You may not have heard of the Synthstrom Deluge, but be reassured it’s nothing to do with yet more rain. The New Zealand-made “portable synthesiser, sampler and sequencer” is the tool at the centre of Anthonie Tonnon’s music.
Tonnon, who began his musical life playing in bands, grasped several years ago that performing solo would make that life economically sustainable. After some early, mildly comical experiments with effects pedals and gaffer tape, he bought the Deluge, a kind of instrument more often associated with dance music and DJs than rock songwriters. Gradually, meticulously, he created a live act that wasn’t
