- Hermann Kopp
Hermann Kopp (born
August 21 ,1954 inStuttgart ) is a Germancomposer andmusician , presently living inBarcelona ,Spain .After moving to
Karlsruhe in 1979 he becomes a member of the German electro-industrial bandKeine Ahnung .In the eighties he releases two vinyl records with a sound that can be vaguely classified as electronic
minimalism .In 1987 he participates in the soundtrack of the German horror film
Nekromantik , followed in 1989 by music to the movieDer Todesking and in 1990 toNekromantik 2 .Unlike the song material that tends to be intimist and voluntarily drawing on the kitsch side, his film scores create uneasy and haunting atmospheres, weaving atonal strings, slow motion rhythms, moog synthesizers and plain noise into soundtrack form.
In 2007, Hermann Kopp releases “Psicofonico”, abstract violin soundscapes influenced by a Spanish documentary on the
Electronic Voice Phenomena . His recent release “Under A Demon’s Mask”, however, remains closer to his earlier horror scores, developping them into an individualistic, morbid musical language.Discography
*"Aquaplaning in Venedig", Vinyl-EP 1981
*"Pop", Vinyl-LP, 1983
*"Japgirls in Synthesis", Vinyl-LP, 2004
*"Nekronology", CD, 2004
*"Kitsch", Vinyl-LP, 2004
*"Mondo Carnale", Vinyl-LP, 2005
*"Psicofonico", CD, 2007
*"Under A Demon's Mask", Vinyl and CD, 2008Labels
Passiv
Red Stream
Vinyl On Demand
Bataille
Galakthorrö
Trivia
In the movie
Der Todesking Hermann Kopp plays a part as a man drowning himself in his bathtub. His name in the film, Barsch, is an allusion to the German politician Uwe Barschel who was found dead in the bathtub of a hotel inGeneva , following a political scandal that became popular under the name of “Waterkantgate”.External links
* http://www.hermannkopp.com
* http://www.last.fm/music/Hermann+Kopp
* http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0465841
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