Peter Gordeno (musician)
Peter Dean Gordeno (born 20 February 1964 in Kensington, London) is an English songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, who has also been a live and session musician. Since 1998, he has toured with Depeche Mode. He performs keyboard parts in lieu of Alan Wilder, as well as occasional backing vocals and bass guitar. He and Andrew Phillpott went as backing musicians along with Martin Gore on a brief tour called "A Night with Martin L. Gore" in 2003.[2]
Peter Gordeno | |
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Peter Gordeno (left) with Depeche Mode (2006) | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Peter Dean Gordeno |
Born | 20 February 1964 |
Origin | Kensington, London, England |
Genres | Alternative rock, synthpop, alternative dance, electronica |
Instruments | Keyboards, piano, synthesizer, guitar, bass guitar, vocals |
Associated acts | Depeche Mode Martin Gore Dave Gahan Opien Eigner/Clayton The Producers[1] |
His father was the choreographer and dancer Peter Gordeno, and his mother is Angela Wallace. He also has a brother and a sister.
He has been credited since the early 1990s, for writing, playing instruments, producing and providing backing vocals on several singles and full albums of an array of artists from the pop scene. He was also the musical leader on the track "Miss Sarajevo" from the Songs from Last Century project of George Michael.
Since 2003, the publishing interest of Peter Gordeno’s catalogue been represented by Reverb Music/Reservoir Media Management.[3]
References
- "Producers: Everybody Wants To Rule The World". YouTube. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "Solo debut from DM's principal songwriter is a collection of other writers' songs", Los Angeles Times
- "Reservoir Buys Brit Publisher P&P Songs". Billboard. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2020.