Life & family
A. G. Cook is a British record producer. He founded the PC Music label, and has been closely linked professionally to Charli XCX. He has been part of musical duos Thy Slaughter, with Finn Keane; Lipgloss Twins, with Felicita; and QT, alongside Sophie; and produced Charli XCX’s albums Charli, How I’m Feeling Now, and Brat. He has directed a number of music videos. He is also known as DJ Lifeline and DJ Warlord.
A. G. is the son of Yael Reisner, an architect, and Sir Peter Cook, an architect, lecturer, and writer on architectural subjects, who was a founder of Archigram. His father is English. His mother is Israeli.
A. G.’s maternal grandfather was Joseph/Yosko Reisner (the son of Adolf/Avraham Reisner and Josefina/Peppi Kritz). Joseph was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, to a Jewish family. Adolf was born in Sighetu Marmației, Romania. Josefina was born in Tysmenytsia, Ukraine.
A. G.’s maternal grandmother was Judith Timberg (the daughter of Abraham Abbe Timberg and Rivka/Rivtsche Znamirovsky). Judith was born in Belgium, to Polish Jewish parents. Abraham was born in Kraków, the son of Shmuel Samuel Timberg and Ruchel Hirschberg. Rivka was born in Przedbórz, the daughter of Israel Yaakov Znamirovsky and Rykla Fajga Horowitz.
Sources
Genealogy of Cook’s maternal grandfather, Joseph/Yosko Reisner – https://www.myheritage.com
Divorce record of Cook’s maternal great-grandparents, Abraham Abbe Timberg and Rivka/Rivtsche Znamirovsky – https://www.myheritage.com
Genealogy of Cook’s maternal great-grandfather, Abraham Abbe Timberg – https://www.myheritage.com
Genealogy of the Timberg family – https://ics.uci.edu
Genealogy of Cook’s maternal great-grandmother, Rivka/Rivtsche Znamirovsky – https://www.myheritage.com