Memento Materia is a Swedish record label "focusing on synth-, electro- and futurepop", although it also released some EBM in the 1990s. Its first release was in January 1992, and as of the end of 2005 the label had put out 87 releases (according to its official numbering scheme). In 2001, it formed Prototyp, a "sublabel focusing on EBM, industrial and harder electro", which has put out another 26 releases (again according to its numbering scheme). A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Synthpop is a style of popular music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. ... Electropop (also called Technopop) is a subgenre of synth pop music which flourished during the early 1980s, although the first recordings were made in the late 1970s. ... Futurepop is a recently-emerging electronic dance music genre, an outgrowth of electronic body music incorporating influences from synth pop (such as song structure and vocal style) and trance (uplifting, grandiose and arpeggiated synthesizer melodies). ... Electronic body music (EBM) is a musical genre combining elements of industrial music and electronic dance music. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Electro, as an umbrella concept, is used to describe a style of dance music that, technically, consists of synthesizers used for the melodies and basslines, electronic drum machines for percussion and - many times - vocoders or other sound effects for the vocals. ...

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. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Memento Materia
  • April Tears
  • Backlash
  • Code 64
  • Covenant
  • Daybehavior
  • De/Vision
  • Hayce
  • Iberian Spleen
  • Kliche
  • Logic Naive
  • Malaise
  • Mesh
  • Michigan
  • Mobile Homes
  • Nasa
  • Native Cry
  • Neverwood
  • Sadovaja
  • Sophie Rimheden/Håkan Lidbo
  • Tragic Comedy
  • X Marks the Pedwalk
• Prototyp
  • Colony 5
  • Interlace
  • Militant Cheerleaders on the Move
  • Poupée Fabrikk
  • Pride and Fall
  • Project-X
  • Run Level Zero
  • Thirteenth Exile
  • Z Prochek

The members of Covenant. ... De/Vision is a German synthpop musical group. ... Mesh is a British band whose music could be described as a blend of synth pop and darkwave. ... André and Thorsten Schmechta X Marks the Pedwalk was a German musical project whose styles ranged from industrial dance to electronic body music. ...

References

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

External link

• Official Memento Materia/Prototyp site