nova lune
Elodie Margaux Tremblay-Osei
"I make music for the person listening alone at 3 AM who needs to know they're not the only one."
Art Pop / Alt-R&Bbiography
Elodie Margaux Tremblay-Osei was born in Montreal in 2004 to a Quebecoise mother (a literature teacher) and a Ghanaian-Canadian father (a sound engineer at CBC Radio). Her childhood was bilingual, bicultural, and saturated with music - not performance music, but the intimate act of creation.
At seven, she received a secondhand Yamaha keyboard. By nine, she was recording multitrack compositions on GarageBand. Her father taught her compression, EQ, reverb - not as technical skills but as creative tools. "What feeling are you trying to make?" he would ask.
At fourteen, she created NOVA LUNE on Bandcamp - a French wordplay where "nouvelle lune" (new moon) becomes "new light." Her debut album CHAMBRE NOIRE arrived in 2024 at age 19, debuting at #14 on Billboard with virtually no traditional promotion.
"I used to feel like I was from nowhere. Then I realized: I make my home portable - the people I love, the music I make."
heritage
Quebec, Canada
Her mother's side - French-Canadian literature, the poetry of Gaston Miron, long winters that taught her solitude could be productive. She writes in French when the emotion demands it.
Ghana / Diaspora
Her father's side - Ghanaian-Canadian, bringing Afrobeats rhythms and the understanding that diaspora means carrying home wherever you go. Occasional kente accents appear in her wardrobe.
sonic signatures
- Whisper-Choir: Multitracked harmonies creating a "choir of selves" effect, her own voice layered into ghostly multitudes.
- Unexpected Silence: Rests that last a beat too long, creating tension and intimacy in equal measure.
- Found Sounds: Field recordings integrated musically - Montreal winter wind, keyboard clicks, breathing left in deliberately.
- Bilingual Flow: French and English woven together, the language chosen by what the song demands, never for marketing.
influences
"I want to disappear into the music, not distract from it."
chambre noire
(Dark Room - where images develop, where light becomes meaning)
Debut Album - 10 Tracks - Bilingual