Damase Elis is 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 since then has performed at venues throughout Canada and the United States. In 2017, she released her first EP, entitled Into the Waves, under the pseudonym Riel. 

Her latest EP, The Gas Station Affair, will be available to stream anywhere on June 21.