petit enfant 002
Agent Side Grinder - untitled debut (7") SOLD OUT
limited to 315 copies

Welcome to the new breed...

Agent Side Grinder is one the most promising new bands in the field of contemporary minimal electronic music.

Their music is firmly rooted in the post-punk, new wave, minimal electronics and industrial tradition and they are following in pioneer's footsteps of the likes of Silver Apples, Suicide, Throbbing Gristle and Liaisons Dangereuses.

No laptops and backing tapes or such things are used. All is done in real time with analogue synths, rhythm boxes and tape loops... in the studio and live on stage...

Agent Side Grinder is the new breed for today!

This is the second release on the Petit Enfant series. This series is for 7" releases only. The artwork and packaging is done by Dutch artist Edwin Stoutjesdijk (also known as dj Kramp from our Hex parties)...

Tracklisting (click title to hear soundclip):

A Me, me and me

B Ricocheting Memories

Selected press quotes:

"...grindy cello-synth base line, eerie moog-like effects in the treble ala sci-fi movie/_Forbidden Planet_ soundtracks from the sixties, vocals here are more boyishly gloomy and laid back ala early 80’s factory records bands like _The Names_, etc. Cool song, and now am eager to hear more from this group!" (Heathen Harvest)

"Peter, Johan und Kristoffer aus Stockholm sind keine Indie-Popper sondern echte Nachkommen der Postpunk-Kultur. Ihre erste Single bietet Analog-Industrial-Wave wie vor über 25 Jahren, schmutzig, kalt und voller avantgardistischer Anarchopoesie. Macht Spaß und Angst. Große Erwartungen.
...AGENT SIDE GRINDER machen Spaß, weil ihnen das Retro-Sein so leicht von der Hand geht und nichts forciert oder gekünstelt wirkt. Ihr Stil ist im Grunde mehr Industrial der alten Schule als Minimalelektro, auch die halb surrealistischen, halb konkreten Texte bewegen sich eher im Dunstkreis von CABARET VOLTAIRE und CULTURAL AMNESIA." (Nonpop)

""...their sound is characterized by a central theme with slight changes of the background sound effects where the overwhelming despair of the cold vocals create that sensation you have listening to the old Cabaret Voltaire records." (Chain DLK)" (CHain DLK)

" Le EP de deux titres, en vinyle format 7” du groupe Suédois Agent Side Grinder sort dans la collection Petit Enfant du label hollandais Enfant terrible, grand spécialiste du son synthétique old-school. On pense ici
à Suicide (en plus “propre”), ça cogne bien, façon synth-rock de rebelle. On sent (et on sait) que tout est joué avec du clavier vintage, de la boître à rythmes en bois, pas de laptop ou autre machine du “futur” au programme, donc, et une belle énergie palpable autant dans le chant que dans les sons." (D-Side)