Mark Peters (musician)

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Mark Peters
Born (1975-07-21) 21 July 1975 (age 48)
Liverpool, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, bass
Years active2003–present
Labels
EMI Production Music
Website mark-peters.bandcamp.com

Mark Peters (born 21 July 1975) is an English musician, songwriter and producer who has mainly created music for the band Engineers. [1] He has also collaborated with the electronic musician Ulrich Schnauss on three albums; Underrated Silence , Tomorrow Is Another Day. [2] and Destiny Waiving.

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In December 2017, Peters released his debut solo album, Innerland , [3] In April 2019, Peters released a reworked version of his solo debut album, titled New Routes out of Innerland . [4]

Schnauss and Peters have also collaborated on a remix of the track "Falling in Swirls" by Helios, "Keep it Softcore" by Naked Lunch (UK band), "The Wind Was Playing with My Hair" by Rainbirds and also contributed score to the film Kaboom by Gregg Araki. The film also features "Clean Coloured Wire" from Three Fact Fader by Engineers. [5]

Discography

with Engineers

with Ulrich Schnauss

with Elliot Ireland

with Salt Rush

with Clem Leek

Solo

Remixes

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References

  1. "Kscope Music – Engineers Artist Page" . Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. "Bureau B – Schnauss & Peters" . Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  3. "Mark Peters to release new 'large scale' version of debut solo album Innerland" . Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. "Mark Peters announces New Routes out of Innerland remix album" . Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. "GreggAraki – Kaboom Soundtrack" . Retrieved 30 June 2014.