Tonto's Expanding Head Band

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electronic music duo musical group

Tonto's Expanding Head Band was an early 1970s electronic music duo best known for pioneering large-scale polyphonic synthesizer use and collaborating with artists like Stevie Wonder.

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Tonto’s Expanding Head Band 2
T.O.N.T.O.’s Expanding Head Band 1
Tonto's Expanding Head Band canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electronic music duo ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activeStart early 1970s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs T.O.N.T.O.'s Expanding Head Band NERFINISHED ⓘ
TONTO's Expanding Head Band NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct Stevie Wonder NERFINISHED ⓘ
TONTO NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
collaboratedWith Billy Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gil Scott-Heron NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quincy Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steve Hillage NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stevie Wonder NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Isley Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Weather Report NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
fieldOfWork music production ⓘ
sound engineering ⓘ
synthesizer design ⓘ
formedBy Malcolm Cecil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert Margouleff NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre ambient music ⓘ
electronic music ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ
psychedelic music ⓘ
hasMember Malcolm Cecil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert Margouleff NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart TONTO (The Original New Timbral Orchestra) NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced ambient and new-age musicians ⓘ
electronic music artists ⓘ
synthesizer-based pop music ⓘ
notableFor building one of the largest modular synthesizers of its time ⓘ
contributions to Stevie Wonder's classic 1970s albums ⓘ
early exploration of space music textures ⓘ
innovative use of modular synthesizers in popular music ⓘ
pioneering large-scale polyphonic synthesizer use ⓘ
notableInstrument TONTO synthesizer NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Zero Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
Embryo Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
release Zero Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1971 ⓘ
usedOn Fulfillingness' First Finale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Innervisions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Music of My Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ
Talking Book NERFINISHED ⓘ

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T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer system → associatedAct → Tonto's Expanding Head Band ⓘ
Malcolm Cecil → memberOf → Tonto's Expanding Head Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tonto’s Expanding Head Band
Malcolm Cecil → coFounderOf → Tonto's Expanding Head Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tonto’s Expanding Head Band
Robert Margouleff → notableWork → Tonto's Expanding Head Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: T.O.N.T.O.’s Expanding Head Band