Memento Materia is a Swedish

Sweden

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 record label

Record label

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 focusing on synth-

Synthpop

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, electro- and futurepop, although it also released some EBM

Electronic body music

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 in the 1990s. Its first release was in January 1992

1992 in music

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, and the label had put out 87 releases (according to its official numbering scheme). In 2001

2001 in music

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, it formed Prototyp, a sublabel focusing on EBM, industrial

Industrial music

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 and harder electro

Electro (music)

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, which has put out another 26 releases (again according to its numbering scheme).

List of bands

Below is a list of bands who have had albums released by Memento Materia or Prototyp (not including bands who only appeared on compilations). Bands in boldface are currently (as of 2006) signed to the label.

• Memento Materia
  • April Tears
  • Backlash
  • Code 64
    Code 64
    Code 64 are an electronic music band from Lysekil, Sweden formed in 2000 by the three teenagers Christian Espeland, Hasse Mattsson, and Henrik Piehl.-Biography:...
    
    
  • Covenant
    Covenant (band)
    Covenant is a band from Sweden whose music comprises a mixture between electropop and electronic dance music. The band is composed of Eskil Simonsson, Daniel Myer and Joakim Montelius...
    
    
  • Daybehavior
    Daybehavior
    Daybehavior is a pop-trio founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1993 by Tommy Arell, Paulinda Crescentini and Carl Hammar. Heavy influenced by movies, electronics and beats....
    
    
  • De/Vision
    De/Vision
    De/Vision is a German synthpop musical group. The band started as a quartet consisting of Thomas Adam, Steffen Keth, Stefan Blender, and Markus Ganssert. They formed the band in 1988. The name De/Vision is a play on words. The majority of the band's lyrics are in English, but they have had some...
    
    
  • Hayce
  • Iberian Spleen
  • Kliche
  • Logic Naive
  • Malaise
  • Mesh
    Mesh (band)
    -Background:In 1991, Mark Hockings and Richard Silverthorn met at a gig where Silverthorn's band was playing...
    
    
  • Michigan
  • Mobile Homes
  • Nasa
  • Native Cry
  • Neverwood
  • Sadovaja
  • Sophie Rimheden
    Sophie Rimheden
    Sophie Rimheden is a Swedish electronica artist. Born in Lund, Sweden, she began making music as a child and moved into electronic music at age 13. She has stated she is heavily influenced by Madonna.-Early career:...
    
    /Håkan Lidbo
  • Tragic Comedy
  • X Marks the Pedwalk
    X Marks the Pedwalk
    X Marks the Pedwalk ) is a German band whose styles range from post-industrial dance to electronic body music...
    
    
• Prototyp
  • Colony 5
    Colony 5
    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...
    
    
  • Interlace
  • Militant Cheerleaders on the Move
  • Pouppée Fabrikk
    Pouppée Fabrikk
    Pouppée Fabrikk is a Swedish EBM band, started in 1988 by Henrik Björkk and Leif Holm, who both hail from Karlskoga.Initially, the music of Pouppée Fabrikk borrowed heavily from minimalistic electronic acts such as Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft and Nitzer Ebb, but with the addition of Jouni...
    
    
  • Pride and Fall
  • Project-X
  • Run Level Zero
    Run Level Zero
    Run Level Zero is a Swedish electro-industrial group formed in January 1999 by Hans Åkerman and Fredrik Solenberg. Current line-up is Hans Åkerman , Ville Hising and Ola Sundell .- 1999 :...
    
    
  • Thirteenth Exile
  • Z Prochek