Melleny Melody
Melleny Melody also known as Melleefresh, is a Canadian actress, voice actress, singer, music producer, video producer and artist.
Biography
Melleny Brown was born in Toronto, Ontario. Originally known for her vocal work in cartoons, she played Cheer Bear and Baby Tugs in DIC Entertainment and Nelvana's animated Care Bears franchise. During the 1980s, she starred as female villains in Inspector Gadget, and '. She also appeared in Nelvana's first feature film, Rock & Rule, in 1983.During the 1990s, Brown legally changed her name to Melleny Melody and became active in the dance music scene, first in live performances in Toronto and then as a recording artist. Though her legal name remains Melleny Melody, she now records under the Melleefresh moniker. She is also the president of the label Play Records, which produces and releases electronic dance music. In 2008, Melleefresh was nominated for a Juno Award for her collaboration with deadmau5, entitled "Afterhours".
Melleny Melody has also developed several film and video production projects with her husband Clive A. Smith under the banner Musta Costa Fortune''', including music videos for Play Records' artists.
As Melleny Melody and Melleefresh
At home in Toronto, she first came to the attention of the pop art scene with her use of everyday items as decoration and her pink "Princessmobile", a Volkswagen adorned with everything from plastic baby dolls and trophies to boa-trimmed seat covers. She also became a much sought-after baker of "art cakes".Breaking into the music industry as Melleny Melody in the 1990s, she opened the Bubbalicious Lounge in Toronto, where she would dress up in vibrant costumes and wigs to produce and host a rowdy show of ribald classics and new renditions on old themes. Using her knowledge of the dance, disco and deep house music culture, she then founded Gay Records, a label devoted solely to down ‘n’ dirty and kitschy music. She also teamed with DJ Peace Harvest to form Play Records, a North American house music label where she has been President of Play Records since 2001 when DJ Peace Harvest left to pursue other interests.
Since 2005, she has performed under the moniker Melleefresh as a vocal artist in dance music. She has worked with a number of electronic dance music producers, including deadmau5, Billy Newton-Davis, and many other producers around the world.
When working with deadmau5 as "melleefresh", she has provided main vocals for several notable tracks, such as "Hey Baby", "Sex Slave", "Attention Whore", and "Afterhours". In 2008, they were nominated for a Juno Award for their single "Afterhours" in the Dance Recording of the Year category.
In 2010, she began working closely with Southern California producers, SpekrFreks. Additionally, she branched out into mixing dance music albums.
Discography
The discography consists of singles, collaborations with various producers and DJs, and compilation albums featuring various remixes of her songs as well as compilation albums she mixed.Singles
;As Melleefresh- 2006: "Beautiful, Rich, and Horny"
- 2006: "Hey Baby"
- 2006: "Cocktail Queen"
- 2007: "Afterhours"
- 2007: "Something Inside Me"
- 2007: "Sex Slave"
- 2007: "Whispers"
- 2007: "Dancin Girl"
- 2007: "Let's Get Dirty"
- 2008: "The Money"
- 2008: "Beautiful, Rich, and Horny"
- 2008: "How Dangerous"
- 2008: "Fukchat"
- 2008: "Do You Want It"
- 2008: "Attention Whore"
- 2008: "DJ Boy"
- 2008: "Something Inside Me – Deep Inside"
- 2008: "Take My Clothes Off"
- 2009: "White, Trashy, & Blonde"
- 2009: "Kisses"
- 2009: "Depo""
- 2009: "Iron"
- 2009: "Sleazy Bitch"
- 2010: "Juicy"
- 2010: "Back It Up "
- 2010: "Sleezee"
- 2010: "Disco DJ"
- 2010: "Jingle Bellz"
- 2010: "Candy"
- 2016: "Courage"
- 2017: "Disco Bunnee"
- 2018: "Candy Cane"
- 2018: "White Horse"
- 2019: "Pussy"
Compilations and collaborative albums
- 1994: "Car Toons: Songs to drive You Crazy" with :de:John-Henry Nijenhuis|John Henry Nijenhuis
- 2007: "Hey Baby Remixes" with deadmau5, Burufunk, Noir, The House Moguls, and Adam K
- 2007: "Dancin Girl Remixes" with Nino Anthony, Dominatorz, Kid Dub, Kaysh, Ale Avila, and Paul Bingham
- 2007: "Kisses Remixes" with Nosmo, Kris B, Tyler Michaud, Ale Avila Christopher Manik, Discrete Minds, The Hitmen, Kid Dub, and Kaysh
- 2008: "The Money Remixes" with Kid Dub, Dirty 30, Rod Debyser, Dextress, Scandalis, DJ Zya, Neon Stereo, Kaysh and deadmau5
- 2008: "Attention Whore Remixes" with deadmau5, Zoltan Kontes, Jerome Robins, Kaysh, Soundsreal, Ice, Phil Chanel, and DJ Zya)
- 2009: "deadmau5 at Play" with deadmau5, Adam K, and BSOD
- 2009: "Dirt Hott"
- 2009: "Attention Whore Melleefresh Vs. 10 Djs"
- 2009: "White, Trashy, & Blonde"
- 2009: "Sex Slave – Melleefresh Vs. 13 Djs"
- 2009: "deadmau5 at Play Volume 2" with deadmau5, Billy Newton-Davis, and BSOD
- 2010: "Candy"
- 2010: "deadmau5 at Play Volume 2 DJ MIX" with deadmau5 and Billy Newton-Davis
- 2010: "deadmau5 at Play DJ MIX" with deadmau5
- 2010: "deadmau5 at Play Volume 3" with deadmau5
- 2010: "Best Of Electro Volume 1"
- 2010: "Sleezee" with Keoki, SoundSex, Dirtyloud, Superstrobe, Carlos Barbosa, Decoding Jesus, Jerome Robins, Mateo Murphy, SpekrFreks, and David Christopher)
- 2010: "The Album"
- 2010: "Best Of Progressive Volume 1"
- 2010: "Sleezee"
- 2010: "Mix-Mas 2010"
- 2011: "Dirt Hott Vol. 2"
- 2011: "Valentine Beatz"
- 2011: "Mellefresh vs deadmau5 at Play" with deadmau5
- 2017: "Breathless" with Boy Pussy
- 2017: "Work My Body" with Boy Pussy
- 2019: "Melleefresh At Play, Vol 1"
Music videos
- 1994: "I'm So Happy"
- 2009: "Afterhours"
- 2009: "Attention Whore"
Soundtrack
- 1983: Rock & Rule – "Hot Dogs and Sushi"
Filmography
- Sketches of a Strangler – Nude Model
- Easter Fever – Scrawny Chicken
- Take Me Up to the Ball Game – Mole
- B.C.: A Special Christmas – The Cute Chick
- The Edison Twins – Gina
- ' – Lime Chiffon
- Rock & Rule – Dementia the Carnegie Hall Groupie
- Inspector Gadget – Various characters
- Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins – Banana Twirl, Bananakin
- Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name – Lemon Meringue, Lime Chiffon
- Unfinished Business – Larissa, Larry
- The Care Bears Movie – Cheer Bear, Baby Tugs Bear
- The Care Bears Family – Cheer Bear, Baby Tugs
- ' – Lady Urgah Gorneesh
- ' – Cheer Bear
- ' – Darva
- Stickin' Around – Ms. Mobley
- Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Greatest Gadgets – Vespella