Effective period / Period of releases: 2004 - 2009

Members: Mario Landry, Viviane Lamy

Trained by Mario Landry and Viviane Lamy Osmosaïc group was founded in 2002. The name of the training evokes both the chemistry that occurs between Mario and Viviane, who share the composition, voices and guitars and the diversity of their musical influences. In 2004, after a fruitful creative period, the two singer-authors are launching a debut album, Un, produced, directed and recorded in their home studio. This first album, which includes songs in English, signed Mario, and French, written by Viviane, enabling them to lay the foundation for their unique style distinguished by the prominence given to vocal harmonies, through poetry texts and by tinged melodies of medieval accents, Gregorian and Arabists.
In spring 2005, the Osmosaïc duo began performing in the show after having expanded their repertoire of several new pieces. They will later nearly 200 performances in pubs, festivals and theaters across Quebec. The reaction of spectators and media who discover them is very positive. Gradually Osmosaïc is building a network of loyal fans bewitched by the richness of their repertoire and originality of their approach. In June 2007, obtaining a grant from the MRC de Roussillon Regional Cultural Fund allows them to design a staging with François Racine for a show they presented in March 2008 at the Vanier Cultural Centre of Châteauguay. In September 2008, a new collection of new songs in their wallet, members of Osmosaïc are ready to record a new album. They then approached the director François Lalonde (DobaCaracol, Lhasa de Sela, Tomas Jensen, Jean Leloup, Marco Calliari), who agrees to arrange and carry out their second album, an eponymous. Released in May 2009, the album features 11 rooms Osmosaïc the highly poetic texts inspired by nature and mestizo folk music of Latin accents, country, rock and Celtic. Refined and inventive arrangements are biased to the strings and percussion, adding subtle textures to the compositions which combines tradition and modernity. renowned musicians, including Yves Lambert and Mario Légaré, have collaborated to drive.