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Glasser is the ethereal electronic project of
Cameron Mesirow, a Los Angeles native surrounded by classic and more challenging music since birth.
Mesirow's father is a member of
the Blue Man Group, while her mother played with Human Sexual Response in the '70s and '80s. She grew up listening to Motown and new wave, but in her teens she discovered punk, grunge, and ska. By the time she was in her twenties,
Mesirow felt ready to make her own music and, inspired by a vision she had of a figure hovering over water, her nom de musique became
Glasser. She crafted GarageBand demos that pitted her delicate, swooping vocals over spare electronic rhythms and circular melodies that evoked avant-garde music and global folk at the same time. These tracks made their way to the labels True Panther and Young Turks, which released the
Apply EP in 2009 and the Tremel single in 2010.
Glasser toured with
the xx and
Sigur Rós'
Jónsi with a rotating cast of supporting players, including producers
Van Rivers and the Subliminal Kid, who worked with her on her debut album,
Ring (so named for its flowing structure), which arrived in September 2010. Re-teaming with
Rivers,
Mesirow continued her focus on the emotional and physical aspects of structures with her 2013 album,
Interiors, which was inspired by her move to New York and Rem Koolhaas' book Delirious New York, among other influences. ~ Heather Phares