Agentss

Agentss
Origin	São Paulo, Brazil
Genres	Post-punk, new wave, synthpop, synthrock, electronic, avant-garde, experimental
Years active	1980–1983
Labels	WEA
Associated acts	Voluntários da Pátria, Azul 29, Zero
Past members	Kodiak Bachine Eduardo Amarante Miguel Barella Lyses Pupo Elias Glik Thomas Susemihl

Agentss was a short-lived Brazilian new wave band formed in São Paulo in 1980, famous for their quirky science fiction-influenced visuals and lyrics which were sung in a dialect invented by frontman Kodiak Bachine called "elektrotranzlyriks" – a mixture of words in Portuguese, French, German, English and "extraterrestrial idioms".

Despite their short lifespan, they are considered to be the first Brazilian electronic group ever, and have a cult following to the present day.

Brazilian musician and poet Kodiak Bachine founded Agentss in 1980; prior to that, he had a progressive rock band named Abaddon, which came to an end in 1978. In 1979, Bachine travelled to the United States, where he got in touch with the thriving English-speaking new wave/post-punk scene, and after returning to Brazil he decided to form a band which would mirror his influences, such as Bauhaus, The Cure, The Residents, Television, Gary Numan, Blondie, The B-52's, Talking Heads and, above all, Kraftwerk and Devo.

Agentss' initial line-up consisted of Bachine on vocals and synthesizers, Eduardo Amarante and Miguel Barella on guitars, Lyses Pupo on bass and Elias Glik on drums; their first work was a self-released, self-titled extended play which came out in 1981 and contained two songs: "Agentss" and "Angra", the latter one being a reference to the Angra Nuclear Power Plant. (Pupo and Glik, however, did not play on the EP.) Their first live performance was also in the same year.

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