Apparatjik

Apparatjik (pronounced Apa-rat-chik) is a supergroup that consists of bassist Guy Berryman from Coldplay, singer/guitarist Jonas Bjerre of Mew, guitarist/keyboardist Magne Furuholmen from a-ha, and producer Martin Terefe. The band's name literal translation is 'agent of the apparatus'. Apparatjik is the Swedish word for apparatchik, which is a word of Russian origin and is used to describe 'people who cause bureaucratic bottlenecks in otherwise efficient organizations'. History The band was initially put together to create the theme for the Amazon series on BBC 2. "Ferreting", the track title, was also released on the Songs for Survival charity album. After working on the "Ferreting" track, they continued to work together in Magne Furuholmen's studio in Norway, and created more tracks that were periodically made available on their MySpace page. They also made a website, through which they released various videos and song snippets. On November 30th, they released the first official track, "Electric Eye", from their upcoming album through their website. Apparatjik will make their very first live performance at the eleventh edition of club transmediale, an annual festival in Berlin, due to take place between 28th January and 7th February 2010. This first ever performance of Apparatjik will take place inside a specially constructed cube at the WMF on Monday, February 1st, 2010. On the same day will see the release of their debut album, titled "We Are Here". As well as "Electric Eye" and "Ferreting", the songs "Datascoller", "Frozen Fingers" and "Snow Crystals" have also entered their way into the public domain prior to the release of the debut album.