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Pedro G. Marques

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A.k.a. Dead by Request

Pedro G. Marques was born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, in 1974. He started to show a deep interest in music since his early youth and began tooking piano lessons at the age of 8. Later, he joined the Vila Real Music Academy and, afterwards, the Oporto Jazz School. In his teens, Pedro was a huge Metal fan but soon his horizons became wider, embracing almost every genre: Post-Punk to Easy Listening; Electronica to Jazz; Classical to Industrial. The early nineties saw the birth of Huska (a.k.a. Hüska Burra Mamô), a Goth/Punk/Alternative band from Vila Real, with Pedro taking the role of the lead singer. The group disbanded around 1996. In 2003 the idea of making a solo musical project took form in his mind and Dead by Request was born. In its beginnings, Dead by Request's music was deeply influenced by some well-known ambient/experimental icons such as Coil, Legendary Pink Dots, Klaus Schulze or Pete Namlook, but after a while its sound gained a lot more of a synthpop/electro-rock feeling, much in the vein of bands like Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Clan of Xymox or Lou Champagne System. After composing several soundtracks for visual/photographic installations as Dead by Request, Pedro G. Marques formed If I Die along with his wife Carla S. Marques.

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