Gianluca Buccellati (born December 21, 1990), also known as Luca and Bien et Toi, is a Grammy-nominated and Mercury Prize winning American musician, record producer, songwriter, mixing engineer, audio engineer, and multi-instrumentalist.[1] He has worked alongside artists including Lana Del Rey,[2] Declan McKenna, Arlo Parks,[3] Paris Texas, Tei Shi, Overcoats,[4] Biig Piig, sophie meiers, The Marias, Cailin Russo and Hazel English.[5] Buccellati largely wrote and produced Arlo Park's critically acclaimed debut album Collapsed in Sunbeams,[6][7] which peaked at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart,[8] won the 2021 Mercury Prize[9] and was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards[10] as well as for the Album of the Year at the 41st Brit Awards.[11]

Gianluca Buccellati
Birth nameGianluca Buccellati
Also known asLuca, Bien et Toi, White China
BornNew York, US
Occupation(s)Record producer, songwriter, musician

Life and career

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Buccellati, a native of Katonah, New York, now resides in Los Angeles. He is a member of the band White China.

In August 2021, Buccellati was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for the Best Song Musically and Lyrically[12] for his work on the song Black Dog. In September 2021, Buccellati won the Mercury Prize for his work on Arlo Park's Collapsed In Sunbeams album. In April 2022, Parks and Buccellati received a nomination for Best Alternative Music Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards for the album Collapsed in Sunbeams.

Awards and nominations

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Organization Year Category Nominated Work Result Ref
Grammy Awards 2022 Best Alternative Music Album Collapsed In Sunbeams Nominated [13]
Mercury Prize 2021 The Mercury Prize Collapsed In Sunbeams Won [9]
Ivor Novello Awards 2021 Best Song Musically and Lyrically Black Dog Nominated [14]
Brit Awards 2021 Album Of The Year Collapsed In Sunbeams Nominated [11]
MOBO Awards 2021 Album of the Year Collapsed In Sunbeams Won [15]
Libera Awards 2021 Best Pop Record Collapsed In Sunbeams Won [16]

Discography

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Producer and writer discography

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Year Artist Song Album Label Role
2023 Bien et Toi Vous Venez Souvent Ici? Voici Temple Records/AMF Artist/producer/writer
Bounty
Busy With It
Jenny
Haiku
Time Glows
sophie meiers growing pains spark__space Epitaph Records Producer/writer
fine
Easy Life ultimate_jutsu1644.wav single Island Records Producer/writer
Colouring Lune single Bella Union Producer/writer
Declan McKenna Sympathy single Sony Music Producer/writer
Nothing Works
White China Like Flowers single Temple Records Artist/producer/writer
Hex
Declan Welsh & The Decadent West Doing Great single Frictionless Producer
Paris Texas tenTHIRTYseven MID AIR Self-release Producer/writer
Full English feat. Teezo Touchdown
Bullet Man
Everybody's Safe Until...
Declan Welsh & The Decadent West First to Know single Frictionless Producer
Fake A Smile Appetite Shoot Me to the Moon Temple Records/B3SCI Producer/writer
Shoot Me to the Moon
Prom Dress
Show Yourself Around
Don't Stop
Bien Et Toi, Rén with the Mane We Coexist The Smash Brothers (Original Soundtrack) Rare Drop Artist/producer/writer
Paris Texas Bullet Man single Self-release Producer/writer
Danielle Ponder Roll The Credits single Future Classic Producer/writer
Eli Smart Silence single Polydor Records Producer/writer
Soft Loft Safe Space In Case You Still Get Lonely Self-release Producer
Little Less
Is It Me
Bathroom Floor
Summer Sadness
sophie meiers okay w/ that single Epitaph Records Producer/writer
Declan Welsh & The Decadent West I Don't Know Why single Frictionless Producer
Fake A Smile Prom Dress Prom Dress Temple Records/B3SCI
Declan Welsh & The Decadent West Mercy King Of My Head Frictionless Producer
King Of My Head
2022 Eli Smart Baby Benzing Aloha Soul 1 Polydor Records Producer/writer
AM To PM
See Through
Cry At The Comedy
B Side
carpetgarden IDC WTF is even going on? House Anxiety Producer/writer
da da song
Easy Life Dear Miss Holloway feat. Kevin Abstract Maybe In Another Life... Island Records Producer/writer
Growing Pains
Memory Loss
Buggin'
Moral Support
Bien Et Toi 4AM feat. sophie meiers London Safari Future Classic Artist/producer/writer
Rainbow Tables feat. Biig Piig
Dream About You" feat. Halima
Topo feat. sophie meiers & carpetgarden
Flights
Sam Valdez Charlie single B3SCI Producer/writer
Danielle Ponder Only The Lonely Some Of Us Are Brave Future Classic Producer/writer
Some Of Us Are Brave
So Long
Sam Valdez Unwind Crush B3SCI Producer/writer
sophie meiers Untangle Me single Epitaph Records Producer/writer
NoSo Parasites Stay Proud Of Me Partisan Records Producer
Suburbia
David
I Feel You
I'm Embarrassed I Still Think Of You
Sorry I Laughed
Feeling Like A Woman Lately
Man Who Loves You
Everything I've Got
Honey Understand
Sea Girls "I Got You" Homesick Polydor Records Writer
Sophie Meiers "let me breathe" single Epitaph Records Producer/writer
Jordan Whitlock "Salty" single Self-release Producer
Sophie Meiers "collar" single Epitaph Records Producer/writer
2021 The Marias DÁKITI - Spotify Singles single Nice Life Recordings / Atlantic Records Additional production
Hush - Spotify Singles
carpetgarden "IDC" single House Anxiety Producer/writer
modernlove. I know it's tearing you apart monochrome blue Akira Records Producer
2 Missed Calls
Paraleven, Bien Et Toi Falling In Apollo Rose Avenue Records Writer
Crash And Burn
Tidal Wave
AVIV "love of your life" single Photo Finish Records Producer
NoSo "Suburbia" single Partisan Records Producer
Terry Presume Don't Wait Forever What Box? September Recordings Producer/writer
Act Up
None Of This Alone
Personal
Zaza And Some Runtz
Swimming
Colouring What You Want Wake Self-release Producer/writer
Dawn
Biig Piig Tarzan The Sky Is Bleeding RCA Records Producer/writer
Baby Zombies
Lavender
Drugs
Easy Life 'have a great day' Life's a Beach Island Records Producer/writer
Arlo Parks Hurt Collapsed in Sunbeams Trangressive Records Producer/writer
Black Dog
Hope
Caroline
Green Eyes
Just Go
For Violet
Eugene
Rasharn Powell The Heat Dusk & Dawn Self-released Producer-writer
Blunder
Demons
Hiroshima
Terminal Talk
Twelvemonth
Smithereens
Joyride
Freedom
Warm In These Blue Jeans
Burning The Skies
carpetgarden Could You Love The Way He Looks House Anxiety Producer/writer
Can Ghosts Be Gay
Don't Cry On My Doorstep
Westside
Beautiful Minds
Smoov
2020 Biig Piig "Oh No" Oh No / Liahr RCA Records Producer/writer
Hazel English Combat Wake Up! Polyvinyl Records Writer
Work It Out
Overcoats The Fool The Fight Loma Vista Recordings Writer
Leave If You Wanna
HMLTD "The West Is Dead" West Of Eden Lucky Number Music Producer/writer
Tender "Come Down When You're Ready" single Empty Glass Producer/writer
Wales "Quiet" single Self-released Producer/writer
Aves, Lydmor "Doubt" single Kieku Records Producer
Cailin Russo "You Touch Me, I Touch You Back" The Drama Botticelli Music Producer/writer
White China Beach Bum Palace Vibes Self-released Producer/writer/artist
You Messed Up
When I Come Back
Fantasies
Temptation
Lipstick
Jerks
White Husk
Stop At Nothing
L35af
Colouring Fading Singles Self-released Producer/writer
Ember
Beautiful Life
I Can't Make You Love me
Tender "6 In The Morning" single Empty Glass Producer/writer
2019 Arlo Parks "Sophie" Sophie EP Trangressive Records Producer/writer
Arlo Parks Cola Supersad Generation EP Beatnik Creative Producer/writer
Supersad Generation
Tender Handmade Ego Fear Of Falling Asleep Partisan Records Producer
Bottled Up
No Devotion
Fear of Falling Asleep
Tar
Can't Show My Face
When They Come For You
Slow Love
Closer Still
Lower
Tainted
More Or Less
Kwassa "woozy" fka kyko EP Warner Records Producer/writer
Rasharn Powell "Warm In These Blue Jeans" single Self-released Producer/writer
Aves, JFDR "Gem Of The Ocean" single Kieku Records Producer
White China Don't Say Anything II Beatnik Creative Producer/writer/artist
Facade
Change Your Mind
West Side Love
Bleed Me Dry
Black Out
Kyle Lux No Roof Access No Roof Access Self-released Producer/writer
Say It's Fine
Lana Del Rey Lust for Life (featuring The Weeknd) Lust For Life Interscope Records Additional production
Groupie Love (featuring ASAP Rocky)
Tomorrow Never Came(featuring Sean Ono Lennon)
13 Beaches
Get Free
Cosima "Who Do You Love" Who Do You Love?! South Of Heaven Records Producer/writer
2018 Cailin Russo "Bad Things"

"Apeshit (Interlude)"

House with a Pool Botticelli Music Producer/writer
AB001 "Beauty Sleep" single Self-released Producer
Colouring bn bn Interscope Records Producer
Hymn 21
White China Reputation I Garden Party Producer/writer/artist
Shake
I Get Too High
Someone Like You
Freak Dreams
Overdrive
Follows You Around
Island In The Sun
Needless To Say
At Sunrise Sunset Blooms
Wales "Float" Single Self-released Producer
2017 Luca, Tei Shi "Best On" single Downtown Records / Interscope Records Producer/writer/artist
Tei Shi Way To Record Crawl Space Downtown Records Producer/writer
Keep Running
Creep
Baby
How Far
Bad Singer
Say You Do
Bay Girl
Justify
Lift Me
Come Si
Crawl
Year 3K
Your World
Sleepy
2016 Colouring In Motion Symmetry Interscope Records Producer/writer
About You
2015 Tei Shi Can't Be Sure Verde Mom + Pop Producer/writer
Bassically
See Me
Go Slow
Get It
Wales Falling singles Self- released Producer/writer
Lose My Mind
2013 Tei Shi Nevermind The End Saudade EP Self-released Producer/writer
Adder(f)all
M&Ms
Nature vs Nurture

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