogue reverbs and a sprinking of lush cinematic string arrangements.

Their debut EP, is produced by Frankie Siragusa (Reggie Watts, Ken Stringfellow, Green Day, The Posies) and was recorded at The Lab studios in Los Angeles.

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