Damase Elis is a singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist hailing from Calgary, Alberta. Her music is the result of a possibly obsessive adoration of indie, folk, blues, and jazz, and the impulse to translate queer stories into these genres. Her varied vocal style has earned her occasional comparisons to Tracy Chapman & Florence Welch.

Elis began playing for audiences in 2014, and has since performed at venues throughout Canada and the United States, including a recent set at Calgary’s storied King Eddy. In 2017, she released her first EP, Into the Waves, under the pseudonym Riel.

Her most recent project, The Gas Station Affair, is a tender reflection on first queer love and the emotional fallout that followed.