Malcolm Cecil
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Malcolm Cecil was a pioneering British musician, producer, and electronic music innovator best known for co-creating the massive TONTO synthesizer and shaping the sound of early 1970s Stevie Wonder albums.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malcolm Cecil canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3087435 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Malcolm Cecil Context triple: [Talking Book, producer, Malcolm Cecil]
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Eric Gairy
Eric Gairy was a Grenadian politician and trade union leader who served as the country’s first prime minister and was later overthrown in a 1979 coup.
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Errol Christie
Errol Christie was a British professional boxer and former amateur champion known for captaining the English amateur boxing team and competing as a middleweight in the 1980s.
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Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker was a distinguished English character actor known for his suave, often pompous roles in mid-20th-century British and Hollywood films.
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Cyril Holland
Cyril Holland was the elder son of Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, who later served as a British Army officer under the name Cyril Holland.
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Billy Maharg
Billy Maharg was an American gambler and former baseball player best known for his role as a go-between in the 1919 Black Sox World Series fixing scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Malcolm Cecil Target entity description: Malcolm Cecil was a pioneering British musician, producer, and electronic music innovator best known for co-creating the massive TONTO synthesizer and shaping the sound of early 1970s Stevie Wonder albums.
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A.
Eric Gairy
Eric Gairy was a Grenadian politician and trade union leader who served as the country’s first prime minister and was later overthrown in a 1979 coup.
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B.
Errol Christie
Errol Christie was a British professional boxer and former amateur champion known for captaining the English amateur boxing team and competing as a middleweight in the 1980s.
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C.
Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker was a distinguished English character actor known for his suave, often pompous roles in mid-20th-century British and Hollywood films.
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D.
Cyril Holland
Cyril Holland was the elder son of Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, who later served as a British Army officer under the name Cyril Holland.
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E.
Billy Maharg
Billy Maharg was an American gambler and former baseball player best known for his role as a go-between in the 1919 Black Sox World Series fixing scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
audio engineer
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electronic music pioneer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
The Original New Timbral Orchestra
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surface form:
TONTO (The Original New Timbral Orchestra)
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| coCreatorOf |
TONTO
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Tonto’s Expanding Head Band studio project ⓘ |
| coFounderOf |
Tonto's Expanding Head Band
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surface form:
Tonto’s Expanding Head Band
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| collaboratedWith |
Robert Margouleff
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Stevie Wonder ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Cecil ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music production
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sound design ⓘ synthesizer design ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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electronic music ⓘ funk ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| givenName | Malcolm ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of electronic soul and funk
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use of synthesizers in popular music ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass
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double bass ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-creating the TONTO synthesizer
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pioneering work in electronic music ⓘ work on early 1970s Stevie Wonder albums ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Tonto's Expanding Head Band
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surface form:
Tonto’s Expanding Head Band
|
| name | Malcolm Cecil self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork | TONTO ⓘ |
| occupation |
audio engineer
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electronic music innovator ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ synthesizer programmer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| producerOf |
Stevie Wonder album "Fulfillingness' First Finale"
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surface form:
Stevie Wonder – Fulfillingness’ First Finale
Innervisions ⓘ
surface form:
Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
Stevie Wonder album "Music of My Mind" ⓘ
surface form:
Stevie Wonder – Music of My Mind
Stevie Wonder album "Talking Book" ⓘ
surface form:
Stevie Wonder – Talking Book
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| significantEvent | helped shape the sound of Stevie Wonder’s classic 1970s albums ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Robert Margouleff
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Stevie Wonder ⓘ |
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Subject: Malcolm Cecil Description of subject: Malcolm Cecil was a pioneering British musician, producer, and electronic music innovator best known for co-creating the massive TONTO synthesizer and shaping the sound of early 1970s Stevie Wonder albums.
Referenced by (10)
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