Elektron

Elektron Music Machines is a Gothenburg company that was founded in 1998 and builds electronic instruments around sequencing and hands-on performance. It also has subsidiaries in Los Angeles and Berlin. Its drum machines, samplers and synthesizers are widely used in electronic music.

Instruments

• Digitone II is a polyphonic digital synthesizer and Digitakt II a digital drum computer and stereo sampler.
• Further lines include Syntakt, Tonverk and the analog Analog Four, Analog Rytm and Analog Heat series.
• The Overbridge software connects many Elektron instruments to a computer so that they can be used with a DAW.

Ownership

On 8 April 2026 the Swedish investment firm Bonnier Capital announced that it acquired a majority stake in Elektron from a consortium led by EMM Intressenter AB. Founder Jonas Hillman and CEO Alexander Hellström reinvested alongside the buyer. Elektron continues to operate independently from Gothenburg with its existing management.