Pedro G. Marques

Pedro G. Marques 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 Porto 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. In 1990, Huska (a.k.a. Hüska Burra Mamô), a Goth/Punk/Alternative band from Vila Real, were formed. Pedro was the lead singer of Huska and the group disbanded around 1996. In 2003, he started to think about starting a solo music project 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, Marques formed If I Die in 2015. If I Die released four singles during 2015, but the project ended that same year. Pedro G. Marques is now making music under the name of Songs From Hidden Places.