Cobra killer

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Cobra killer
General information
origin Berlin , Germany
Genre (s) Digital hardcore
founding 1998
Website www.cobra-killer.org
Current occupation
Gina V. D'Orio
Annika Line consolation

Cobra Killer is an Electropunk / Garage duo from Berlin . Members are Gina V. D'Orio and Annika Line Trost .

history

Cobra Killers began their careers as part of the digital hardcore movement of Alec Empire . The musicians were members of other bands on Empire 's Digital Hardcore Recordings label . D'Orio played with EC8OR and Trost with Shizuo . Cobra Killer was founded in January 1998. The duo completed numerous appearances and tours, including a. together with Peaches and Sonic Youth . Ex- malaria! -Frontfrau Gudrun Gut was one of the fans of the busy women early on and therefore signed her to her label Monika Enterprises in 2002.

Their stage show is also special: the artists pour themselves a bottle of red wine on the stage while they play samples with siren songs to their audience during the 1960s .

In 2015 Cobra Killer contributed the music for the production "Die Nibelungen" at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden and alternately played the seer Frigga.

Discography

  • 1998: Cobra Killer debut album (Digital Hardcore)
  • 1999: Right into a Kick for More 7 "(Digital Hardcore)
  • 2002: The Third Armpit LP (Valve - Australia / NZ)
  • 2002: Heavy Rotation 10 "( Monika 29)
  • 2004: Special Guest on Monika's Himmelfahrt DVD (Monikavision02)
  • 2004: 76/77 CD / LP (Monika38)
  • 2005: Cobra Killer vs. The Holon Heavy Rotation - The Grossraumdiskomixes 12 "(Holon Records 004)
  • 2005: The Mandolin Orchestra CD / LP (Monika44)
  • 2009: Uppers & Downers (Monika66)
  • 2009: The Universe is in the Oven compilation contribution to listen to berlin ( Berlin Music Commission )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Axel Grumbach and Elke Wittich: Cobra, take over! Jungle World from November 19, 2009
  2. ↑ "We played a couple shows these last few nights in Germany with a band called Cobra Killer that completely knocked us out [...] It's two girls & a sampler, and it was just phenomenal, like two of the most inspiring shows on a lot of different levels. I really loved it. “( Thurston Moore , without date, without source, quoted from Axel Grumbach and Elke Wittich: Cobra, take over!, Jungle World from November 19, 2009)
  3. ↑ Matthias Schmidt: Heroes in Pointed Hats or Why are the Russians to Blame? In: Nachtkritik, October 11, 2015
  4. ^ Cobra Killer: Cobra Killer , website of Digital Hardcore Recordings