COP International

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COP International
Founded	1991
Founder	Christian Petke Kim X
Genre	Electro-industrial, EBM, Industrial metal, Hellectro
Country of origin	Germany, United States
Location	Frankfurt, Oakland, California
Official website	http://www.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, and The Razor Skyline.^[2][3]

References[]

External links[]

• Interview with Kim X @ Last Sigh
• COP International at Discogs.com

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