Gel Set

Gel Set is the dark, minimal electropop solo project of multimedia artist Laura Callier, who is also a writer and videographer. Her other music projects include Simulation, a collaboration with Matchess' Whitney Johnson; Athleisure, which also features Tarnation's Jason Ogawa; and God Vol. 1, a duo with visual artist Nicole Ginelli. Callier grew up in Houston, where she watched music videos by Madonna, the Cars, and Weird Al, and taught herself to pick out the tunes to her favorite songs on a handheld keyboard. Eventually, she landed in Chicago; while getting her M.F.A. at the...