Agent Side Grinder - Hardware Comes Alive (CD)

Facts After releasing their latest regular studio album Hardware in early 2012, Agent Side Grinder headed out on tour throughout Western Europe. One of the dates was at Péniche Le Sonic, a converted barge moored along a quay in Lyon, France, where this live recording was made on 17 May.

Agent Side Grinder prefers using analogue equipment and eschews the use of backing tapes when playing live. Consequently, this live album was recorded on a 1978-vintage cassette recorder, using no post-processing except for some very basic mastering.

This disc catches ASG at their raw, hypnotic best, right at the crossroads between post-punk, bleak industrial electronics, and psychedelia.