 She performs as both a musician and DJ (the latter often under the alias Tract).Her work as a songwriter in many instances uses 1950s and 1960s pop as its basis, by way of everything from electronica to "Éthiopiques" (the CD series of 1960s and 1970s Ethiopian music), from Polish folk to Bernard Herrmann's film scores for Alfred Hitchcock.Orleans is based in Glasgow, after years in New York and Warsaw.