sound art segments: Ela Orleans

Ela Orleans is a Polish musician now based in Glasgow, UK. She was a member of the pop collagists Hassle Hound, has played with various luminaries of the New York experimental and noise scenes, and is a composer for film and theatre. Over the course of Orleans' musical career, her catchphrase and short description of her music has always been "movies for ears." In her work, Orleans pushes her pastoral pop roots into more cinematic terrain, experimenting with carefully considered sound art segments, complex electronic textures, and orchestral flourishes. She has a number of solo recordings and numerous collaborative releases on labels such as All Saints Records, Warp, Parental Guidance, La Station Radar, Night People, Clan Destine Records, Twisted Nerve, and Staubgold. She is currently working on her upcoming LP with musician and producer Howie B. The record will be released on HB Recordings in spring 2015.

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reviewmarc jauss22 December 2014