Memento Materia is a

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focusing on synth-, electro- and

futurepop Futurepop is an electronic music genre that has been characterized as a blend of synthpop, EBM and dance beats, based on trance and techno.Peter Matzke, Tobias Seeliger: ''Das Gothic- und Dark-Wave-Lexikon.'' Schwarzkopf und Schwarzkopf, Berlin ...

, although it also released some EBM in the 1990s. Its first release was in January

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

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, it formed Prototyp, a sublabel focusing on EBM,

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and harder electro, 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 **

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Code 64 Code 64 is an electronic music band from Sweden. Their music can best be described as a mixture of synthpop, electronic body music and electropop. Biography Code 64 is a synthpop, darkwave, electronica band that signed with the small Norweg ...

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Daybehavior Daybehavior is a Swedish indie-pop trio, founded in Stockholm, in 1993 by Tommy Arell, Paulinda Crescentini and Carl Hammar. The trio's music is heavy influenced by movies, electronics and beats. History Their debut album ''Adored'' was rele ...

De/Vision De/Vision is a German synthpop musical group formed in 1988. The band started as a quartet consisting of Thomas Adam, Steffen Keth, Stefan Blender, and Markus Ganssert. Blender left the band in 1991 and Ganssert departed in 2000. The name De/V ...

** Hayce **

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** Kliche ** Logic Naive **

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** Neverwood ** Sadovaja **

Sophie Rimheden Sophie Rimheden (born 24 March 1975) 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 Rimhed ...

Håkan Lidbo Håkan Lidbo (born 20 July 1965) is a Swedish music producer, primarily active in electronica, but also other genres. He has published over 350 records on a variety of record labels, is the editor of the radio show Power and operates Volt Festiva ...

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X Marks the Pedwalk X Marks the Pedwalk (sometimes written as X-Marks the Pedwalk) is a German band whose styles range from post-industrial dance to electronic body music. X Marks the Pedwalk’s influence in the industrial and electronic music scenes was consider ...

*Prototyp **

Colony 5 Colony 5 is a Swedish futurepop/synthpop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant music ...

** Interlace ** Militant Cheerleaders on the Move **

Pouppée Fabrikk Pouppée Fabrikk is a Swedish EBM band, started in 1988 by Henrik Björkk and Leif Holm, who both hail from Karlskoga. History The band name has no meaning. It was constructed from a combination of the French word "Poupée" (''doll'') and Nor ...

** Pride and Fall **

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** Z Prochek

References

* Official Memento Materia release list
http://www.mementomateria.se/LabelMM.htm
Retrieved January 3, 2006. * Official Prototyp release list

Retrieved January 3, 2006.

External links

Official site
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