Agentss was a short-lived Brazilian new wave band formed in São Paulo in 1980,[1] 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".
[2] 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.
[3] 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[1] and contained two songs: "Agentss" and "Angra", the latter one being a reference to the Angra Nuclear Power Plant.
Bachine began a solo career in 1985; his debut album (and only release so far), Kom Licença, Vou Rezar..., came out in the same year.