Ela Orleans

Referring to her work as "movies for ears," Ela Orleans creates haunting, dream-like experimental pop music using electronic and acoustic instrumentation. Her lo-fi, sample-driven songs, often featuring Casio keyboards and reverb-caked vocals, recall ghostly memories of '50s and '60s pop, drawing from influences ranging from Broadcast to Éthiopiques compilations to Bernard Herrmann film scores. Initially active as a member of collage-pop group Hassle Hound throughout the 2000s, she began releasing solo material in 2008. Following acclaimed early releases such as Lost (2009) an...