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Artist
Ella van der Woude
12+ albums
instrumentalambientpianoexperimentaldutch
about
After cutting her teeth as a film composer, garnering acclaim with indie rockers Houses and a stint as touring member of breakout dream pop outfit Amber Arcades, Swiss-Dutch musician Ella van der Woude comes into her own with her solo project ELLA. Van der Woude will bring out a self-titled EP January 19. Ella van der Woude's voice is rendered with warmth, sensuality and self-possession. Instead of keeping the listener at arm's length, she stands extremely close, inviting you into her mind's eye with frank and unflinching disposition. The music's delicate instrumentation soothes and sedates, but the words pierce like twinges inside your stomach. Her flair for mixing the dark cavernous ambient moods and quixotic pop levity is often sparked by unconventional angles and ideas. For instance, Van der Woude's fondness of indie rock stalwarts such as Sparklehorse and Pixies has a way of filtering through the hushed abstraction. By and large, you don't achieve such shrewd and savvy musical instincts overnight. Astonishingly enough, ELLA's upcoming LP marks the first time Van der Woude reconciles her resourceful talent for arrangement with no-frills confessional music. Originally, Van der Woude occupied herself with classical music and composition. She dabbled within the pop music idiom relatively late as singer/guitarist of (now defunct) Amsterdam indie rockers Houses, achieving modest success with LP Clean Life. Houses was a democratic, all-eggs-in-one-basket kind of affair, a ban
top songs
albums
Solo Piano
Prélude au Réveil d’une Ville
Bye Bye Little House
Armand (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Instinct (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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De Wereld Draait Door Recordings vol. 2
How to Shoot a Ghost (OST)
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Guitar Music From Films
Take Me Somewhere Nice (Original Film Soundtrack)
Moloch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Is Beauty Enough?
ELLA