Peter Gordeno (musician)
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Peter Gordeno | |
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![]() Peter Gordeno (left) with Depeche Mode (2006) | |
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Birth name | Peter Dean Gordeno |
Born | 20 February 1964 |
Origin | Kensington, London, England |
Genres | Alternative rock, synthpop, alternative dance, electronica |
Instrument(s) | Keyboards, piano, synthesizer, guitar, bass guitar, vocals |
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 the departed 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]
His father was the choreographer and dancer Peter Gordeno, and his mother is Angela Wallace. He also has a brother and a sister.[citation needed]
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 catalog has been represented by Reverb Music/Reservoir Media Management.[3]
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- English session musicians
- English keyboardists
- English songwriters
- Depeche Mode members
- Musicians from London
- People from Kensington
- British synth-pop musicians
- 20th-century English musicians
- 21st-century English musicians
- English people of Italian descent
- English people of American descent
- English people of Scottish descent
- English people of Burmese descent