Doris Norton is an
Italian pioneer of electronic and
computer music
Computer music is the application of computing technology in music composition, to help human composers create new music or to have computers independently create music, such as with algorithmic composition programs. It includes the theory and ...
.
[Marco Giorgi. "Norton, Doris". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990.] Norton was the first musical endorser for
Apple computers
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. Her first album, ''Under Ground'', had an Apple logo on the front.
Later, Norton released two albums with IBM Computer Music, ''Automatic Feeling'' and ''The Double Side of Science''. She was also involved with the Italian progressive rock band Jacula
Jacula was an Italian rock band founded in 1969 in Milan as an experiment by Antonio Bartoccetti, Doris Norton, organist Charles Tiring and medium Franz Porthenzy.
Jacula's music was considered innovative for the time in progressive circles b ...
. She is married to fellow Jacula member Antonio Bartoccetti
Antonio Bartoccetti (Macerata, 18 December 1946) is an Italian musician and composer, and leader of the musical groups, Antonius Rex, Jacula, Dietro Noi Deserto and Invisible Force.
Biography
Beginning in 1968, his primary focus has been progr ...
.
Discography
*''Under Ground'' (1980)
*''Parapsycho'' (1981)
*''Raptus'' (1981)
*''Nortoncomputerforpeace'' (1983)
*''Personal Computer'' (1984)
*''Artificial Intelligence'' (1985)
*''Automatic Feeling'' (1986)
*''The Double Side Of The Science'' (1990)
*''Technoshock One'' (1992)
*''Technoshock Two'' (1992)
*''Technoshock Three'' (1993)
*''Next Objective One'' (1993)
*''Next Objective Two'' (1994)
*''Next Objective Three'' (1995)
References
External links
Personal site
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Italian electronic musicians
Women in electronic music
Year of birth missing (living people)
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