Like Clavia in the 1990s, Elektron were another Swedish company who designed products on their own terms. With the Monomachine they took the concept of the synth and sequencer groovebox into new dimensions, stuck it into an aluminium box and a keyboard shaped like a cricket bat, added a joystick, and came up with one of the best products of the 2000s.
Sometimes you get the impression that you don’t buy Elektron gear to serve a purpose, you serve the gear and it will take you wherever the hell it wants. You don’t necessarily approach Monomachine with a specific idea in mind – it’s more a collaborator. What you both come up with, though, will always
