Singer, lyricist and all-round conceptual director on electro pioneers Gina X Performance formed in 1978. Art history student Gina Kikoine was heavily influenced by Lou Reed and Patti Smith, as well as the art avant-garde. Concept for Gina X Performance came together when she met Zeus B. Held, who was at the time moving on rock to more electronic sound.
"No G.D.M" and first album "Nice Mover" was heavily based on life and experiences of author Quentin Crisp ("The Naked Civil Servant") and quickly came cult hit and blueprint for 80´s electronic dance music. Kikoine later described collaboration "the absolute union of music, poetry and travesty."
Producing only four albums, Gina X's influences can still be heard in artists such as Ladytron and Miss Kittin and the Hacker.
Gina Kikoine lives in Germany, active within the art scene as a writer and organiser.