Robert Marlow grew up in Basildon with future Depeche Mode members Vince Clarke, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher.
11 Facts About Robert Marlow
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Robert Marlow was tied to Alison Moyet, with whom he had played in a band, the Vandals.
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Robert Marlow knew Fletcher and Clarke from the Basildon chapter of the Boys' Brigade.
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Robert Marlow recorded the studio album The Peter Pan Effect with his best friend Vince Clarke in 1983, around the end of Yazoo.
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The project came around when Robert Marlow was in a band called Film Noir, with future keyboardist and guitarist for the Cure, Perry Bamonte.
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Some time after Clarke left Depeche Mode, Robert Marlow approached Clarke and charmed him into some studio time at Blackwing Studios with him and Eric Radcliffe.
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Robert Marlow was offered only one day, and decided to record "The Face of Dorian Gray".
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Robert Marlow ended up getting interest from RCA Records, but was later decided to be released on Clarke's short-lived Reset Records label.
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Robert Marlow then sent a CD to Energy Records, where it was remastered at Polar Studios.
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The one man project Robert Marlow then transformed into the duo Marlow with the help of Gary Durant.
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Robert Marlow died after a short and unexpected illness on 22 September 2022, at the age of 60.