Peter Dean Gordeno (born 20 February 1964) is an English songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, who has also been a

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and

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. Since 1998, he has toured with

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. He performs keyboard parts in lieu of

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, as well as occasional backing vocals and bass guitar. He and Andrew Phillpott went as backing musicians along with

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on a brief tour called "A Night with Martin L. Gore" in 2003. His father was the choreographer and dancer

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, and his mother is Angela Wallace. He also has a brother and a sister. He has been credited since the early 1990s, with 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

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. Since 2003, the publishing interest of Peter Gordeno’s catalogue has been represented by Reverb Music/Reservoir Media Management.

References

External links

A selection of his releases and contributions on discogs.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordeno, Peter 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