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| Fact | Detail | |------|--------| | Artist | Leyla DeSantis | | Born | 1992, Austin, TX | | “Oldje” Release Date | 15 May 2024 | | Label | Arcane Soundworks (independent) | | Album Length | 78 min, 12 tracks | | Key Collaborators | Milo Raines (producer), J. M. Khan (visuals), AI platform ECHO‑7 | | Live Debut Venue | Milan Design Week, 2024 (Warehouse “Industria”) | | Awards | Nominated for 2025 Grammy – Best Immersive Album | | Current Tour | “Oldje: Echoes Tour” (2025‑2026) – 30 cities worldwide |
In the shadowed valleys of the Oldje, an ancient and mist-shrouded region where time tangles with myth, there exists a tale of a guardian known as Leya Desantis. Her name is whispered among the elders, etched into the weathered stones of forgotten shrines, and sung in the haunting lullabies that echo through the hollows. leya desantis oldje
Leya is said to be the last bloodline of the Desantis, an aristocratic family exiled centuries ago for their forbidden alchemy. The Oldje, a fertile but cursed valley, became their refuge—or prison. It is there that they honed the art of binding memories to the earth, weaving the past into the roots of trees and the breath of wind. Their greatest achievement (and tragedy) was Leya, born with the gift to commune with the Oldje’s soul, a living archive of all its sorrow and hope. | Fact | Detail | |------|--------| | Artist
As a child, Leya’s laughter could coax flowers to bloom in winter, but her power was unstable. When invaders came, seeking to plunder the valley’s magical soil, she unleashed the Oldje’s wrath, drowning the land in a storm of forgotten time. To save her people, she sacrificed herself, merging with the land and becoming its eternal guardian. Now, she manifests as a spectral figure in aurora-like robes, guiding lost travelers and testing the purity of those who seek to enter the Oldje’s heart. In the shadowed valleys of the Oldje ,
Legends vary: some claim she is the Oldje itself, given form; others say she waits for a Desantis heir to restore balance. Either way, her story is a warning and a promise—a reminder that magic, like memory, is a force to be wielded with reverence.
Following the success of “Oldje,” DeSantis announced a global tour that will adapt the immersive experience to smaller venues using modular “pop‑up” pods. She is also collaborating with VR studio “LatticeDream” to create a fully virtual version of the “Oldje” environment, allowing fans worldwide to navigate the soundscape through head‑mounted displays.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone (February 2026), DeSantis hinted at a new project tentatively titled “Future‑Root”, described as “a reversal of the Oldje equation: planting today’s technology into tomorrow’s myths.”