“François Trufaut with a rock n’ roll band”, those are the words that rock sensation Iggy Pop used to define Mathias Melzeu, ex film student, and his four musicians when the band did the opening part of his 2002 concert.

More than just a rock band, Dionysos, named after the drunky god, is a concept: a surrealistic world, an acoustic sound where the voice of Mathias wanders between violins and guitars. In a few words, Dionysos is an immersion in a cinematic mood of shadows and fogs with extravagant characters, it’s an invitation to travel between the conscious and the unconscious. The band’s influences vary from Tim Burton to Nirvana, Björk to The Cure.

In 1993, four schoolmates gathered to start a band in Valence (France). They recorded their first studio album, “Happening Songs in 1996 ” right after having welcomed the first and only girl of the band, Elisabeth Ferrer, violinist and keyboarder. Their first radio hit was the song “Wet” but Dionysos gained the media attention thanks to its numerous live performances. Then the band recorded more albums like “Haïku” and other poetic treasures like “Western Sous la Neige” or their last studio album “Monsters in Love”, album that could make envious Lewis Carroll himself.

“Monsters in Love” was produced by John Parish, P.J. Harvey’s producer, and also includes a duet with the band’s favorite The Kills. A travel, that’s exactly what it is, a travel between the extremes, laughter and tears, seriousness and fantasy and to describe his work, Melzeu couldn’t help but referring to movies, comparing the album to Charlie Chaplin’s movie “The Kid”.