Minimal Wave Records

Agent Side Grinder – debut LP (Enfant10) and music video

We do not exagerate when we say that this record by Swedish band Agent Side Grinder has been awaited for. The response to their debut single, and their contribution to the “Hoera! Een Hex voor thuis!” compilation LP (both on Enfant Terrible imprints), has been overwhelmingly positive. There has been written and said that a full lenght album is eagerly awaited. Enfant Terrible is very happy to pressent this debut album.

The band plays real industrial music in the style of Cabaret Voltaire, mix it with some proto-punk in the Suicide way, fuse this with the energy of early EBM reminiscent of The Klinik and top this with psychedelic touches that can be traced back to The Doors. The result is an unique, contemporary and fresh sound that will appeal to fans of industrial, elektro, old style EBM and krautrock alike. Also Agent Side Grinder has already proven to be a great live band, with only analogue equipement on stage. 

For soundclips go here: http://www.enfant-terrible.nl/enfant10

Enfant Terrible also produced a music video for Agent Side Grinder. This is the first video produced by Enfant Terrible. For this we have invited Dutch artist Edwin Stoutjesdijk to realize this short film. Here you can watch the video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XMe1h6mXfdc

Please rate this video and place your comments.

Release date: early February 2008
Cat. Nr: Enfant10
Format: 12” LP, fold out insert, limited to approximate 500 copies
File under: industrial / EBM / minimal electronics / elektro / krautrock

OUT NOW is the Agent Side Grinder lp (on the Enfant Terrible label).  For sure this one of the most promising contemporary bands in the field of minimal electronics / tape industrial music / post-punk. For previews see here: http://www.enfant-terrible.nl/enfant10.htm

Their debut 7” on Enfant Terrible is almost sold out (there is only 1 copy left at the label) and the first reactions to this LP are more then positive.

German webzine Terrorverlag did an interiew with the band. You can read it here: http://www.musik.terrorverlag.de/interviews.php?id=555

And.. you can see the band peforming live at the first Enfant Terrible label night on saturday 12 april in Bruxelles, Belgium. Also performing live will be Wermut, Nosztalgia Direktiva and :Codes. The afterparty will be done by M. (Enfant Terrible) and Sofia E.R. and Laszlo P.S. from Wermut. See also here:
http://www.enfant-terrible.nl/events

I have listened to the record this afternoon and love it. The sound is much better then on the 7” and it looks very cool to. It’s a hit. 8)

Thanks! The band is continously working on their sound and songwriting… I am very happy with this LP myself… it shows vision and guts… it is different from anything you will hear / find today with contemporary bands… and it is also fresh not simply retro…

Watch out for a brilliant tape industrial psychedelic track by ASG on the new compilation (Enfant11)... TG meets The Doors… more news on this soon…

today the ASG LP was reviewed in the biggest national news paper of Sweden by a famous and influential Swedish music journalist… it was the top review of the day:
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2198&a=742410

Fantastic 7” and LP.
Will the new material be released by ET as well?

yes… next album is already being imagened and the boys are working on new sounds already too…