check this from AMG's website about Tonto's Expanding Head Band:
http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bw78e4jo70waw~C
"Most importantly, Cecil and Margouleff began a long association with Stevie
Wonder, whose Music of My Mind, recorded when he was 21 and just beginning a
new Motown contract that gave him full control over his music, benefited
from Cecil and Margouleff's work. Their influence on the subsequent course
of black American music is often missed where Wonder led the charge,
others followed suit, changing the way the music was produced, the way
albums were formulated, and the overall sound. Many of the leading jazz/R&B
artists of the 1970s and early '80s called on the talents of Cecil and
Margouleff, including the Isley Brothers, Gil Scott-Heron, the Crusaders,
the Gap Band, Quincy Jones, David Sanborn, Wilson Pickett, and the
Rippingtons. T.O.N.T.O. was retired during the 1980s and was purchased by
Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh."
Though it doesn't prove that Tonto were Stevie Wonder's support men it does
shed some light on my belief that Mark Mothersbaugh probably has one of the
largest collections of electronic toys ever assembled. :)
MEK
From: "Giles Dickerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "M Elliot-Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: <313@hyperreal.org>
Subject: RE: [313] Is Prince the root of all Techno?
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:55:34 -0400
That sounds like expanded hear-say, Stevie had an Arp and Moog which
were programmed by synth guys from the respective companies. They may
have helped for an album or a recording but I can't agree with them
being his go to guys, not necessarily true.
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> From: M Elliot-Knight
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 1:54 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: 313@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: [313] Is Prince the root of all Techno?
>
> Regarding Stevie Wonder, if you ever get a chance to hear anything by
> Tonto's Expanding Head Band, give it a go. They were responsible for
> Wonder's keyboards and even developed the Stevietron, so I've been
> told.
> They're own music is serisouly f*cked up electronic music that would
> be best
> listened to with copious amounts of herb smoking.
>
> MEK
>
>
> >From: "laura gavoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: 313@hyperreal.org
> >Subject: Re: [313] Is Prince the root of all Techno?
> >Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:38:54
> >
> >I think if you were to ask some of the source innovators, both
> American and
> >Euro alike, Jimi Hendrix's name would arise more often than Prince's.
>
> >While
> >Prince was a huge influence, Jimi built the world's most innovative
> >recording studio, Electric Ladyland Studios, in 1968 (I think) and up
> until
> >very recently...it remained one of THE most innovative recording
> studios
> >because of his obsession with recording and performing technology as
> THE
> >means to get down on tape the sounds he had in his head.
> >
> >Secondarily and perhaps without most artists even realizing this fact
> would
> >be Stevie Wonder. His obsession with electronic keyboards evolved
> into the
> >very first 'do everything yourself' recording studio back in the
> 70's. I
> >recall Stevie talking about how and why he records most every track
> in a
> >song he's composing all by himself. Pretty much the same reason as
> Jimi's
> >that he knew what sound(s) he wanted and was often frustrated in
> trying to
> >communicate it to an engineer or musician in order to obtain it.
> >
> >He felt that with the age of the synthesizer a songwriter/composer
> had the
> >ability to personalize their music and sound unlike anything that had
> come
> >before...even though the same notes in a scale were present...they
> had
> >never
> >before sound like THAT. Moreover, the personal studio he developed
> back
> >then gave him the luxury of recording the moment he was inspired to
> do
> >so...at any hour of the day.
> >
> >Stevie, like Jimi, innovated a lot of gear to suit his needs, and
> because
> >he
> >was Stevie Wonder, a living genius, the keyboard companies bent over
> >backwards to accommodate him.
> >
> >Don't forget that "Songs in the Key of Life" is considered by artists
> and
> >industry alike to be one of the most brilliant pieces of popular
> music ever
> >put out in one project. If VH-1 ever re-runs that (dunno the name of
> it)
> >special one hour program just about that particular album...I highly
> >recommend its viewing. The musicians interviewed, from Miles Davis
> to Mick
> >Jagger, were awed by the quality of the sound on that LP and explain
> in far
> >greater detail why it marked a turning point in recording history.
> >
> >THEN came George Clinton....THEN came Prince.
> >
> >humbly offered......
> >
> >
> >>From: "Mike Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: 313@hyperreal.org
> >>Subject: [313] Is Prince the root of all Techno?
> >>Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 20:34:12 -0400
> >>
> >>Well?
> >>
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