Colony 5
Encyclopedia
Colony 5 is a Swedish
futurepop/synthpop
/EBM
band founded in March 1999. P-O Svensson started the band as a hobby with Magnus Löfdahl. The music style has changed with group membership and their sound became more consistent. They have toured through Europe - Denmark, Russia, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Poland, Norway, Estonia as well as the United States, and Mexico http://www.colony5.com/index.php?page=gigs.
The band's name is a reference to a location mentioned in the second Star Trek
episode, Charlie X.
Following a performance at the Quest for Fame contest (they came second) http://www.synth.nu/artist3_visa.php?artid=26, they began recording their first EP
, Colony 5, and their first full CD, Lifeline. they released their second single, "Follow Your Heart", then in 2003, the single "Black," and the album Structures, which was featured on NBC Giga
. Their output slowed in 2004 and 2005, as they toured eastern Europe. They released a collection of singles called Colonisation and a new album in 2005, Fixed.
The band came in second at the "Quest for Fame" competition and was nominated as "Best Newcomer" at the Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards 2005 http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:9IPP5Ah9ct0J:www.sama.mu/lineup2005.asp%3Fact%3Dc5+%22SAMA%22+colony5&hl=en.
And again for Best Band and Best Song (Plastic World) at Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards 2006 which they won.
On December 14, 2007 Colony 5 released the first single from their, then upcoming full length album, Buried Again. The "Knives" MCD showed off a harder sound as a first taste of what the album would sound like. Buried Again was released in February 2008 on Memento Materia for Scandinavia, Infacted for Germany and ArtOfFact in the USA.
Colony 5 is currently working on a new album, aimed for release in 2012.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
futurepop/synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
/EBM
Electronic body music
Electronic body music or industrial dance is a music genre that combines elements of industrial music and electronic dance music...
band founded in March 1999. P-O Svensson started the band as a hobby with Magnus Löfdahl. The music style has changed with group membership and their sound became more consistent. They have toured through Europe - Denmark, Russia, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Poland, Norway, Estonia as well as the United States, and Mexico http://www.colony5.com/index.php?page=gigs.
The band's name is a reference to a location mentioned in the second Star Trek
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...
episode, Charlie X.
Following a performance at the Quest for Fame contest (they came second) http://www.synth.nu/artist3_visa.php?artid=26, they began recording their first EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Colony 5, and their first full CD, Lifeline. they released their second single, "Follow Your Heart", then in 2003, the single "Black," and the album Structures, which was featured on NBC Giga
GIGA Television
GIGA was the brand name of a digital TV channel and several German television shows. The channel ceased operations in 2009.-Early Days:...
. Their output slowed in 2004 and 2005, as they toured eastern Europe. They released a collection of singles called Colonisation and a new album in 2005, Fixed.
The band came in second at the "Quest for Fame" competition and was nominated as "Best Newcomer" at the Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards 2005 http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:9IPP5Ah9ct0J:www.sama.mu/lineup2005.asp%3Fact%3Dc5+%22SAMA%22+colony5&hl=en.
And again for Best Band and Best Song (Plastic World) at Scandinavian Alternative Music Awards 2006 which they won.
On December 14, 2007 Colony 5 released the first single from their, then upcoming full length album, Buried Again. The "Knives" MCD showed off a harder sound as a first taste of what the album would sound like. Buried Again was released in February 2008 on Memento Materia for Scandinavia, Infacted for Germany and ArtOfFact in the USA.
Colony 5 is currently working on a new album, aimed for release in 2012.
Members
- P-O Svensson (1999 –)
- Magnus Löfdahl (1999 – 2001)
- Johan Nilsson (2001 – 2003)
- Magnus Kalnins (2002 –)
EPs & Singles
- Colony 5 (2002)
- Follow Your Heart (2002)
- Black (2003)
- Fate (2004)
- Plastic World (2005)
- Knives (2007)
Albums
- Lifeline (2002)
- Structures (2003)
- Colonisation (2004)
- Fixed (2005)
- Buried Again (2008)
- TBA (2012)