Apparatjik ( ) are a multinational band formed in 2008. The band is a
supergroup that consist of bassist
Guy Berryman from
Coldplay, guitarist/keyboardist
Magne Furuholmen from
A-ha, singer/guitarist
Jonas Bjerre of
Mew and drummer/producer
Martin Terefe. The band's name literal translation is "agent of the apparatus". Apparatjik is based on
apparatchik, which is a word of Russian origin and is used to describe "an official or bureaucrat in any organization" but has in the past had other meanings, including "Communist agent or spy".