She was born in Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Poland. She attended Music School at the age of 8, later studied in Art School and Theatre Academy. She moved to Glasgow in 1998 and became a member of the chamber pop trio Hassle Hound. After some albums the band split up in 2008. Meanwhile she went to Warsaw, working for Dramatyczny Theatre, composed music for theatre productions and began solo recordings in 2000. Then she moved to New York in 2004. There she was in a few experimental / noise projects. Her first solo album was released in 2008. In 2009 she was selected for New York Foundation for the Arts Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists and was also accepted to Film Scoring Mentorship Program. Since January 2012 she went back to Glasgow and working for Clan Destine Records. Her music is hard to definable. She said: „the sonic equivalent of perhaps a Tanguy (French surrealist) painting or post-punk from the Gaslamp Era.” Or – take her slogan – making movies for ears.
Ela Orleans remix LP by Slim Twig, Dan Melchior, U.S. Girls etc.