Reviews "Ineffable Desire"

This CD should have a warning label: "May induce a state of altered consciousness with distorted perceptions of space and time. Do not drive or operate machinery while listening to this music." Ella Blame's Ineffable Desire grabs you by the synapses and delivers an endless stream of audio stimuli that completely dominate your attention. This is music you don't simply listen to - you experience it... Ella Blame is innovative, perhaps ahead of her time. But the day will come when this music is the pop music of a new generation, and Ineffable Desire will likely be held up as the seminal album of the genre. -- Kenny Hart, Indie-Music

Ineffable Desire, though, is full of blood and soul. And madness. Off-kilter, 4:00 A.M. raw, dark-night-of-the-soul madness. The CD cover with an outlandish ray of light beaming out of one of Ella's eyes conveys all of this... Her voice, the heart and soul of the record, is the first thing that boggles the mind. Many of the songs have her voice covering almost her full range (she covers low middle and high registers with bull's-eye accuracy). The madness comes from fear, confronting death, life intensity, longing itself, frustrated desire. Ineffable desire... You have been warned. -- Mark Kirby, MusicDish

Imagine being lost...
inside of a cage you have created for yourself only within your mind...
There are times when no one or nothing can leak inside...
I have been blessed by a dear friend who has given me a gift in which I never expected...
the music of Ella Blame! Her music not only leaks into your mind, she INVADES it...leaving you saturated and mesmerized.
I find my words are inadequate
as listening to her voice removes one from reality
into this hypnotic and mystical realm
of so many emotions and thoughts we keep secret...
it's as if Ella has always known.
I hear traces of billie holiday and portishead,
but when she opens her mouth
the liquid sounds that escape create the most brilliant colours in your mind.
Never before have I heard anything so desirable and unique.
Ineffable Desire is the most haunting album I have heard in years.
It drips with passion and intensity.
I find myself unable to pick a favourite track off this album as they are all stunning.
'swamp of lead' is my current favourite.
Being impressed greatly by this album is an understatement.
-- Heather King

Vocally, Ella Blame has incredible range. Here, she's like Loreena McKennit with balls; there, she's like Cocteau Twins with comprehensible lyrics; and there, she's like Sinead O'Connor with a satanic twist. The song styles likewise range from fun and upbeat, to brooding and downtempo, to downright intimidating. In short, Ella Blame is one of those incredibly rare artists who is unique and listenable... I advise you to just go to CDbaby and listen to the samples for yourselves. And then purchase "Ineffable Desire", and support this unique artist. -- Gregg (DJ Arhythmius)

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, BlogCritics

Do not try to figure out how she is doing it all without trickery. She can. Did she meet a man at the crossroads? We don't know, and we don't even care. It's cozmik, it's primal, it's nothing you've ever heard before...and you'll find the tunes wrapping around your brain like a wasp in a wicked mood. There is but the one, Ella Blame. So buy it. Treasure it. Turn all of your hippest friends on to it...but, there will never be any chance you will soon forget it. 5*****'s! -- Tim Chiavaroli

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, Ectophile's Guide

Ella Blame's "Ineffable Desire" project is a diverse work of quirky alternative pop, married to a psychoactive brew of alien ambiance & atonal electronic-industrial trip hop. In the signature cut "Ineffable Desire", one is witness to the ghostly elements that are intrinsic to Ella Blame music. Together with the cuts like "How Things Have Changed" it becomes evident that the musical carnival of Ella Blame incorporates minor cadence structure, coupled with half tone Vocal lines that are unique in design & otherworldly atmospherics. ... Where the music is taken from here is an enigma. Suffice it to say that Ella Blame's musical vision is unlike anything one has previously partaken of & this in itself makes the music all the more fascinating & mood altering. -- United Global Artists

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

This is a highly addictive, ear-catching album!... It's different, but different in the best possible way. I like every beat, vocal track, sound, feel and emotion this album gives off. It just glows in uniqueness and perfection, you couldn't possibly ask for anything better than this, at least for this style of music. -- Wednesday Elektra, Space Junkies Magazine

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, The Fevered Brain of RadioMike

Electronica that beckons to unite Portishead with downtempo goddesses that are often nameless despite repeated spins in nightclubs. Abstract yet enticing and outrageously sexy, Ella Blame adds some extraordinary vocal elements to the dance mix. Decidedly ethereal like so many of the downtempo goddesses wish they could capture. -- J-Sin, Smother Magazine

I have been waiting to hear the release of Ineffable Desire for quite some time. I originally became interested in Ella Blame after hearing the track called How Things Have Changed (which is on Ineffable Desire). Although that remains my favorite track the rest of the cd is well composed and the vocals are one of a kind excellence. This work is really unique and hard to compare but I would say if you like the Cocteau Twins or just great female vocals with cool beats then check this one out. -- Chris Odell