Tanya Mellotte is a songwriter, composer, vocalist and producer from Scotland, currently based in Belfast. As a songwriter she has worked recently with David Holmes for his UNLOVED music project, co-writing some tracks on their debut album “Guilty of Love”. Three of these songs appear in all 3 seasons of Emmy nominated TV drama Killing Eve. In 2018 Tanya travelled to Nashville,TN to take part in a songwriting camp organised by the UK Dept of International Trade, writing & recording with other UK & US writers. Other sync’d co-writes have appeared on the BBC and Nike.com. A solo album is currently under construction.

Tanya has scored 3 short films to be released in 2021: DEFROST, produced by Poli Productions, supported by NI Screen and BFI; NOAH, produced by Mount Wolff Films and supported by NI Screen; HOMEBIRD, produced by Out of Orbit Films, supported by NI Screen & Outburst Arts.

As a vocalist Tanya recently worked with Mark Eitzel and Bernard Butler on Eitzel’s critically acclaimed album “Hey Mr Ferryman” and again with David Holmes on his “Holy Pictures” LP, (which includes a duet with Holmes), as well as with Japanese producers Handsomeboy Technique and Halfby. Tanya has also appeared onstage with the likes of Van Dyke Parks, Mark Gardener (Ride) and Har Mar Superstar.

Other selected career highlights include recording 5 sessions for the legendary John Peel show on Radio One, playing live shows/DJing across Japan, USA, Europe & UK and appearing at festivals like Glastonbury, Bestival and T In The Park. Tanya has co-produced remixes for labels including Epic, Moshi Moshi, Saddle Creek. When not making music she works in film & TV production, recent credits include Star Wars The Last Jedi, Game of Thrones and Succession.

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