Meira Asher
Meira Asher studied traditional
percussion and dance in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. She learned Dhrupad vocal
techniques and tabla from master musicians in North India. Besides the
acoustic, Asher has also explored electronic horizons, studying sophisticated, cutting-edge composition
techniques currently used in electronic music.
Two years ago Asher made the remarkable debut album ‘Dissected’. Press and
audience alike immediately recognised her as an exceptional vocalist,
percussionist and performance artist, as well as an emblematic figure
representing an uncompromising, politically aware, peace seeking generation of
Israeli artists, whose voice is all too rarely heard abroad.
To quote the French newspaper
Liberation: “…the radicality of Asher’s sound is the exact expression of the
violence of her message.” A message and a
sound the international press has described as audacious, rebellious, singular,
disturbing, extremist, never gratuitous, adverse to political correctness and “…undoubtedly the
most striking talent produced by contemporary Israeli music”.