Robert Marlow
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| Marlow | |
|---|---|
| Country | Basildon, England |
| Years active | 1981–1984, 1999-present |
| Genres | Techno Electro Synthpop Electropop New Wave |
| Labels | Reset Records RCA Records Energy Records |
| Members | Robert Marlow Gary Durant |
| Past members | Perry Bamonte |
Robert Marlow (born Robert Allen, October 21, 1961) is a well known synthpop musician and songwriter.
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[edit] Biography
Robert Marlow grew up in Basildon with future Depeche Mode members Vince Clarke, Martin Gore, and Andy Fletcher. He is also tied to Alison Moyet, whom he played in a band with. He knew Andy and Vince from the Basildon chapter of the Boys' Brigade. He and Vince would occasionally get together to play music. Vince on guitar, and Robert on the church's piano. Like Vince, he played in many local bands, and ended up playing in a band, with Vince, called "the Plan," and later "French Look," with Martin Gore and a guy named Paul Redmond.
After the release of "Calling All Destroyers," Marlow shifted between acting and bands.
[edit] Music
[edit] Film Noir
He recorded the album The Peter Pan Effect, with his best friend, Vince Clarke in 1983, around the end of Yazoo. The project came around, when Marlow was in a band called, Film Noir, with, now, former keyboardist for the Cure, Perry Bamonte. This band supported Depeche Mode on one tour date, in Basildon.
Some time after Vince left Depeche Mode, Marlow approached Vince and "bullied him" into getting studio time with him and Eric Radcliffe. He was offered only one day, and decided to record "The Face Of Dorian Gray." This then led to more studio time, and then a complete single, with b-side and 12" mixes. It was then, that Vince suggested that he try to get record company interest. He ended up getting interest from RCA, but was later decided to be release on Vince's short lived Reset Records label. The single, however, did not get much radio airplay.
After that he released three more singles. "I Just Want To Dance," "Claudette," and "Calling All Destroyers." These singles suffered the same fate as "The Face of Dorian Gray," and the album was later shelved.
[edit] The Peter Pan Effect
The album was then released by Energy Records in 1999, when Sonet manager, Rod Buckle, showed a demo tape to Energy Records. Eric Radcliffe then went up into the bell tower of Blackwing Studios, formerly a church, and found the tapes. He then sent a CD to Energy Records, where it was remastered at Polar Studios. It was released as The Peter Pan Effect in Europe. It was, for some reason, released as Erasure's Vince Clarke along with a copy of a Family Fantastic record.
[edit] New Album?/New Website?
In early 2006, the guestbook on Marlow's Energy Rekords website, announced a new album, in the works. As of January 2006, they are finishing the album. The band has been active in live performances, though. They played at a Depeche Mode aftershow, in February 2006, and have been playing in gigs, around London and Sweden.
It was announce in early June 2006 on the same guestbook that a new website was currently under construction and would be up and running this summer. Until then, Marlow fans were only able to get all their information through email, and through the guestbook. The website became active August 31, 2006 and is now available to the general public.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | UK | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Peter Pan Effect | - | - |
| 2006/2007 | New Album | - | - |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Song | UK singles | US Hot 100 | US Dance | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | "The Face Of Dorian Gray" | 93 | - | - | The Peter Pan Effect |
| 1983 | "I Just Want To Dance" | - | - | - | The Peter Pan Effect |
| 1984 | "Claudette" | - | - | - | The Peter Pan Effect |
| 1984 | "Calling All Destroyers" | - | - | - | The Peter Pan Effect |
[edit] References
Print references
- Miller, Jonathan, Stripped: The True Story of Depeche Mode, 2004, Omnibus Press, ISBN 1-84449-415-2
Online references
