Legendary Producer John Fryer & Christian Petke, Founder of COP International

The legendary English record producer, John Fryer returns on the show and this time with the founder of COP International, Christian Petke. John Fryer started his musical career working at Blackwing Studios in South London in the late 70s where he worked with some of the most prestigious indie labels at the time such as 4AD, Mute, Beggars Banquet, Rough Trade and more. Best known for the dream-pop music collective, This Mortal Coil, along with 4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell,  Fryer helped developed the pioneering ethereal and ambient sound of 4AD.  Even after 4AD, Fryer's production credits extended decades working with renowned musicians and producing, engineering and mixing  some of the biggest names  and some of the most notable albums by Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Cocteau Twins, Yazoo, Love and Rockets, just to name a few.  He launched his musical project called Black Needle Noise (BNN) in 2016  where he continues in the spirit of collaboration with various musicians. Recently BNN toured with bandmates Anjela Piccard, Betty X and Sean Haezebrouck. https://www.blackneedlenoise.comChristian Petke founded  COP International in 1991 in San Francisco/Frankfurt to give a home to the emerging West Coast Industrial/Coldwave scenes.  Within 6 months, COP INT created their German counterpart label 23Frankfurt (Trance, Techno, Chill, House) The year 2021 marks the COP International's 30th Anniversary with ambitious plans for its expanding roster of artists  such as Azam Ali,  Rohn-Lederman, Steven Archer, Chiasm, GW Childs IV, Stabbing Westward, Suicide Queen, Johnny Tupolev, BlackCarBurning, FGFC820,  Phantom Vision, NolongerHuman, Life Cried, Coldkill, Tactical Sekt,  Sick Jokes, Dark Drive Clinic, Black Needle Noise, Vaselyne  and Deathline International, which Petke  founded (Aka Count Zero).The label reached a turning point in 2019, teaming up with John Fryer to form a production company under the COP International umbrella. Fryer is producing and engineering the majority of the forthcoming COP catalog and also working as A&R in helping to select appropriate acts.  https://www.copint.com