Reviews 2005
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[04 November 2005] Review
of song "A Thousand Kisses":
please tell me WHO can hear this and NOT be melted? what
a perfect lyric. wonderfully weird chord changes.
exquisite placement of exotic instrumental flourishes.
"I feel 1000 kisses everywhere" – damn, wish I’d said
that. applause from this corner, ella, that was one
Helluvan Audio Treat. in a puddle. --
anne
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[26 September 2005] Review
of song "Incurable":
Wow!!! Love those changes and harmonies!!! Very
compelling and darkly enchanting. I appreciate the skill
it requires to effective layer such smooth lines over
complex chord changes. Voice and instrumentation are
ingenious. -- Norman Goodman
www.thefeveredbrainofradiomike.com
[11 July 2005]
Ella Blame hits us Like a Faerie in the
Middle of a Dark forest. She Intrigues our Musical
desires, and she keeps us Wandering back for More. We’d
love to see her Live but we’ll have to Settle for her CD
for now. You should, too. -- Mike Perazzetti
www.artistlaunch.com
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[16 June 2005]: Review of song "A Thousand Kisses":
This is a totally fascinating track. Ella shifts from a
torch singer's sensuality to a blues singer's sensuality
to a pop singer's sensuality... OK, you get the idea.
And the music behind her is just great. The use of
Indian "touches" over a fairly simple bass line and
strings providing a harmonic drone creates a great
backdrop to the vocals (or if you really concentrate on
them, they're a treat in and of themselves). What more
can I say but play it. -- Andrew Schmidt
www.songstuff.com
[April 2005]
Ella Blame is a very gifted
and unusual vocalist with a unique style, the music is
sometimes haunting, sometimes experimental, but always tempting. --
Steve Perrett
[14 March 2005]
Fantastic! Elclectic,
atmospheric and haunting. It's as if Bjork, Portishead
and Sneaker Pimps had some glorious Ménage à trois and
gave birth to a new, musical animal. --
Dr. Steel
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Web site [02 February 2005]: Review of debut CD "Ineffable Desire":
... Then, in the frenetic “Thought Control” and the experimental “Another Side,” both with music by guest collaborator Shinji Imai, Blame shows off the
baritone end of her huge range, along with her hisses and moans and piercing high notes. She unveils a fluttery soprano for the spooky, deceptively simple ballad “I Can’t Sleep.” In fact, it wouldn't be too much of an exaggeration to say that Blame's voice is to a normal person’s voice as Robert Patrick’s shape-shifting Terminator was to the stolidly anthropomorphic Schwartzenegger model. --
Jon Sobel
[22 January 2005]: Review of debut CD "Ineffable Desire":
... It made me listen a little differently than I normally would and it caused me to change my thoughts as to what is mainstream and what may not be. As a matter of fact, when I decided to be open minded I heard so much more than I did the first time through. Ella’s vocal range is so
incredible! The things she can make her ‘instrument’ do is reason enough to get this disc! -- Jen Lush, Midwestbands.com
Web site [02 January 2005]: Review of debut CD "Ineffable Desire":
...The witchy "Thought Control" is somewhat like Nina Hagen gone dance. "Dance with me (Temple Mix)" is scary and haunted rather than danceable. It's very suggestive and might have been recorded by Delerium. "Violent Silence" is an unusual song with an extraordinary vocal. So, it's a challenging and different debut this. -- Anna Maria Stjärnell
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