11. Doris Norton
For a start, the cover is absolutely fan-tas-tic. There’s this amazing looking woman playing multiple synthesisers, and it’s from 1984. It’s one of those ‘What the hell is that?’ covers. She is just amazing: making that kind of music at that kind of time, as a woman, being sponsored by Apple. Apparently she was sponsored by Apple and got a computer and the logo is on the cover. In a way, her being a woman at that time made an impression on me. But when I listen to music I don’t differentiate [between genders]. If it’s not obviously a name like Doris, so they have like an alias that could be male or female, a lot of the time I wouldn’t even check up on stuff, I just listen to the music. In an ideal world I hope that it doesn’t make a difference if it’s a woman, or man, or whoever, making the music.
