Elegant Machinery

Elegant Machinery is a Swedish synth-pop band. With a sound compared to early Depeche Mode, OMD, the Human League, Yazoo and Soft Cell, they are one of few recent bands dedicated to making traditional synth-pop 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 synth-pop movement.

Robert Enforsen, Richard Jomshof and Leslie Bayne started the band in 1988 under the name Pole Position. Their released their first demo in 1989, at which point they changed their name to Elegant Machinery, derived from the title of an album by the group 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.