N NAO
ETHEREAL/EXPERIMENTAL FOLK |DREAM POP
N NAO, born Naomie de Lorimier, is a Montréal-based singer-songwriter whose career amidst the Québec underground circuit evades even carbon dating. She explores experimental romance, using nature, images and sounds; her compositions achieved through a performative approach inspired by rituals. Between her youth and her passage into adulthood, she studied classical cello and singing, as well as jazz composition, leading to the self-release of a first album, À jamais pour toujours, in 2018. She is currently a student at Concordia’s Faculty for the Fine Arts and has been selected for RIPA – Rencontre interuniversitaire de performance actuelle in 2020-2021.
On stage, she walks a tightrope alongside her very best friends, Samuel Gougoux (TDA, Corridor, Kee Avil, VICTIME) and Charles Marsolais-Ricard (titular of a master’s degree in Art History at UQAM and founding member of N NAO), which led to memorable concerts at notable events such as Suoni Per Il Popolo and FME, also landing her an official showcase at M Pour Montréal this Fall. Noticed for her magical stage presence, Naomie has sung with the likes of Klô Pelgag, Safia Nolin, Marie-Pierre Arthur, zouz, Crabe, Jonathan Personne and Lumière. She has also collaborated with Laurence-Anne (Bonsound), helping to create her first two albums, and more recently, with Joni Void (Constellation Records), with whom she released four long-players. Over the years, she has opened for Patrick Watson, Ariane Moffat and Sarah Pagé, amongst others..
In 2021, she took us deep into the depths of her utmost intimate EP, La plus belle chose, her ethereal voice mirroring the sky akin to the surface of a pond. This Spring, she emerges for good with the release of her sophomore album, L’eau et les rêves (March 24th, 2023 via Mothland), co-produced with Jean-Bruno Pinard, a loyal collaborator since the project's genesis. On this forthcoming full-length, all at once mild and tempestuous, N NAO can count on contributions from Samuel on drums and Charles on guitar, also inviting Lysandre Ménard (Lysandre, Helena Deland) and Étienne Dupré (Duu, zouz, Klô Pelgag) to perform on keyboards and bass, respectively. A must-listen for fans of Jenny Hval, Grouper or Cocteau Twins.
CONTACT:
BOOKING QC: PHIL@MOTHLAND.COM
BOOKING CAN/US: JULIANA@MOTHLAND.COM
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“The lush opener, “Saison des orages,” is a nearly five-minute track whose shimmering and swelling acoustic strings captivate against elements that are more sparse. The song’s organic and moving soundscape perfectly sets up the album’s transcendent tone.”
“The latest album from Naomie de Lorimier’s aquatic pop outfit taps into the sensation of lucid dreaming to express the grandeur of the natural world.”
“ Her airy voice floats over ethereal synths ”
“Composé surtout « à la guitare ou à la pédale », son nouvel album est riche en mélodies, en envolées instrumentales, tout en étant bouleversant de délicatesse. Les couches sonores s’accumulent et s’agencent.”
“[...] excels in making ethereal, delicate soundscapes defined by dreamlike pads and synths, lush echoing vocals, acoustic guitars, synthetic beats and a heavy use of loops”
“Et de révéler une facette fantastique, presque ensorcelante, de sa musique.”
Événements Majeurs
PREMIÈRES PARTIES
Klô Pelgag, VICTIME, P’tit Beliveau, Myriam Gendron, Sarah Pagé, Jessica Moss, Joni Void,
Marie-Pierre Arthur, H. de Heutz, Patrick Watson, Safia Nolin, Ylang Ylang, Kee Avil
FESTIVALS
M pour Montréal
DISTORSION
Santa Teresa
Festival en chanson de Petite-Vallée
FME
Coup de Coeur Francophone
Taverne Tour (2022)
Les Francos
Festival Off de Québec
Suoni Per Il Popolo
SOIR
Festival Montréal en Lumière