COP International, also shortened to ''COP Int'l.'', is a music label, based in

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. Initially, the label was founded in 1991 by Christian Petke (a.k.a. Count Zero of Deathline Int'l.) in

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. A few months later, Kim X, his girlfriend, opened a branch office in Oakland. The first label full-length release was the ''California Cyber Crash Compilation''. Most of the involved artists, such as

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, Kode IV, Consolidated, Biohazard PCB (a.k.a. Contagion), Deathline Intl. and

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, became very popular in the 1990s Electro-industrial scene. Other leading label groups were Index, Pulse Legion, Unit:187,

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and The Razor Skyline.

References

External links

Interview with Kim X
@ Last Sigh
COP International
at

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