COP International

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COP International
COP International Records logo.jpg
Founded1991
FounderChristian Petke
Kim X
Genre Electro-industrial, EBM, Industrial metal, Hellectro
Country of originGermany / United States
Location Frankfurt / Oakland, California
Official website copint.com

COP International, also shortened to COP Int'l., is a music label based in Oakland, California. [1]

Initially, the label was founded in 1991 by Christian Petke (a.k.a. Count Zero of Deathline Int'l.) in Frankfurt, Germany. A few months later, Kim X, his girlfriend, opened a branch office in Oakland. [1]

The first label full-length release was the California Cyber Crash Compilation. [1] Most of the involved artists, such as Diatribe, Battery, Kode IV, Consolidated, Biohazard PCB (a.k.a. Contagion), Deathline Intl. and Switchblade Symphony, became very popular in the 1990s Electro-industrial scene.

Other leading label groups were Index, Pulse Legion, Unit:187, Pain Emission and The Razor Skyline. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Interview with Kim X". Archived from the original on March 25, 2006. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ "COP International". Discogs. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Pain Emission". Option . Sonic Options Network. 60–63 (65): 134. 1997.


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