Byråkrat is created and run by Martin Roos, former guitarist and manager of the Swedish pop group Kent. The project emerged from the idea of creating functional and instrumental music for the office. Or, if you prefer, Muzak for the solitary bureaucrat.

The self titled debut album Byråkrat was released in 2018. The music was described by Jan Gradvall in Dagens Industri as instrumental, guitar driven, suggestive and beautiful, marked by a rain cloud grey melancholy. The follow up album Tillit was released in 2019 on cassette, vinyl and digital formats. Later that same year, an instrumental interpretation of Joy Division’s Shadowplay was released.

The third album, Möte, was created between December 2019 and December 2020.

Byråkrat’s latest album, Bar, was largely written and recorded together with Mattias Axelsson, former guitarist, songwriter and singer in Superswirls and The Horror The Horror. The creation of Bar spanned two years and was recorded in various locations across Sweden, from the archipelago to Martin’s home studio in Eskilstuna. On this album, new influences such as Madchester and krautrock can be heard.

On stage, Martin is joined by Mattias Axelsson on guitar and Heikki Kiviaho from Sator on bass. Since its inception in 2018, Byråkrat has performed more than 60 shows in Sweden, as well as one in New York.

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