Traktor (Screamo/Emo group from Sweden)

Traktor was formed in Eskilstuna, Sweden in the beginning of the year 2002 by the three steady members David, Rickard and Fredrik. The goal was to create groovy San Diego rock with lots of crazy riffs. The lineup was drums, bass, guitar and two voices. The band began to write songs and recorded a six track demo, which after a lot of hassle with different small labels was released as a seven inch record by German label My Favourite Toy and later also by English label Art For Blind. This recording took place in the Swedish town of Uppsala in Studio EAR with Carl Vikman (Seven feet four, Switchblade, Soviac, the Price of ink etc).

Traktor made their stage debut in their hometown at the end of the summer of 2002, the debut was followed by lots of gigs all over the country while they were working on new material. In the spring of 2003 they went to Studio EAR once again to record six new songs which later resulted in a s/t cd ep on My Favourite Toy. The speed and the playfulness from the first recording was still there but it was a new and more dynamic Traktor that ended up on tape.

After two tours in Europe and lots of gigs all over Sweden Traktor is nowadays recognized as a crazy live act. Two european tours are planned for the first half of 2005.

Throughout 2003 the band started to work on new songs for a full length album. During the summer of 2004 the recording evolved, as usual together with Carl Vikman in studio EAR. 13 songs were captured on tape. The sound was now a bit more mature but the trademark Traktor noise was still there. Among the band's influences could bands like Blood Brothers and Shellac together with tons more be mentioned.