T.O.N.T.O. (The Original New Timbral Orchestra) is a musical collective and synthesizer created by Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff in the early 1970s. The pair met while working at a recording studio in New York City and began experimenting with analog synthesizers, creating T.O.N.T.O. as a way to explore new timbres and textures in music.

T.O.N.T.O. is notable for being one of the largest and most complex analog synthesizers ever created, comprising over 20 modules and taking up an entire room. It was used extensively on Stevie Wonder's classic albums "Music of My Mind," "Talking Book," and "Innervisions," as well as recordings by The Isley Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, Quincy Jones, and many others.

In addition to their work with T.O.N.T.O., Cecil and Margouleff also produced albums for artists such as Gil Scott-Heron and Devo. They continued to work together throughout the 1970s before going their separate ways in the 1980s.

Today, T.O.N.T.O. remains a landmark in the history of electronic music, and its influence can be heard in genres ranging from funk and soul to hip hop and techno.

From New York, New York, USA.  T.O.N.T.O. was an acronym for The Original New Timbral Orchestra. -GSH

• Malcolm Cecil - synthesizer/keyboards
• Robert Margouleff - synthesizer/keyboards

1. "Zero Time" (1971)
2. "It's About Time" (1972)

1. "Tonto Rides Again" (1996) - reissue of both T.O.N.T.O. albums on a single-CD.