Biography
Gina started getting into music at a very young age. She played her first gig at the age of 12 two days after the Berlin wall came down. After she quit playing with her first band the Lemonbabies in 1992, she joined Throw that Beat for recording their album Superstar and went on a worldwide tour with them in 1993/1994. In 1995 Gina V.D`Orio and Patric Catani (also of Candie Hank and The Puppetmastaz) founded EC8OR. This group proved to be the most popular band she was in, as Between 1995 and 2001 the band released 3 albums, several EPs in Japan and the U.S., and toured worldwide. In 2001 the band broke up, but the two do still collaborate under the name of A*Class.
In 1998 Gina V. D'Orio and Annika Line Trost formerly of Shizuo founded Cobra Killer has released 4 albums with band, and now 2 a solo records, the first been a callobration with Dutch artist Like A Tim entitled Bass Girl which is a Synth Pop album of 50s and 60s covers of songs such as Skeeter Davis's End Of The World and Brian Wilson's Lonely Sea whereas her latest album is on the Australian label Dualplover called Sailor Songs, which is a more instrumental and ambient record. Gina V. D`Orio played synths for Winona, band of Scottish composer Craig Armstrong and worked as a singer for many different projects. ( see list below ).
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