Robert Marlow
| Robert Marlow | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Basildon, England |
| Genres | Techno, electro, synthpop, electropop, new wave |
| Years active | 1981–1984, 2012–...(solo), 1999–2012 (Marlow) |
| Labels |
Reset Records RCA Records Energy Records Electro-Shock-Records |
| Past members | MARLOW = Robert Marlow Gary Durant |
Robert Marlow (born Robert Allen, 21 October 1961) is a synthpop musician and songwriter.
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, with whom he played in a band, The Vandals. 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 Paul Redmond.
After the release of "Calling All Destroyers," Marlow shifted between acting and bands.
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 and guitarist 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 charmed him into some studio time at Blackwing Studios 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 released on Vince's short lived Reset Records label. The single, however, did not get much radio airplay.
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