Elegant Machinery

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Elegant Machinery is a Swedish synthpop band. Borrowing heavily from the likes of Depeche Mode, they are one of few recent bands dedicated to making traditional synthpop music. Along with such bands as Page, S.P.O.C.K, Sista Mannen På Jorden and KieTheVez they define the sound of the Swedish synthpop movement.
Heavily influenced by acts like Yazoo, Human League, Depeche Mode, Rational Youth and Robert Marlow, Richard Johansson and Leslie Bayne started the band in 1988 under the name Pole Position.

Robert Enforsen joined the band as lead vocalist in 1989, and the band released their first demo, at which point they changed their name to elegant MACHINERY, a name derived from the album by Data.
Due to Leslie Bayne’s stagefright, Johan Malmgren joined the band as a tour musician in 1992. He later became a permanent member.
The band was very successful in Sweden, with a number of successful singles and various awards. In the rest of Europe, their biggest break into the mainstream was with the single Process, which reached number 5 in the Spanish charts.
elegant MACHINERY disbanded in 1999.
In 2001, the band temporarily reunited (with Johan temporarily replaced by Jarmo Ollila of Daily Planet) for their first-ever American appearance, followed by a performance in Mexico. Over the next few years, the band performed a number of times in Europe.

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1	Process	73
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3	Feel The Silence	57
4	Move	56
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7	With Grace	47
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12	Watching You	37
13	Do You Know	35
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alxn wrote:
October 2009

i like it

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chikamen wrote:
October 2009

I like Depeche Mode's earlier songs more than their late 90s & 00s ones so I like this band very much :) Thank you Elegant Machinery..

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chikamen wrote:
October 2009

Sounds like oldschool :)

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nyork_binox wrote:
August 2009

They sound just like old-school synthpop, which is refreshing compared to most futurepop acts out there. Great stuff. [2]

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seekerinthedark wrote:
July 2009

they are great.... i love them !

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LivingDream wrote:
June 2009

on of my all time favorites :) lovely music!

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strahlemaus wrote:
April 2009

... great concert yesterday in Berlin !!!!!!!!!!!! ;0) Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave me!

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Schwarzer-todt wrote:
March 2009

Brilliant! :)

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bros7 wrote:
March 2009

technologia--from russia

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popphenrik wrote:
March 2009

I agree. The new album is really great.

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mattlach wrote:
March 2009

There isn't a single bad track on the album "A Soft Exchange". I think I still hold a fonder place in my heart for the older hits like Process, Myself with You and Words of Wisdom, but this new album is FANTASTIC!

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mattlach wrote:
March 2009

I have listened to EM as long as I can remember. I always loved their music. So when I heard about their reunion album "A Soft Exchange" after 9 years of being broken up, I approached it with trepidation. I have been let down by old favorite bands many times when they release new music. I finally picked up this album this week. it is fantastic. Get it. If you like the old EM, this is like it, but in many ways better. I can't stop listening to it!

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Empathy82 wrote:
February 2009

Wunderschöne Musik!

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CHIBHEAD wrote:
February 2009

They sound just like old-school synthpop, which is refreshing compared to most futurepop acts out there. Great stuff. [3]

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bawitback wrote:
February 2009

They sound just like old-school synthpop, which is refreshing compared to most futurepop acts out there. Great stuff. [2]

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kenviolet wrote:
January 2009

Do you know？I don knowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!

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fpunit wrote:
January 2009

They sound just like old-school synthpop, which is refreshing compared to most futurepop acts out there. Great stuff.

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quackersongs wrote:
January 2009

Oddly reminds me of Fad Gadget, which is OK - early Mode (Circa 'Speak and Spell') - better than Postal Service for sure ... pretty unpretentious synthpop, I like them

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Glejs wrote:
January 2009

Looking forward to Arvikafestvalen a lot!

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houseofborgia wrote:
January 2009

These guys are brilliant live, really energetic on stage.

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