Kelly Lee Owens has called for more recognition for New Order‘s Gillian Gilbert, hailing her as a role model and “synth queen”.The acclaimed Welsh electronic musician, who we recently awarded a five star review for her latest album ‘Inner Song‘, was speaking to NME about the inspiration of New Order’s seminal second album ‘Power, Corruption & Lies‘ when she explained what it meant to see Gilbert behind synths at a young age.“Having Gillian as the synth queen was fucking amazing, speaking as a woman in music,” Owens told NME. “You can’t be what you can’t see, so to have a woman be a part of something like this and own her part was really inspiring.“Women are often underrated, or their part is dismissed.
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